The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2006

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2006-02-16
State In force
Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
Reform history JSON API PDF

Made: 16th February 2006

Laid before Parliament: 23rd February 2006

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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PART 1 — Interpretation and Application

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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PART 2 — Subsystems

Requirement for authorisation

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Renewal or upgrading of subsystems

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Exemption from need to conform with TSIs (derogations)

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Essential requirements for project subsystems

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Duties on a contracting entity

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Project subsystems: verification assessment procedure

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Project subsystems: verification declaration

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Technical file and retention of documents

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Duty on operator to ensure essential requirements are met

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Fees payable to the Safety Authority

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Fees payable to the Competent Authority

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Transitional conventional TEN projects and renewal projects on the high-speed rail system

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PART 3 — Interoperability Constituents

EC declaration of conformity or of suitability for use

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Effect of conformity and suitability declarations

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Assessment procedure for interoperability constituents

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Prohibition on placing interoperability constituents on the market

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Duties on operators

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Position after placing on the market

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Recognition of assessments of other Member States

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Notification to the Commission of incorrect declaration

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PART 4 — Notified Bodies

Notified bodies

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Appointment of notified bodies by the Secretary of State

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Requirement on notified bodies to carry out functions

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Notified bodies: certificates of conformity etc.

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Duties on notified bodies to consult

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Fees of notified bodies

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Fees of the Secretary of State

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PART 5 — Registers

Registers of authorised infrastructure and authorised rolling stock

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Publication and notification of registers

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National vehicle register

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PART 6 — Enforcement

Enforcement in Great Britain

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Enforcement in Northern Ireland

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Notices relating to interoperability constituents not meeting the essential requirements

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Notice of improper drawing up of the EC declaration of conformity for an interoperability constituent

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Defence of due diligence

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Liability of persons other than the principal offender

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PART 7 — Supplementary

Revocation, transitional provision and savings

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SCHEDULE 1 — (This Schedule reproduces the provisions of Annex I to the High-Speed Directive)

THE TRANS-EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

THE INFRASTRUCTURE

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THE ROLLING STOCK

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COMPATIBILITY OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

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SCHEDULE 2 — (This Schedule reproduces the provisions of Annex I to the Conventional Directive)

THE TRANS-EUROPEAN CONVENTIONAL RAIL SYSTEM

INFRASTRUCTURE

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ROLLING STOCK

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COMPATIBILITY OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN CONVENTIONAL RAILWAY SYSTEM

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EXTENSION OF THE SCOPE

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2

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SCHEDULE 3 — (This Schedule reproduces the provisions of Annex II to the High-Speed Directive)

SUBSYSTEMS OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

SUBSYSTEMS

LIST OF SUBSYSTEMS

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AREAS TO BE COVERED

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SCHEDULE 4 — (This Schedule reproduces Annex II to the Conventional Directive)

SUBSYSTEMS OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN CONVENTIONAL RAIL SYSTEM

LIST OF SUBSYSTEMS

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DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBSYSTEMS

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2.1

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2.2

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2.3

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2.4

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2.5

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2.6

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2.7

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SCHEDULE 5 — (This Schedule reproduces Annex III to the High-Speed Directive)

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANS-EUROPEAN HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

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1.1

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1.1.1

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1.1.2

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1.1.3

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1.1.4

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1.1.5

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1.2

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1.3

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1.3.1

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1.3.2

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1.4

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1.4.1

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1.4.2

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1.4.3

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1.5

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2.1

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2.1.1

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2.2

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2.2.1

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2.2.2

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2.2.3

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2.3

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2.3.1

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2.3.2

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2.4

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2.4.1

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2.4.2

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2.4.3

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2.4.4

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2.5

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2.5.1

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2.5.2

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2.5.3

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2.6

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2.6.1

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2.6.2

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2.7

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2.7.1

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2.7.2

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2.7.3

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SCHEDULE 6 — (This Schedule reproduces Annex III to the Conventional Directive)

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TRANS-EUROPEAN CONVENTIONAL RAIL SYSTEM

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

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1.1

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1.1.1

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1.1.2

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1.1.3

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1.1.4

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1.1.5

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1.2

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1.3

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1.3.1

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1.3.2

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1.4

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1.4.1

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1.4.2

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1.4.3

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1.4.4

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1.4.5

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1.5

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REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIC TO EACH SUBSYSTEM

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2.1

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2.1.1

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2.2

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2.2.1

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2.2.2

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2.2.3

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2.3

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2.3.1

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2.3.2

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2.4

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2.4.1

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2.4.2

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2.4.3

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2.4.4

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2.5

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2.5.1

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2.5.2

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2.5.3

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2.6

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2.6.1

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2.6.2

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2.6.3

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2.7

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2.7.1

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2.7.2

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2.7.3

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2.7.4

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SCHEDULE 7 — (This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex IV to the High-Speed Directive and to the Conventional Directive)

CONFORMITY AND SUITABILITY FOR USE OF INTEROPERABILITY CONSTITUENTS

INTEROPERABILITY CONSTITUENTS

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1.1

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1.2

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1.3

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SCOPE

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CONTENTS OF THE `EC' DECLARATION

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SCHEDULE 8 — (This Schedule substantially reproduces the provisions of Annex V to the High-Speed Directive and to the Conventional Directive)

VERIFICATION DECLARATION OF SUBSYSTEMS

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That declaration must be written in the same language as the technical file and must contain the following:

  • the Directive references;
  • name and address of the contracting entity or its authorised representative established within the Community (give trade name and full address; in the case of the authorised representative, also give the trade name of the contracting entity);
  • a brief description of the subsystem;
  • name and address of the notified body which conducted the EC verification referred to in Article 18 of the High-Speed Directive or Article 18 of the Conventional Directive;
  • the references of the documents contained in the technical file;
  • all the relevant temporary or definitive provisions to be complied with by the subsystems and in particular, where appropriate, any operating restrictions or conditions;
  • if temporary: duration of validity of the verification declaration;
  • identity of the signatory.

SCHEDULE 9 — VERIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR SUBSYSTEMS

VERIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR SUBSYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION

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EC verification is the procedure whereby a notified body checks and certifies, at the request of a contracting entity or of its authorised representative established within the Community, that a subsystem:

  • complies with the High-Speed Directive or the Conventional Directive;
  • complies with the other regulations deriving from the Treaty, and
  • may be put into operation.

STAGES

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The subsystem is checked at each of the following stages:

  • overall design;
  • construction of subsystem, including, in particular, civil-engineering activities, constituent assembly, overall adjustment;
  • final testing of the subsystem.

CERTIFICATE

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The notified body responsible for EC verification draws up the certificate of conformity intended for the contracting entity or its authorised representative established within the Community, which in turn draws up the EC declaration of verification intended for the supervisory authority in the Member State in which the subsystem is located and/or operates.

TECHNICAL FILE

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The technical file accompanying the declaration of verification must be made up as follows:

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