Directive (EU) 2016/797 Article 3

Essential requirements

Article 3

1. The Union rail system, subsystems and interoperability constituents including interfaces shall meet the relevant essential requirements. 2. The technical specifications referred to in Article 60 of Directive 2014/25/EU, which are necessary to complete European specifications or other standards in use within the Union, shall not conflict with the essential requirements.

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