{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-778/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/778",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/778 of 12 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 as regards the dates of application following the extension of the transposition deadline of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-778",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/778\nof 12 June 2020\namending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 as regards the dates of application following the extension of the transposition deadline of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union, and in particular Article 5(11) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective (EU) 2016/797 was amended by Directive (EU) 2020/700 in order to give Member States the possibility to extend the deadline to bring into force the national laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions referred to in Article 57(1) Directive (EU) 2016/797.\n(2)\nWith regard to the Member States that have notified the European Union Agency for Railways (‘the Agency’) and the Commission of their intention to extend the transposition period of Directive (EU) 2016/797 in accordance with Article 57(2a) thereof, the application of certain provisions of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 should be postponed until 31 October 2020.\n(3)\nDue to the measures following the COVID-19 pandemic, activities relating to the elimination of national rules on the rear end signal of a freight train could not be performed as planned. Member States should have three additional months to deliver to the Commission reports on their use of reflective plates referred to in point 4.2.2.1.3.2 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773. The deadline for reviewing the specifications with a view to harmonising the requirements on the rear end signal of a freight train for the whole Union should be adapted accordingly.\n(4)\nImplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 51(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/797.\n(6)\nIn order to ensure that the measures provided for in this Regulation are effective, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive (EU) 2020/700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 amending Directives (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2016/798, as regards the extension of their transposition periods (OJ L 165, 27.5.2020, p. 27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 of 16 May 2019 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the operation and traffic management subsystem of the rail system within the European Union and repealing Decision 2012/757/EU (OJ L 139I, 27.5.2019, p. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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