# Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European railway agency (Agency Regulation) (repealed) EU Regulation No 881/2004 ยท adopted 29 April 2004 Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European railway agency (Agency Regulation) (repealed) ## Introductory text Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the european parliament and of the council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European railway agency (Agency Regulation) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 1: PRINCIPLES ## 1 Establishment and objectives of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Types of acts of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Composition of the working parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Consultation of the social partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Consultation of rail freight customers and passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2: SAFETY ## 6 Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Safety certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 National safety rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Monitoring of safety performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2a: NATIONAL RULES, CROSS-ACCEPTANCE AND TECHNICAL OPINIONS ## 9a National rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9b Classification of national rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Technical opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Public database of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3: INTEROPERABILITY ## 12 Technical support provided by the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Notified bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Monitoring interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Interoperability within the Community rail system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3a: MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES ## 16 Certification of maintenance workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16a Certification of entities in charge of maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3b: RAILWAY STAFF ## 16b Train drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16c Other on-board staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Vocational competences and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3c: REGISTERS AND AGENCY'S PUBLIC DATABASE ## 18 Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Accessibility of documents and registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: SPECIAL TASKS ## 20 Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Promotion of innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21a ERTMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21b Assistance to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND OPERATION ## 22 Legal status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Creation and powers of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Composition of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Chairperson of the Administrative Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Functions and powers of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Appointments of the Agency staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Hearing of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Visits to Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Participation by third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS ## 38 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Implementation and control of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Financial Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Combating fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS ## 42 Start of the Agency's activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/881 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-881 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.