# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/545 of 4 April 2018 establishing practical arrangements for the railway vehicle authorisation and railway vehicle type authorisation process pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 6: Responsibilities of the infrastructure manager

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

1. In the area of use, the infrastructure manager's responsibilities in the framework of vehicle type authorisation and/or vehicle authorisation for placing on the market, based on the information provided by the applicant according to Article 18, shall be limited to the identification and provision of the following:
(a) operational conditions to be applied for the use of the vehicle for tests on the network;
(b) necessary measures to be taken on the infrastructure side to ensure safe and reliable operation during the tests on the network;
(c) necessary measures in the infrastructure installations to perform the tests on the network.
2. The concerned infrastructure managers for the area of use shall:
(a) support the applicant for the conditions to use the vehicle for tests on the network;
(b) provide information on the infrastructure in a non-discriminatory way for using the vehicle for tests on the network;
(c) identify and provide conditions and measures to use the vehicle for tests on the network within the given time frame specified in Article 21(3) and 21(5) of Directive (EU) 2016/797 based on the information provided by the applicant;
(d) by agreement with the applicant, participate in the pre-engagement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/545/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-545/article-6
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