Transitional provisions
Article 15
1. Where a national safety authority recognises that it will not be able to issue a safety certificate in accordance with Directive 2004/49/EC before the relevant date in the Member State concerned, it shall inform the applicant and the Agency immediately. 2. In the case referred to in Article 10(8) of Directive (EU) 2016/798, the applicant shall decide whether the application should continue to be assessed by the national safety authority or transferred to the Agency. The applicant shall inform both and the following shall apply: (a) In cases where the applicant has decided to use the Agency as safety certification body, the national safety authority shall transfer the application file and the results of the assessment referred to in point (a) of Article 10(2) of Directive 2004/49/EC to the Agency. The Agency and the national safety authority shall cooperate and assist the applicant to supplement the application in order to meet the additional requirements of Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2016/798. (b) In cases where the applicant has decided to use the national safety authority as safety certification body, the national safety authority shall continue the assessment of the application and decide on the issue of the single safety certificate in accordance with Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/798 and this Regulation. That authority shall assist the applicant to supplement the application in order to meet the additional requirements of Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2016/798. 3. In the case of an applicant intending to operate in more than one Member State, the safety certification body shall be the Agency and the procedure set out in point (a) of paragraph 2 applies. 4. In all cases, the applicant shall submit the revised application after the relevant date in the Member State concerned through the one-stop shop. The safety certification body shall assist the applicant in this task. 5. After the relevant date, any railway undertaking established in the Member State concerned, for which a safety certificate issued in accordance with Directive 2004/49/EC needs renewal or update resulting from changes to type, extent and area of operation, shall submit a new application for a single safety certificate through the one-stop shop, in accordance with this Regulation. 6. Where the area of intended operation is not limited to one Member State, a single safety certificate issued by the Agency between 16 June 2019 and 16 June 2020 shall exclude the network or networks in any of the Member States that have notified the Agency and the Commission in accordance with Article 33(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/798 and that have not yet transposed that Directive and not brought into force its national transposition measures. The national safety authorities of the Member States that have made such a notification shall: (a) treat a single safety certificate issued by the Agency as equivalent to the part of the safety certificate issued in accordance with point (a) of Article 10(2) of Directive 2004/49/EC; (b) issue safety certificates in accordance with point (b) of Article 10(2) of Directive 2004/49/EC from 16 June 2019 with a validity period not extending beyond that of the single safety certificate. 7. In the cases referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2 and in paragraph 6 of this Article, the national safety authority shall cooperate and coordinate with the Agency to undertake the assessment of the elements set out in point (a) of Article 10(3) of Directive (EU) 2016/798. When doing so, the Agency shall accept the assessment referred to in point (a) of Article 10(2) of Directive 2004/49/EC carried out by the national safety authority.