# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/780 of 12 June 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 445/2011 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/779 as regards measures to extend the validity of certain certificates of rail entities in charge of maintenance and certain transitional provisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Text with EEA relevance), Article 2

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

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/779 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 15, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:
5. ‘All entities in charge of maintenance for vehicles other than freight wagons and vehicles listed in Article 15(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/798, which are not subject to paragraphs 2 to 4, shall comply with this Regulation by 16 June 2022 at the latest.’;
(2) in Article 15, the following paragraph 6 is added:
6. ‘Without prejudice to any procedure that the certification body may take by virtue of the provisions of Article 7(7) of Regulation (EU) No 445/2011, the validity of ECM certificates and certificates in respect of outsourced maintenance functions issued in accordance with that Regulation, expiring between 1 March 2020 and 31 August 2020 shall be extended for 6 additional months.’;
(3) in Article 17, the second subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘It shall apply from 16 June 2020. However, Article 4 shall apply from 16 June 2021 and Article 15(6) shall apply from 1 March 2020.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/780/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-780/article-2
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