Council of the European Union and European Parliament 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)

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CHAPTER 1. PRINCIPLES
Article 1. Subject-matter and scope
Article 2. Objectives of the Agency
Article 3. Legal status
Article 4. Type of acts of the Agency
CHAPTER 2. WORKING METHODS
Article 5. Creation and composition of the working parties and groups
Article 6. Consultation of the social partners
Article 7. Consultation of rail freight customers and passengers
Article 8. Impact assessment
Article 9. Studies
Article 10. Opinions
Article 11. Visits to Member States
Article 12. One-stop shop
CHAPTER 3. TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO RAILWAY SAFETY
Article 13. Technical support – recommendations on railway safety
Article 14. Single safety certificates
Article 15. Maintenance of vehicles
Article 16. Cooperation with national investigating bodies
Article 17. Transport of dangerous goods by rail
Article 18. Exchange of information on safety-related accidents
CHAPTER 4. TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO INTEROPERABILITY
Article 19. Technical support in the field of railway interoperability
Article 20. Authorisations for the placing on the market of vehicles
Article 21. Authorisations for the placing on the market of vehicle types
Article 22. Placing in service of trackside control-command and signalling subsystems
Article 23. Telematics applications
Article 24. Support for notified conformity assessment bodies
CHAPTER 5. TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO NATIONAL RULES
Article 25. Examination of draft national rules
Article 26. Examination of existing national rules
Article 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)
Article 28. System authority for the ERTMS
Article 29. ERTMS group of notified conformity assessment bodies
Article 30. Compatibility between ERTMS on-board and trackside subsystems
Article 31. Supporting ERTMS deployment and ERTMS projects
Article 32. Accreditation of laboratories
CHAPTER 7. TASKS OF THE AGENCY RELATING TO MONITORING THE SINGLE EUROPEAN RAILWAY AREA
Article 33. Monitoring of the performance and decision-making of national safety authorities
Article 34. Monitoring of notified conformity assessment bodies
Article 35. Monitoring progress of railway safety and interoperability
CHAPTER 8. OTHER TASKS OF THE AGENCY
Article 36. Railway staff
Article 37. Registers and their accessibility
Article 38. Cooperation among national safety authorities, investigating bodies and representative bodies
Article 39. Communication and dissemination
Article 40. Research and promotion of innovation
Article 41. Assistance to the Commission
Article 42. Assistance with the assessment of rail projects
Article 43. Assistance to Member States, candidate countries and stakeholders
Article 44. International relations
Article 45. Coordination regarding spare parts
CHAPTER 9. ORGANISATION OF THE AGENCY
Article 46. Administrative and management structure
Article 47. Composition of the Management Board
Article 48. Chairperson of the Management Board
Article 49. Meetings
Article 50. Voting
Article 51. Functions of the Management Board
Article 52. Programming document
Article 53. Executive Board
Article 54. Duties of the Executive Director
Article 55. Establishment and composition of the Boards of Appeal
Article 56. Members of the Boards of Appeal
Article 57. Exclusion and objection
Article 58. Appeals against decisions and failures to act
Article 59. Persons entitled to appeal, time limit and form
Article 60. Interlocutory revision
Article 61. Arbitration procedure
Article 62. Examination and decisions on appeals and arbitration
Article 63. Actions before the Court of Justice of the European Union
CHAPTER 10. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Article 64. Budget
Article 65. Implementation and control of the budget
Article 66. Financial rules
CHAPTER 11. STAFF
Article 67. General provisions
Article 68. Executive Director
Article 69. Seconded national experts and other staff
CHAPTER 12. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 70. Privileges and immunities
Article 71. Headquarters agreement and operating conditions
Article 72. Liability
Article 73. Cooperation with national judicial authorities
Article 74. Language arrangements
Article 75. Participation by third countries in the work of the Agency
Article 76. Cooperation with national authorities and bodies
Article 77. Transparency
Article 78. Security rules for protecting classified or sensitive information
Article 79. Combating fraud
CHAPTER 13. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 80. Implementing acts relating to fees and charges
Article 81. Committee procedure
Article 82. Evaluation and review
Article 83. Transitional provisions
Article 84. Repeal
Article 85. Entry into force

26.5.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

L 138/1

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)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the

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