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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1273/2013
of 6 December 2013
amending Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 on the technical specification for interoperability relating
to the subsystem ‘telematics applications for passenger services’ of the trans-European rail system
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(a) Article 4 shall be replaced by the following provision:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
‘Article 4
Union,
Railway undertakings, infrastructure managers, station
managers, ticket vendors and the Agency shall support the
Having regard to Directive 2008/57/EC of the European
works of phase 2 as specified in Section 7.3 of Annex I by
Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the inter
providing functional and technical information and expert
operability of the rail system within the Community ( 1 ), and in
ise.’;
particular Article 6(1) thereof,
(b) Article 5 shall be replaced by the following provision:
Whereas:
‘Article 5
(1) Article
7
of
Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
454/2011
The representative bodies from the railway sector acting at
of 5 May 2011 on the technical specification for inter
European level as defined in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
operability relating to the subsystem ‘telematics appli
No 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Coun
cations for passenger services’ of the trans-European rail
cil (*) together with a representative of ticket vendors and a
system ( 2 ) (hereinafter ‘the TAP-TSI’) requires that the
representative of European passengers, shall further develop
Regulation should be amended taking into account the
the Telematic Applications for Passenger Services subsystem
results of phase 1 defined in Section 7.2 of Annex I to
as specified in Section 7.3 of Annex I. The phase 1
the TAP-TSI.
deliverables (Application guides, Architecture, Governance
and Master plan) shall be made publicly available by the
(2) Section
7.2.2.2
of
Annex
I
to
the
TAP-TSI
provides
that
European Railway Agency on its website.
the European Railway Agency (hereinafter ‘ERA’) has to
assess the deliverables produced by the stakeholders in
___________
terms of IT specifications, governance and master plan
(*) OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 1.’;
with a view to determining whether the objectives
pursued in phase 1 have been achieved.
(c) Article 6 shall be replaced by the following provision:
(3) The Commission has received from the European
Railway Agency recommendation ERA/REC/09-
‘Article 6
2012/INT of 31 October 2012 which includes a
Member States shall ensure that railway undertakings, infra
number of draft amendments to the TAP-TSI.
structure managers, station managers and ticket vendors are
informed of this Regulation and shall designate a national
(4) The
Steering
Committee
established
under
Section
7.2.1
contact point (NCP) for the follow-up of its implementation.
of the TAP-TSI has discussed the ERA Recommendation
The role of the NCPs is described in Annex VI.’;
and, in particular, the legal status of phase 1 deliverables.
It has decided to change the status of some IT specifi
(d) Article 7 shall be replaced by the following provision:
cations to Application Guides.
‘Article 7
(5) Regulation
(EU)
No
454/2011
should
therefore
be
1. The
Regulation
shall
be
amended
taking
into
account
amended accordingly.
the results of phase 2 referred to in Section 7.3 of Annex I.
(6) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
2. The
European
Railway
Agency
shall
amend
technical
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab
document B.60 (Architecture) taking into account the
lished in accordance with Article 29(1) of Directive
results of phase 1 and by applying the procedure of
2008/57/EC,
Article 3.’.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 2
The Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 shall be
Article 1
amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 shall be modified as follows:
Article 3
( 1 ) OJ L 191, 18.7.2008, p. 1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
( 2 ) OJ L 123, 12.5.2011, p. 11.
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in
accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX
The Annexes to Regulation (EU) No 454/2011 shall be amended as follows:
1. Annex I shall be amended as follows:
(a) Section 4.2.1 should be replaced with the following text:
‘4.2.1. Exchange
of
timetable
data
This basic parameter lays down how the railway undertaking shall perform the exchange of timetable
data.
This basic parameter shall ensure that timetables comprising the data elements defined below shall be
made available.
This basic parameter shall further ensure that each railway undertaking shall provide accurate and up-to-
date timetable data.
The provisions of this basic parameter shall apply to the passenger services of the railway undertaking.
This basic parameter shall have the following process:’
(b) Section 4.2.2 should be replaced with the following text:
‘4.2.2. Exchange
of
tariff
data
This basic parameter lays down how the railway undertaking shall perform the exchange of tariff data.
This basic parameter shall ensure that tariff data in the format defined below shall be made available.
The provisions of this basic parameter shall apply in respect of all passenger tariffs of the railway
undertaking for domestic, international and foreign sales.
This basic parameter shall have following process:’
(c) Section 4.2.2.1 should be replaced with the following text:
‘4.2.2.1. T h e r a i l w a y u n d e r t a k i n g m a k e s a v a i l a b l e i t s o w n t a r i f f s t o o t h e r r a i l w a y
u n d e r t a k i n g s , a u t h o r i s e d p u b l i c b o d i e s a n d t h i r d p a r t i e s
Without prejudice to passenger rights and in accordance with distribution agreements, each railway
undertaking shall make available its tariffs (including fare tables) by guaranteeing access to railway
undertakings to which it grants authorisation to sell, third parties to which it grants authorisation to
sell, and to authorised public bodies. The railway undertaking shall ensure that the tariff data are accurate
and up-to-date. Where a railway undertaking operates a transport service for which it is one of the joint
carriers, the railway undertaking shall ensure, together with all the other joint carriers, that the tariff data
are accurate and up-to-date.
