Regulation (EU) 2026/1184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May... (32026R1184)
Regulation (EU) 2026/1184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2026 on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 (Text with EEA relevance)
- REGULATION (EU) 2026/1184 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
- of 20 May 2026
- on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- CHAPTER I
- General provisions
- Article 1
- Subject matter and scope
- Article 2
- General responsibilities and principles
- Article 3
- Impartiality of the infrastructure manager in respect of capacity and traffic management, including maintenance planning
- Article 4
- Strategic guidance and national requirements
- Article 5
- Definitions
- CHAPTER II
- Management of railway infrastructure capacity
- Section 1
- General principles for the management of railway infrastructure capacity
- Article 6
- Capacity management
- Article 7
- European framework for capacity management
- Article 8
- Applicants
- Article 9
- Management of railway infrastructure capacity
- Article 10
- Information about railway infrastructure capacity
- Article 11
- Capacity restrictions resulting from railway infrastructure work and degraded railway infrastructure
- Article 12
- Refusal or withdrawal of capacity rights on public order or public security grounds
- Section 2
- Strategic capacity planning
- Article 13
- Strategic capacity planning
- Article 14
- General requirements for strategic capacity planning
- Article 15
- Consultation with stakeholders on strategic capacity planning
- Article 16
- Coordination on strategic capacity planning between infrastructure managers
- Article 17
- Analysis of expected transport market developments
- Article 18
- Capacity strategy
- Article 19
- Capacity model
- Article 20
- Capacity supply plan
- Article 21
- Contingency planning
- Article 22
- Criteria and procedures for the allocation of pre-planned capacity and for the definition of capacity planning objects
- Article 23
- Highly utilised and congested railway infrastructure
- Article 24
- Capacity analysis in case of highly utilised or congested railway infrastructure
- Article 25
- Capacity-enhancement plan
- Article 26
- Specialised railway infrastructure
- Article 27
- Capacity partitioning of railway infrastructure declared as being highly utilised or congested
- Section 3
- Scheduling and capacity allocation
- Article 28
- Capacity rights
- Article 29
- Methods of capacity allocation
- Article 30
- Allocation and coordination of multi-network capacity rights
- Article 31
- Cooperation in the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and capacity in service facilities
- Article 32
- Working timetable
- Article 33
- Capacity allocation through framework agreements
- Article 34
- Capacity allocation through the annual allocation process
- Article 35
- Capacity allocation through the rolling planning process
- Article 36
- Capacity allocation through the ad hoc process
- Article 37
- Scheduling of capacity restrictions resulting from railway infrastructure works
- Article 38
- Consensual conflict resolution mechanism and coordination of requests
- Article 39
- Formal conflict resolution mechanism
- Article 40
- Schedule for capacity allocation processes
- Section 4
- Adaptation and rescheduling
- Article 41
- Changes to capacity rights after allocation
- Article 42
- Penalty for changes to capacity rights
- Article 43
- Rescheduling in the context of disruption management and crisis management
- CHAPTER III
- Traffic, disruption and crisis management
- Article 44
- Traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
- Article 45
- Rules and procedures for traffic management and disruption management
- Article 46
- European framework for the coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
- Article 47
- Coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management
- Article 48
- Network disruption
- Article 49
- Crisis situations
- Article 50
- Exchange of information on traffic management
- CHAPTER IV
- Performance review
- Article 51
- General principles for performance review
- Article 52
- European framework for performance review
- Article 53
- European performance review report
- Article 54
- Advisory Performance Panel
- CHAPTER V
- European network for coordination
- Article 55
- Coordination among infrastructure managers
- Article 56
- Coordination among Member States
- Article 57
- Consultation mechanism for European and cross-border matters
- Article 58
- Organisation of ENIM
- Article 59
- Responsibilities of ENIM
- Article 60
- Transparency of ENIM
- Article 61
- Network coordinator
- Article 62
- Tasks of the network coordinator
- Article 63
- Organisation of the ERP
- Article 64
- Focal points for coordination of infrastructure managers
- Article 65
- Common structure, contents and schedule for network statements
- Article 66
- Digitalisation of capacity and traffic management
- CHAPTER VI
- Regulatory oversight of capacity and traffic management
- Section 1
- Regulatory bodies
- Article 67
- Responsibilities of regulatory bodies
- Section 2
- European Network of Rail Regulatory Bodies
- Article 68
- Cooperation of regulatory bodies within the ENRRB
- Article 69
- Organisation and structure of the ENRRB
- Article 70
- Tasks and responsibilities of the ENRRB
- Article 71
- Composition and organisation of the Board
- Article 72
- Role and tasks of the Board
- CHAPTER VII
- Final provisions
- Article 73
- Monitoring of European frameworks
- Article 74
- Implementing acts relating to the monitoring of the European frameworks
- Article 75
- Exercise of the delegation
- Article 76
- Committee procedure
- Article 77
- Report and review
- Article 78
- Amendments to Directive 2012/34/EU
- Article 79
- Transitional provisions
- Article 80
- Repeal
- Article 81
- Entry into force and application
- ANNEX I
- DELIVERABLES AND SCHEDULE FOR CAPACITY MANAGEMENT
- Section 1
- Deliverables to be prepared by infrastructure managers in strategic capacity planning referred to in Articles 13, 18, 19 and 20
- Section 2
- Schedule for strategic capacity management referred to in Articles 13, 18, 19 and 20
- Section 3
- Schedule and requirements for coordination, consultation and publication of capacity restrictions resulting from railway infrastructure works referred to in Articles 11 and 37
- Section 4
- Schedule for capacity allocation through the annual allocation process referred to in Articles 34 and 40
- Section 5
- Schedule for capacity allocation through framework agreements referred to in Articles 33 and 40
- Section 6
- Schedule for the rolling planning capacity allocation process referred to in Articles 35 and 40
- Section 7
- Schedule for capacity allocation through the ad hoc process referred to in Articles 36 and 40
- Section 8
- Schedule for changes to capacity allocated referred to in Article 41
- ANNEX II
- THRESHOLDS FOR THE DECLARATION OF HIGHLY UTILISED AND CONGESTED RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 23
- ANNEX III
- CONTENTS OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR CAPACITY MANAGEMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7
- ANNEX IV
- MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM LEVEL OF THE PENALTY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 42
- ANNEX V
- CONTENTS OF THE NETWORK STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27 OF DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU – SECTION ON CAPACITY MANAGEMENT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
- ANNEX VI
- CONTENTS OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR THE COORDINATION OF CROSS-BORDER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 46
- ANNEX VII
- NETWORK DISRUPTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 48
- ANNEX VIII
- CONTENTS OF THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 52
- ANNEX IX
- INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO OPERATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 50
- ANNEX X
- CORRELATION TABLES
- 1.
- Correlation table for the provisions deleted in Directive 2012/34/EU
- 2.
- Correlation table for Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
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