S.I. No. 280/2015 - European Union (Railway Safety) Regulations 2013 (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Railway Safety) Regulations 2013 (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

2. Regulation 2 of the European Union (Railway Safety) Regulations 2013 (

S.I. No. 444 of 2013

) is amended by substituting for the definition of “Directive” the following

“ ‘Directive’ means Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004

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(as amended by Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008

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, Directive 2008/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008

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, Commission Directive 2009/149/EC of 27 November 2009

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and Commission Directive 2014/88/EU of 9 July 20141);”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 July 2015.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

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 transpose Commission Directive 2014/88/EU of 9 July 2014 which amends Directive 2004/49/EC as regards common safety indicators and common methods of calculating accident costs by replacing Annex I (Common safety indicators) in full. Directive 2004/49/EC is the principal EU Railway Safety Directive and it is transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Railway Safety) Regulations 2013 (

SI No. 444 of 2013

). These Regulations amend

SI No. 444 of 2013

to incorporate amending Directive 2014/88/EU and new Annex I.

1 OJ No. L201, 10.07.2014, p.9

2 OJ No. L164, 30.04.2004, p.44

3 OJ No. L191, 18.07.2008, p.1

4 OJ No. L345, 23.12.2008, p.62

5 OJ No. L313, 29.11.2009,p.65

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th July

, 2015.

I, PASCHAL DONOHOE, 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 Commission Directive 2014/88/EU of 9 July 2014

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, hereby make the following regulations