The main content of tariff data intended for international or foreign sales shall be as defined in Annex
IV.
Tariff data intended for international or foreign sales shall be made available at least as far in advance as
provided for in Annex IV.
The above process and the information used for it shall be compliant for tariff data intended for
international or foreign sales with the technical document(s):
— B.1 (see Annex III),
— B.2 (see Annex III),
— B.3 (see Annex III).

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The above process and the information used for it in respect of tariff data intended for domestic sales
shall comply with the technical documents to be developed by the Agency (see Annex II).’
(d) In Section 4.2.6 the following sentence shall be deleted:
‘The provision of this basic parameter regarding electronic request/confirmation shall be applied if there is an
agreement between the requesting and the addressed parties.’
(e) In Section 4.2.6.1 the sentence:
‘This website shall comply with web content accessibility guidelines which take into account the needs of people
with auditory and/or visual impairment.’
shall be replaced with the following text:
‘This website shall be accessible to persons with disabilities’.
(f) Section 4.2.6.2 shall be replaced with the following text:
‘4.2.6.2. I f t h e r a i l w a y u n d e r t a k i n g o r t i c k e t v e n d o r u s e s I T c o m m u n i c a t i o n f o r t h e
p u r p o s e s o f s e n d i n g a n a v a i l a b i l i t y / r e s e r v a t i o n r e q u e s t f o r P R M
a s s i s t a n c e , s u c h r e q u e s t m u s t c o m p l y w i t h t h e r e l e v a n t p r o v i s i o n s
The requesting distribution system shall send to the system requests for the relevant train availability/
reservation in respect of the specified type of assistance.
The main types of requests shall be:
— Availability request,
— Reservation request,
— Partial cancellation request,
— Full cancellation request.
This process shall be performed following a request from a customer transmitted to the system of the
railway undertaking or ticket vendor.
The data elements and the information content of the message used to meet the obligations shall
comply:
— either with elements defined in technical document B.10 (see Annex III), in which case all addressed
systems must be able to understand the request and to respond,
— or with otherwise defined standards, in which case the addressed system must be able to understand
the request and to reply.’
(g) Section 7.2.3 of Annex I shall be replaced with the following text:
‘7.2.3. Deliverables
The phase 1 deliverables include the following:
(1) Application guides describing functional, technical and performance specifications, the associated
data, the interface requirements, the security and the quality requirements.
(2) The outline of the global architecture of the system.
(3) The master plan including:
— The identification of the activities necessary to achieve the implementation of the system.
— A migration plan which includes a set of phases that is conducive to intermediate and verifiable
tangible results, from the current framework of stakeholders’ information and communication
systems to the system itself.
— A detailed milestone plan.
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— An assessment of the total lifecycle costs (LCC) associated with the deployment and operation of
the system, together with a subsequent investment plan and the relevant cost-benefit analysis.
(4) The governance deliverable which includes the identification of the appropriate governance struc
tures, methods and procedures to support the development and validation of the system and
subsequently its deployment and its field operation and management throughout its lifetime
(including dispute management between the parties involved under the provisions of this TSI).’
(h) Chapter 7.3 of Annex I shall be replaced with the following text:
‘7.3. Phase
2
—
Development
All actors concerned shall develop the system following the provisions of the phase 1 deliverables as
follows:
(a) Project governance
In order to guarantee the appropriate development of the system the governance structure as
described in technical document B.61 (see Annex V) shall be progressively implemented by the
actors.
Roles and responsibilities of all actors shall evolve with the implementation of the new governance
structure as described in technical document B.61.
The steering committee set up under phase 1 will be maintained in phase 2 until the governance
structure described in technical document B.61 is fully operational. Its rules of procedure will be
updated also to take into account its new role which is to monitor progress of implementation of
the new governance structure, the architecture developed in phase 1 and the development of the
system by individual companies taking particularly into account the adherence to the application
guides published and maintained by ERA. Before recognising the end of phase 2 the Steering
Committee will issue an opinion on the legal status and ownership of the Application Guides.
Full compliance with technical document B.61 will be considered as a presumption of conformity of
the new governance structure with the requirements of this Regulation. However due to the nature of
the document and the continuous need for alignment of the governance structure to the real needs
of the market, any deviation from its provisions should be immediately reported to the Steering
Committee which will assess the deviation and decide if the technical document and/or its legal
status needs to evolve at the end of phase 2.
(b) Master Plan
In order to guarantee the appropriate development of the system all actors concerned shall cooperate
and implement the system in full adherence to the master plan as specified in ERA technical
document B.62 (see Annex V).
