CHAPTER II

DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNION RAILWAYS
SECTION 2

Separation of infrastructure management and transport operations and of different types of transport operations

Coordination mechanisms
Article 7e
Member States shall ensure that appropriate coordination mechanisms are put in place to ensure coordination between their main infrastructure managers and all interested railway undertakings as well as applicants referred to in Article 8(3). Where relevant, representatives of users of the rail freight and passenger transport services, and national, local or regional authorities, shall be invited to participate. The regulatory body concerned may participate as an observer. The coordination shall concern inter alia:
1. the needs of applicants related to the maintenance and development of the infrastructure capacity;
2. the content of the user-oriented performance targets contained in the contractual agreements referred to in Article 30 and of the incentives referred to in Article 30(1) and their implementation;
3. the content and implementation of the network statement referred to in Article 27;
4. issues of intermodality and interoperability;
5. any other issue related to the conditions for access, the use of the infrastructure and the quality of the services of the infrastructure manager.
The infrastructure manager shall draw up and publish guidelines for coordination, in consultation with interested parties. Coordination shall take place at least annually and the infrastructure manager shall publish on its website an overview of the activities undertaken pursuant to this article.
Coordination under this Article shall be without prejudice to the right of applicants to appeal to the regulatory body and the powers of the regulatory body as set out in Article 56.
Inserted by Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (Text with EEA relevance).