CHAPTER VI

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Report and further Union action
Article 29
1
The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council by 16 June 2021, and every 5 years thereafter, a report on the implementation of this Directive, in particular to monitor the effectiveness of the measures for the issuing of single safety certificates.
The report shall be accompanied where necessary by proposals for further Union action.
2
The Agency shall evaluate the development of a safety culture including occurrence reporting. It shall submit to the Commission, by 16 June 2024, a report containing, where appropriate, improvements to be made to the system. The Commission shall take appropriate measures on the basis of these recommendations and shall propose, if necessary, amendments to this Directive.
3
By 16 December 2017, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the actions taken with a view to achieving the following objectives:
a
the obligation for manufacturers to mark with an identification code the safety-critical components circulating on the European rail networks, ensuring that the identification code clearly identifies the component, the name of the manufacturer and the significant production data;
b
the full traceability of the safety-critical components, the traceability of their maintenance activities and the identification of their operational life; and
c
the identification of common mandatory principles for the maintenance of those components.