(c) Development of the system
All actors concerned shall cooperate and develop the retail architecture of the system according to
the architecture provisions as described in ERA technical document B.60 (see Annex V).
All concerned actors shall cooperate and develop the system and its parts as to be as much as
possible compliant with the Application Guides as described in the technical documents:
B.50 (see Annex III)
B.51 (see Annex III)
B.52 (see Annex III)
B.53 (see Annex III)
B.54 (see Annex III)
B.55 (see Annex III)
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Full compliance with these technical documents will be considered as a presumption of conformity
of the system with the technical requirements of this Regulation. Any deviation from the Application
Guides shall be reported to the Steering Committee which will assess it in the context of its role
described under item (a). As the Application Guides B.50 to B.56 referred to in Annex III are not
mandatory specifications, they are not subject to the Change Control Management.’
2. Annex III shall be replaced with the following Annex III:
‘ANNEX III
List of technical documents
Reference Label
B.1. (V1.1.1) Computer
generation
and
exchange
of
tariff
data
meant
for
international
or
foreign
sales
— NRT tickets
B.2. (V1.1)
Computer generation and exchange of tariff data meant for international and foreign sales
— Integrated Reservation Tickets (IRT)
B.3. (V1.1) Computer
generation
and
exchange
of
data
meant
for
international
or
foreign
sales
—
Special offers
B.4. (V1.1.1) Implementation
guide
for
EDIFACT
messages
covering
timetable
data
exchange
B.5. (V1.1)
Electronic reservation of seats/berths and electronic production of travel documents —
Exchange of messages
B.6. (V1.1) Electronic
seat/berth
reservation
and
electronic
production
of
transport
documents
(RCT2
standards)
B.7. (V1.1.1) International
Rail
ticket
for
Home
Printing
B.8. (V1.1) Standard
numerical
coding
for
railway
undertakings,
infrastructure
managers
and
other
companies involved in rail-transport chains
B.9. (V1.1) Standard
numerical
coding
of
locations
B.10 (V1.1) Electronic
reservation
of
assistance
for
persons
with
reduced
mobility
—
Exchange
of
messages
B.30. (V1.1) Schema
—
messages/datasets
catalogue
needed
for
the
RU/IM
communication
of
TAP
TSI
B.50. (V1.0) Timetable
Application
Guide
B.51. (V1.0) Tariff
Application
Guide
B.52. (V1.0) Reservation
Application
Guide
B.53. (V1.0) Direct
Fulfilment
Application
Guide
B.54. (V1.0) Indirect
Fulfilment
Application
Guide
B.55. (V1.0) PRM
Assistance
Application
Guide
B.56. (V1.0) RU/IM
communication
Application
Guide’
3. The text of Section C.1 of Annex IV shall be replaced with the following text:
‘C.1. NRT Tariffs
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— Products,
— Services,
— Carrier codes,
— Fare tables,
— Station list.
NRT tariffs shall be made available in advance according to their sales conditions.’
4. An Annex V shall be added as follows:
‘ANNEX V
List of technical documents for retail architecture, governance and master plan
Reference Label
B.60 (V1.0) TAP
Retail
Architecture
B.61 (V1.0) TAP
Governance
B.62 (V1.0) TAP
Master
Plan’
5. An Annex VI shall be added as follows:
‘ANNEX VI
Tasks to be undertaken by the TAF/TAP National Contact Point (NCP)
(1) Act as point of contact between ERA, the TAF/TAP Steering Committee and railway actors (Infrastructure
Managers, Railway Undertakings, Wagon Keepers, Station Managers, Ticket Vendors and relevant associations)
in the Member State in order to ensure that the railway actors are engaged with TAF and TAP and are aware of
general developments and decisions of the Steering Committee.
(2) Communicate the concerns and issues of the railway actors in the Member State to the TAF/TAP Steering
Committee via the co-chairs, to the extent that concerns are known and there is a wish to raise them.
(3) Liaise with the Member State Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee (RISC) member ensuring that the
RISC member is briefed on national issues relating to TAF/TAP prior to each RISC meeting and ensuring that RISC
decisions relating to TAF/TAP are communicated appropriately to affected railway actors.
(4) The Member State ensures that all licensed Railway Undertakings and other railway actors (Infrastructure Managers,
Railway Undertakings, Wagon Keepers, Station Managers, Ticket Vendors) are contacted and provided with NCP
details and advised to make contact with the NCP if contact is not already established.
(5) To the extent that railway actors in the Member State are known, make them aware of their obligations under the
TAF and TAP regulations and that they must comply.
(6) Work with the Member State to ensure that an entity is appointed to be responsible for populating the Central
Reference Domain with primary location codes. The identity of the appointed entity shall be reported to DG
MOVE for appropriate distribution.
(7) Facilitate information sharing between the Member State railway actors (Infrastructure Managers, Railway Under
takings, Wagon Keepers, Station Managers, Ticket Vendors and relevant associations) in the Member State.’

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