S.I. No. 186/2013 - European Communities (Interoperability of the Rail System) Regulations 2011 (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th June, 2013. | ||
I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 20081 as last amended by Commission Directive 2013/9/EU of 11 March 20132 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Interoperability of the Rail System) Regulations 2011 (Amendment) Regulations 2013. | ||
2. The European Communities (Interoperability of the Rail System) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 419 of 2011 ) are amended— | ||
(a) in Regulation 2, by substituting for the definition of “Railway Interoperability Directive” the following: | ||
“ ‘Railway Interoperability Directive’ means Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 20081 on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community as amended by— | ||
(c) Commission Directive 2013/9/EU of 11 March 20132;”, | ||
and | ||
(b) by inserting after Regulation 24 the following: | ||
“24A (1) After a subsystem has been placed in service the Railway Safety Commission shall supervise its use in accordance with Article 15(3).”. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
6 June 2013. | ||
LEO VARADKAR, | ||
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
The purpose of these Regulations is to give effect to: | ||
(a) Commission Directive 2013/9/EU of 11 March 2013, | ||
(b) Article 15(3) of Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008. | ||
1 OJ No. L. 191, 18.07.2008, p. 1. 2 OJ No. L. 68, 12.03.2013, p. 55. |