European Union (Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 636/2020
• Year: 2020

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th December, 2020.

I, EAMON RYAN, Minister for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 20171 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/20042 , in so far as Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 relates to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20073 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.

Amendment of European Union (Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations) Regulations 2010

2. The European Communities (Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 646 of 2010 ) are amended:

(a) in Regulation 2(1), by the insertion of the following definition:

“‘Council Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 20171 on co-operation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws;”,

(b) in Regulations 2(2), 4, 5, 6 and 7, by the insertion of “or the Council Regulation” after “Regulation (EC)” in each place where it occurs,

(c) by the substitution of the following for Regulation 3:

“3. (1) The Authority is designated as the body responsible for the enforcement of the Regulation (EC) in the State.

(2) The Authority is designated as the body responsible for the enforcement of the Council Regulation in so far as that Regulation relates to rail passengers’ rights and obligations and references to a provider in these Regulations shall be construed as including references to a trader.

(3) For the purposes of investigations relating to the Council Regulation, the Authority shall have the investigation powers referred to in Article 9(3)(c) and (d) of the Council Regulation.

(4) For the purpose of enforcement of the Council Regulation, the Authority shall have the enforcement powers referred to in Article 9(4)(a) to (f) of the Council Regulation.

(5) The Authority may publish any final decision, trader’s commitment or...