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Regulation (EU) 2020/2222 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) 2020/2222 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 on certain aspects of railway safety and connectivity with regard to the cross-border infrastructure linking the Union and the United Kingdom through the Channel Fixed Link (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 4U.K.Rules and obligations regarding safety authorisations, safety certificates and licences
1.Safety authorisations, safety certificates and licences governed by Article 3 of this Regulation are subject to the rules applicable to them in accordance with Directives 2012/34/EU and (EU) 2016/798, and in accordance with the implementing and delegated acts adopted under those Directives.
2.The holders of safety authorisations, safety certificates and licences referred to in Article 1(2), and, as appropriate, the authority issuing them, when different from the national safety authority in whose territory the infrastructure is situated in the Union and under whose competence the border-crossing station and terminal of Calais-Fréthun falls, shall cooperate with that national safety authority and deliver to it all relevant information and documents.
3.Where information or documents have not been delivered within the time limits set in requests made by the national safety authority referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission may, upon notification by the national safety authority, adopt implementing acts to withdraw the benefit conferred on the holder pursuant to Article 3. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7(2).
4.Holders of safety authorisations, safety certificates and licences referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation shall inform without delay the Commission and the European Union Agency for Railways of any actions by other competent safety authorities, which may conflict with their obligations under this Regulation, Directive 2012/34/EU or Directive (EU) 2016/798.
5.Before withdrawing the benefits conferred pursuant to Article 3, the Commission shall in due time inform the national safety authority referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the authority having issued the safety authorisations, safety certificates and licences referred to in Article 1(2), and the holders of such authorisations, certificates and licences of its intention to proceed to such withdrawal, and shall provide them with the opportunity to make their views known.
6.As regards the licences referred to in point (c) of Article 1(2) of this Regulation, for the purposes of paragraphs (1) to (5) of this Article, references to a national safety authority shall be understood as references to a licencing authority defined in point (15) of Article 3 of Directive 2012/34/EU.
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