Council of the European Union and European Parliament 20 May 2026, Regulation (EU) 2026/1184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2026 on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)

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CHAPTER I. General provisions
Article 1. Subject matter and scope
Article 2. General responsibilities and principles
Article 3. Impartiality of the infrastructure manager in respect of capacity and traffic management, including maintenance planning
Article 4. Strategic guidance and national requirements
Article 5. Definitions
CHAPTER II. Management of railway infrastructure capacity
Section 1. General principles for the management of railway infrastructure capacity
Article 6. Capacity management
Article 7. European framework for capacity management
Article 8. Applicants
Article 9. Management of railway infrastructure capacity
Article 10. Information about railway infrastructure capacity
Article 11. Capacity restrictions resulting from railway infrastructure work and degraded railway infrastructure
Article 12. Refusal or withdrawal of capacity rights on public order or public security grounds
Section 2. Strategic capacity planning
Article 13. Strategic capacity planning
Article 14. General requirements for strategic capacity planning
Article 15. Consultation with stakeholders on strategic capacity planning
Article 16. Coordination on strategic capacity planning between infrastructure managers
Article 17. Analysis of expected transport market developments
Article 18. Capacity strategy
Article 19. Capacity model
Article 20. Capacity supply plan
Article 21. Contingency planning
Article 22. Criteria and procedures for the allocation of pre-planned capacity and for the definition of capacity planning objects
Article 23. Highly utilised and congested railway infrastructure
Article 24. Capacity analysis in case of highly utilised or congested railway infrastructure
Article 25. Capacity-enhancement plan
Article 26. Specialised railway infrastructure
Article 27. Capacity partitioning of railway infrastructure declared as being highly utilised or congested
Section 3. Scheduling and capacity allocation
Article 28. Capacity rights
Article 29. Methods of capacity allocation
Article 30. Allocation and coordination of multi-network capacity rights
Article 31. Cooperation in the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and capacity in service facilities
Article 32. Working timetable
Article 33. Capacity allocation through framework agreements
Article 34. Capacity allocation through the annual allocation process
Article 35. Capacity allocation through the rolling planning process
Article 36. Capacity allocation through the ad hoc process
Article 37. Scheduling of capacity restrictions resulting from railway infrastructure works
Article 38. Consensual conflict resolution mechanism and coordination of requests
Article 39. Formal conflict resolution mechanism
Article 40. Schedule for capacity allocation processes
Section 4. Adaptation and rescheduling
Article 41. Changes to capacity rights after allocation
Article 42. Penalty for changes to capacity rights
Article 43. Rescheduling in the context of disruption management and crisis management
CHAPTER III. Traffic, disruption and crisis management
Article 44. Traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
Article 45. Rules and procedures for traffic management and disruption management
Article 46. European framework for the coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
Article 47. Coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
Article 48. Network disruption
Article 49. Crisis situations
Article 50. Exchange of information on traffic management
CHAPTER IV. Performance review
Article 51. General principles for performance review
Article 52. European framework for performance review
Article 53. European performance review report
Article 54. Advisory Performance Panel
CHAPTER V. European network for coordination
Article 55. Coordination among infrastructure managers
Article 56. Coordination among Member States
Article 57. Consultation mechanism for European and cross-border matters
Article 58. Organisation of ENIM
Article 59. Responsibilities of ENIM
Article 60. Transparency of ENIM
Article 61. Network coordinator
Article 62. Tasks of the network coordinator
Article 63. Organisation of the ERP
Article 64. Focal points for coordination of infrastructure managers
Article 65. Common structure, contents and schedule for network statements
Article 66. Digitalisation of capacity and traffic management
CHAPTER VI. Regulatory oversight of capacity and traffic management
Section 1. Regulatory bodies
Article 67. Responsibilities of regulatory bodies
Section 2. European Network of Rail Regulatory Bodies
Article 68. Cooperation of regulatory bodies within the ENRRB
Article 69. Organisation and structure of the ENRRB
Article 70. Tasks and responsibilities of the ENRRB
Article 71. Composition and organisation of the Board
Article 72. Role and tasks of the Board
CHAPTER VII. Final provisions
Article 73. Monitoring of European frameworks
Article 74. Implementing acts relating to the monitoring of the European frameworks
Article 75. Exercise of the delegation
Article 76. Committee procedure
Article 77. Report and review
Article 78. Amendments to Directive 2012/34/EU
Article 79. Transitional provisions
Article 80. Repeal
Article 81. Entry into force and application
ANNEX I. DELIVERABLES AND SCHEDULE FOR CAPACITY MANAGEMENT

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2026/1184

10.6.2026

REGULATION (EU) 2026/1184 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 May 2026

on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

(Text with EEA relevance)

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