# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1614 of 25 October 2018 laying down specifications for the vehicle registers referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending and repealing Commission Decision 2007/756/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Annex I

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Annex to Decision 2007/756/EC is amended as follows:
(1)point 3.2.1 is replaced by the following:
‘3.2.1.
Application for registration
The form in Appendix 4 shall be used for the application for registration.
The entity applying for vehicle registration shall tick the ‘New registration’ box. It shall fill in the form and forward it to the:
RE of the Member State where registration is sought, filling in all fields,
RE of the first Member State where it intends to operate, for a vehicle coming from a third country (see point 3.2.5(2)). In that case the form shall contain at least the information on the identification of the owner of the vehicle and the keeper, the restrictions on how the vehicle may be used, the entity in charge of maintenance.’;
(2)in point 3.2.3, the following paragraph is added:
‘The RE shall register the changes in the NVR within 20 working days from the receipt of a complete application file. The RE shall, within this deadline, either register the vehicle or request correction/clarification.’;
(3)point 3.2.5 is replaced by the following:
‘3.2.5.
Authorisation in several Member States
1.
Vehicles shall be registered only in the NVR of the Member State where they are first authorised for placing in service or, for vehicles to which an authorisation for placing on the market has been issued in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council, only in a Member State in the area of use of the authorisation for placing on the market, without prejudice to the transfer of registration to a different NVR in accordance with point 3.2.6(2).
2.
Vehicles entering the Union rail system from third countries and registered in a vehicle register not in line with this specification or not connected to EC VVR shall be registered only in the NVR of the first Member State where the vehicle is intended to be operated on the Union rail system.
3.
Vehicles entering the Union rail system from third countries and registered in a vehicle register in line with this specification and connected to the EC VVR, when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that, shall not be registered in any NVR.
4.
For any vehicle, the NVR where it is registered shall contain the data relating to items 2, 6, 12 and 13 for each of the Member States where an authorisation for placing in service has been granted to this vehicle.
This provision is without prejudice to Articles 3 and 5.’;
(4)in Section 3.2, the following point 3.2.6 is added:
‘3.2.6.
Transfer of registration and change of EVN
1.
The EVN shall be changed when it does not reflect the interoperability capability or technical characteristics in accordance with Appendix 6 due to technical modifications of the vehicle. Such technical modifications may require a new authorisation for placing in service in accordance with Articles 21 to 26 of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council or a new authorisation for placing on the market and, where appropriate, a new vehicle type authorisation, in accordance with Articles 21 and 24 of Directive (EU) 2016/797. The keeper shall inform the RE of the Member State where the vehicle is registered of those changes and, if applicable, of the new authorisation for placing in service or of a new authorisation for placing on the market. That RE shall assign to the vehicle a new EVN.
2.
The EVN may be changed at the request of the keeper through a new registration of the vehicle in the NVR of a different Member State connected to EC VVR and subsequent withdrawal of the old registration.’;
(5)Section 3.3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.3.
Access rights
The access rights to data of an NVR from a given Member State ‘XX’ are listed in the table below:
Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 102).
Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 32).
The Agency shall, in cooperation with the NSAs, define the procedure for recognising legitimate users.
Entity
Read rights
Update rights
RE of Member State ‘XX’
All data
All data in vehicle register of MS ‘XX’
NSA
All data
None
Agency
All data
None
Keeper
All data on vehicles of which it is keeper
None
ECM
All data, except owner's references, of vehicles for which it is ECM
None
Owner
All data on vehicles of which it is owner
None
Railway undertaking
All data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers
None
Infrastructure manager
All data, except owner's references, based on one or more vehicle numbers
None
Investigating body referred to in Article 22 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and regulatory body referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
All data on vehicles being checked or audited
None
EC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant)
All data on vehicles of which it is EC declaration of verification issuing body (the applicant), except owner's references
None
Other legitimate user recognised by NSA or the Agency
To be defined as appropriate, duration possibly limited, except owner's references
None
The access rights to data of NVRs may be extended to relevant third country entities or intergovernmental organisation when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that.’
(6)Appendices 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
‘APPENDIX 1
RESTRICTION CODING
1.
PRINCIPLES
The restrictions referred to in the authorisation for placing in service in accordance with Articles 21 to 26 of Directive 2008/57/EC or in the authorisation for placing on the market and, where appropriate, a new vehicle type authorisation, in accordance with Articles 21 and 24 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 shall be assigned a harmonised code or a national code.
2.
STRUCTURE
Each code is a combination of:
category of restriction,
type of restriction,
value or specification,
which are joined by a dot (.):
[Category].[Type].[Value or specification].
