Management Board Meeting 49 on 04 June 2019

THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR RAILWAYS MANAGEMENT BOARD

• DECISION n°200 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways on intention to extend the Executive Director's term of office and informing the European Parliament of this extension
  Following MB decision of 30 September 2014, the Agency’s Executive Director’s term finishes on 31 December 2019. Article 68(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/796 envisages that the Management Board may extend this term of office for no more than 5 years. In addition, Article 68(5) stipulates that “The Management Board shall inform the European Parliament of its intention to extend the Executive Director's term of office. Within 1 month before any such extension, the Executive Director may be invited to make a statement before the competent committee of the European Parliament and to answer questions put by its members.”
• DECISION n°201 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways on the continuation of the mandate for the 4th Railway Package Readiness Assurance
  The Terms of Reference for the Fourth Railway Package Readiness Assurance were adopted by the Management Board in its meeting of 26/09/2017; the scope was enlarged on 27/02/2018. The original deadline of the mandate of the Steering Group was set for June 2019. As the majority of Member States will transpose in 2020 and the real problems will only surface when the Agency will be operational, it is felt important to keep this Steering Group in place until at least the end of 2020.
• Agreed to meet on 25 September 2019 in Lille