Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Railways (Interoperability) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 8th January 2016.

Amendment to the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011

2. —(1)The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011( 2 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “the Directive”—

(i) at the end of (c) omit “and”; and

(ii) at the end of (d) insert—

“ and

(e) Commission Directive 2014/106/ EU of 5 December 2014 amending Annexes V and VI to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community ( 3 ) ; ” ; and

(b) for the definition of “safety assessment report” substitute the following definition—

“ “safety assessment report” means a report provided in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 402/2013 of 30 April 2013 on the common safety method for risk evaluation and assessment ( 4 ) ; ” .

(3) In regulation 12 (list of projects for the renewal or upgrading of subsystems), in paragraph (2), after “upgrading of” insert “a”.

(4) In regulation 35 (register of infrastructure), in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—

“ (b) “the infrastructure specifications”, means the specifications set out in the Annex to the specifications Decision; and

(c) “the specifications Decision” means the Commission Implementing Decision 2014/880/EU of 26 November 2014 on the common specifications of the register of railway infrastructure and repealing Implementing Decision 2011/633/EU ( 5 ) . ” .