3.
RESTRICTION CODES
1.
Harmonised restriction codes shall be applicable in all the Member States.
The Agency shall keep up-to-date and publish on its web site the list of harmonised restriction codes for the whole of the Union rail system.
If a national safety authority considers that a new code needs to be added to the list of harmonised restriction codes, it shall request the Agency to evaluate the inclusion of this new code.
The Agency shall evaluate the request, in consultation with other national safety authorities, where appropriate. When appropriate, the Agency shall include a new restriction code in the list.
2.
The Agency shall keep up-to-date the list of national restriction codes. The use of national restriction codes shall be limited to those restrictions that reflect particular characteristics of the existing rail system of a Member State and are unlikely to be applied with the same meaning in other Member States.
For types of restrictions not indicated in the list referred to in point 1, the national safety authority shall request the Agency the inclusion of a new code in the list of national restriction codes. The Agency shall evaluate the request, where appropriate in consultation with other national safety authorities. If appropriate, the Agency shall include a new restriction code in the list.
3.
The restriction code for multinational safety authorities shall be treated as national restriction code.
4.
The use of non-coded restrictions shall be limited to those restrictions that due to their particular character are unlikely to be applied to several types of vehicle.
The Agency shall keep a unique list of restriction codes for the EVR, the European register of authorised types of vehicles referred to in Article 48 of Directive (EU) 2016/797, the one-stop shop and the European Railway Agency Database of Interoperability and Safety.
5.
Where relevant, the Agency may coordinate the process of harmonisation of restriction codes with relevant intergovernmental organisation when an international agreement to which the European Union is party provides for that.
APPENDIX 2
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EUROPEAN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
The Agency shall set out the structure and content of the European Identification Number (EIN), including the codification of the types of documents concerned, in a technical document and shall publish this technical document on its web site.
;’;
(7)point 1 of Part 1 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:
‘1.
Definition of the Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM)
A Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM) is an alphabetic code, consisting of 2 to 5 letters. A VKM is inscribed on each rail vehicle, near the European Vehicle Number. The VKM identifies the Vehicle Keeper as registered in a National Vehicle Register.
A VKM is unique and valid in all Member States and all countries that enter into an agreement that involves the application of the system of vehicle numbering and VKM as set out in this Decision.’
(8)Part 4 of Appendix 6 is replaced by the following:
‘PART 4 — CODING OF THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THE VEHICLES ARE REGISTERED (DIGITS 3-4 AND ABBREVIATION)
The Information relating to third countries is given for information purposes only.
Countries
Alphabetical country code (1)
Numerical country code
Countries
Alphabetical country code (1)
Numerical country code
Albania
AL
41
Lithuania
LT
24
Algeria
DZ
92
Luxembourg
L
82
Armenia
AM
58
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
MK
65
Austria
A
81
Malta
M
Azerbaijan
AZ
57
Moldova
MD (1)
23
Belarus
BY
21
Monaco
MC
Belgium
B
88
Mongolia
MGL
31
Bosnia-Herzegovina
BIH
50 and 44 (2)
Montenegro
MNE
62
Bulgaria
BG
52
Morocco
MA
93
China
RC
33
Netherlands
NL
84
Croatia
HR
78
North Korea
PRK (1)
30
Cuba
CU (1)
40
Norway
N
76
Cyprus
CY
Poland
PL
51
Czech Republic
CZ
54
Portugal
P
94
Denmark
DK
86
Romania
RO
53
Egypt
ET
90
Russia
RUS
20
Estonia
EST
26
Serbia
SRB
72
Finland
FIN
10
Slovakia
SK
56
France
F
87
Slovenia
SLO
79
Georgia
GE
28
South Korea
ROK
61
Germany
D
80
Spain
E
71
Greece
GR
73
Sweden
S
74
Hungary
H
55
Switzerland
CH
85
Iran
IR
96
Syria
SYR
97
Iraq
IRQ (1)
99
Tajikistan
TJ
66
Ireland
IRL
60
Tunisia
TN
91
Israel
IL
95
Turkey
TR
75
Italy
I
83
Turkmenistan
TM
67
Japan
J
42
Ukraine
UA
22
Kazakhstan
KZ
27
United Kingdom
GB
70
Kyrgyzstan
KS
59
Uzbekistan
UZ
29
Latvia
LV
25
Vietnam
VN (1)
32
Lebanon
RL
98
(1)
According to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic.
(2)
Bosnia-Herzegovina uses 2 specific railway codes. A numerical country code 49 is reserved.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1614/annex/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1614/annex-I
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