Common central repository and reference data
Article 8
1. The Agency shall maintain a common central repository as a single source of common Union rail data for telematics. The repository shall be made available to the public and shall store all the following information: (a) metadata and associated specific data catalogue elements, that are referred to in point 1.4 of the Annex as a subset of the ERA Ontology, specifying the content and the structure of the data; (b) a list of certification authorities for public key infrastructure (‘PKI’) established in accordance with the requirements set out in point 1.3 of the Annex; (c) common reference data, referred to in Article 9, managed by the Agency; (d) a link to access the source of freight specific reference data, referred to in point 3.3 of the Annex, managed by the rail sector. 2. The Agency shall enable any telematics stakeholder to subscribe to automated notifications regarding any update to the information associated with the common central repository. 3. A telematics stakeholder may replicate for its own operational use the data available in the common central repository. 4. The Agency and each telematics stakeholder responsible for common reference data in accordance with points 1.2, and 4.8 of the Annex shall take the following steps: (a) make publicly available and free of charge their reference data for reuse in accordance with the specifications and access conditions set out in the Annex, as well as the service level conditions applied to the availability and accessibility of corresponding repository; (b) manage assignment, maintenance and storage of, and access to, their reference data in a transparent, fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory manner.