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 (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

The TSI shall apply to the infrastructure, operation and traffic management, telematics applications and rolling stock subsystems as described in point 2 of Annex II to Directive 2008/57/EC and in point 2.1 of the Annex to this Regulation. It shall cover all aspects of these subsystems which are relevant to accessibility for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.

The TSI shall apply to the following networks:

1. the trans-European conventional rail system network as defined in Annex I, section 1.1 of Directive 2008/57/EC;

2. the trans-European high-speed rail system network as defined in Annex I, section 2.1 of Directive 2008/57/EC;

3. all other parts of the network.

The TSI shall not cover the cases referred to in Article 1(3) of Directive 2008/57/EC.

The TSI shall apply to all new infrastructure or rolling stock subsystems of the rail system in the Union, referred to in paragraph 1, which is placed in service after the date of application provided for in Article 12, account being taken of points 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 of the Annex.

The TSI shall not apply to existing infrastructure or rolling stock of the rail system in the Union, referred to in paragraph 1, which is already placed in service on the network (or part of it) of any Member State at the date of application provided for in Article 12.

However, the TSI shall apply to existing infrastructure and rolling stock of the rail system in the Union, referred to in paragraph 1, when it is subject to renewal or upgrading in accordance with Article 20 of Directive 2008/57/EC, having regard to Article 8 of this Regulation and point 7.2 of the Annex to this Regulation.

The procedures for conformity assessment of interoperability constituents and subsystems set out in Section 6 of the Annex shall be based on the modules established in Commission Decision 2010/713/EU⁽¹⁾.

The type or design examination certificate of interoperability constituents shall be valid for a five year period. During that period, new constituents of the same type are permitted to be placed into service without a new conformity assessment.

Certificates referred to in paragraph 2 which have been issued according to the requirements of Decision 2008/164/EC remain valid, without a need for a new conformity assessment, until the expiry date originally established. In order to renew a certificate the design or type shall be re-assessed only against new or modified requirements set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Universal toilet modules which have been assessed against the requirements of Commission Decision 2008/164/EC shall not be re-assessed when they are intended for rolling stock of an existing design as defined in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014⁽²⁾.

With regard to specific cases referred to in Section 7.3 of the Annex, the conditions to be met for the verification of interoperability in accordance with Article 17(2) of Directive 2008/57/EC shall be the applicable technical rules in use in the Member State which authorises the placing in service of the subsystems covered by this Regulation.

By 1 July 2015, each Member State shall inform the other Member States and the Commission about:

1. the technical rules referred to in paragraph 1;

2. the conformity assessment and verification procedures to be carried out with a view to applying the national rules referred to in paragraph 1;

3. the bodies designated in accordance with Article 17, paragraph 3, of Directive 2008/57/EC appointed to carry out the conformity assessment and verification procedures with respect to the specific cases set out in Section 7.3 of the Annex.