Commisson Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/772 of 16 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 as regards inventory of assets with a view to identifying barriers to accessibility, providing information to users and monitoring and evaluating progress on accessibility (Text with EEA relevance.)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (1), and in particular Article 5(11) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 (2), chapter 7 of the Annex of Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 is to be amended in order to specify the characteristics of the inventory of assets, including the content, data format, functional and technical architecture, operating mode, rules for data input and consultation, and rules for self-assessment and designation of the entities responsible for data provision.

(2) Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 a working party was established in order to make a proposal for a recommendation as regards the minimum structure and content of data to be collected for the inventory of assets with a view to identifying barriers to accessibility, providing information to users and monitoring and evaluating progress on accessibility. That working party completed its work in May 2017, and as a result, the Agency finalised the recommendation ERA-REC-128 for amending Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014.

(3) The Inventory of Assets is a static tool indicating the existence of the equipment and is therefore not intended to provide information on the status and functioning of the equipment.

(4) Where a station, or elements thereof, undergoes an upgrade, renewal or any work foreseen by a national implementation plan in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014, the information related to the compliance of that work with Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 of the station, or elements thereof, should be collected.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 51(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/797,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 is amended as follows:

(1) The following Article 7a is inserted after Article 7 ‘Article 7a Collection, maintenance and exchange of accessibility data (*1)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 of 5 May 2011 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem “telematics applications for passenger services” of the trans-European rail system (OJ L 123, 12.5.2011, p. 11).’ "

(2) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2019.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014 of 18 November 2014 on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to accessibility of the Union's rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 110).

(3) Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 1).