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ANNEX I

Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system · European Union

The infrastructure of the trans-European conventional rail system shall be that on the lines of the trans-European transport network identified in Decision No 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network OJ L 228, 9.9.1996, p. 1. or listed in any update to the same Decision as a result of the revision provided for in Article 21 of that Decision. For the purposes of this Directive, this network may be subdivided into the following categories: lines intended for passenger services; lines intended for mixed traffic (passengers and freight); lines specially designed or upgraded for freight services; passenger hubs; freight hubs, including intermodal terminals; lines connecting the abovementioned components. This infrastructure includes traffic management, tracking, and navigation systems: technical installations for data processing and telecommunications intended for long-distance passenger services and freight services on the network in order to guarantee the safe and harmonious operation of the network and efficient traffic management. The rolling stock shall comprise all the stock likely to travel on all or part of the trans-European conventional rail network, including: self-propelling thermal or electric trains; thermal or electric traction units; passenger carriages; freight wagons, including rolling stock designed to carry lorries. Each of the above categories must be subdivided into: rolling stock for international use; rolling stock for national use; taking due account of the local, regional or long-distance use of the stock. The quality of rail services in Europe depends, inter alia, on excellent compatibility between the characteristics of the infrastructure (in the broadest sense, i.e. the fixed parts of all the subsystems concerned) and those of the rolling stock (including the onboard components of all the subsystems concerned). Performance levels, safety, quality of service and cost depend upon that compatibility.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.