# Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2016/796 · adopted 11 May 2016 Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 1: PRINCIPLES ## 1 Subject-matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Objectives of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Legal status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Type of acts of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2: WORKING METHODS ## 5 Creation and composition of the working parties and groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Consultation of the social partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Consultation of rail freight customers and passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Visits to Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 One-stop shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3: TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO RAILWAY SAFETY ## 13 Technical support – recommendations on railway safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Single safety certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Maintenance of vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Cooperation with national investigating bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Transport of dangerous goods by rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Exchange of information on safety-related accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO INTEROPERABILITY ## 19 Technical support in the field of railway interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Authorisations for the placing on the market of vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Authorisations for the placing on the market of vehicle types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Placing in service of trackside control-command and signalling subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Telematics applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Support for notified conformity assessment bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO NATIONAL RULES ## 25 Examination of draft national rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Examination of existing national rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 IT system to be used for notification purposes and classification of national rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO THE EUROPEAN RAIL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERTMS) ## 28 System authority for the ERTMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 ERTMS group of notified conformity assessment bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Compatibility between ERTMS on-board and trackside subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Supporting ERTMS deployment and ERTMS projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Accreditation of laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO MONITORING THE SINGLE EUROPEAN RAILWAY AREA ## 33 Monitoring of the performance and decision-making of national safety authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Monitoring of notified conformity assessment bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Monitoring progress of railway safety and interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 8: OTHER TASKS OF THE AGENCY ## 36 Railway staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Registers and their accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Cooperation among national safety authorities, investigating bodies and representative bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Communication and dissemination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Research and promotion of innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Assistance to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Assistance with the assessment of rail projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Assistance to Member States, candidate countries and stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 International relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Coordination regarding spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 9: ORGANISATION OF THE AGENCY ## 46 Administrative and management structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Composition of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Chairperson of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Voting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Functions of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Programming document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Duties of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Establishment and composition of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Members of the Boards of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Exclusion and objection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Appeals against decisions and failures to act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Persons entitled to appeal, time limit and form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Interlocutory revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Arbitration procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Examination and decisions on appeals and arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Actions before the Court of Justice of the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 10: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS ## 64 Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Implementation and control of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Financial rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 11: STAFF ## 67 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Seconded national experts and other staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 12: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 70 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Headquarters agreement and operating conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Cooperation with national judicial authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Language arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Participation by third countries in the work of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Cooperation with national authorities and bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Security rules for protecting classified or sensitive information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Combating fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 13: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 80 Implementing acts relating to fees and charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Evaluation and review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/796 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-796 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.