European Union (Regulation of Railways) Regulations 2015

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 249/2015
• Year: 2015

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 249 of 2015

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EUROPEAN UNION (REGULATION OF RAILWAYS) REGULATIONS

2015

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S.I. No. 249 of 2015

EUROPEAN UNION (REGULATION OF RAILWAYS) REGULATIONS

2015

CONTENTS

Part 1

Preliminary and General

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Repeal and revocations

4. Scope and application

Part 2

Infrastructure Management and Access

5. Assignment of essential functions of infrastructure manager to essential

functions body

6. Essential functions charge

7. Infrastructure manager

8. Infrastructure management contract

9. Independent monitoring body

10. Railway asset register

11. Network statement

12. Access to railway infrastructure — rail freight services and international

passenger services

13. Applications for infrastructure capacity

14. Access to services

15. Specialised infrastructure

16. Scheduling

17. Coordination process

18. Declaration by essential functions body concerning congested infra-

structure

19. Priority criteria for allocation of infrastructure capacity

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20. Allocation of infrastructure capacity

21. Agreement between infrastructure manager and railway undertaking

22. Ad hoc requests for infrastructure capacity

23. Monitoring the use of allocated train paths

24. Measures to be taken in event of disturbance

25. Infrastructure charge

26. Co-operation of infrastructure manager with other infrastructure

managers

27. Separation of accounts

28. Business plan of infrastructure manager

Part 3

Regulatory Body and Functions

29. Regulatory body

30. Appeals

31. Complaints

32. Compliance notice given by regulatory body, right of appeal and court

compliance order

33. Determination of principal purpose of proposed international passenger

rail service

Part 4

Licensing of Railway Undertakings

34. Application (Part 4)

35. Designation and functions of Railway Safety Commission as licensing

authority

36. Prohibition on providing rail transport services without licence

37. Application for licence

38. Issue of licence

39. Good repute

40. Duty of licensee to comply

41. Review of licence

42. Suspension and revocation of licence