Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 31 Work programme

1. The Commission shall draw up a work programme taking account of the extension of the scope provided for in Article 8, the amendment of the TSIs provided for in Article 6(1) and the other obligations imposed on it by this Directive. The Commission shall keep the Committee fully informed on and involved in the drawing up and updating of the programme.

2. The work programme shall consist of the following stages:

(a) development on the basis of a draft prepared by the Agency of a model of the Community rail system, based on the list of subsystems (Annex II), to guarantee consistency between TSIs; this model must include in particular the various constituents of the system and their interfaces and act as a reference framework for defining the areas of use of each TSI;

(b) development of a model structure for developing TSIs;

(c) development of a method of cost-benefit analysis of the solutions set out in the TSIs;

(d) adoption of the mandates needed to draw up the TSIs;

(e) identification of the basic parameters for each TSI;

(f) approval of draft standardisation programmes;

(g) management of the transition period between the date of entry into force of Directive 2004/50/EC and publication of the TSIs, including the adoption of the reference system referred to in Article 36.