Legal basis

Austrian law

Here you will find the most important national legal texts from the Federal Legal Information System (RIS).

• Railway Act 1957
• Federal Railways Act
• Private Railways Act 2004
• Railway Ordinance 2003
• Rail Transport and Passenger Rights Act
• Federal Highway Toll Act 2002

4. Railway package "Technical pillar"

• Regulation (EU) 2016/796
  Regulation on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004
• Directive (EU) 2016/797 as amended by Directive (EU) 2020/700
  Directive on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union
• Directive (EU) 2016/798 as amended by Directive (EU) 2020/700
  Railway Safety Directive

4. Railway package "Political pillar"

• Regulation (EU) 2016/2338
  Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger rail services
• Directive (EU) 2016/2370
  Directive amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger rail services and the governance of the railway infrastructure

Recast 1st Railway Package

• Directive 2012/34/EU
  Directive establishing a single European railway area

3. Railway package

• Directive 2008/57/EC
• Directive 2007/58/EC
• Directive 2007/59/EC
• Regulation (EC) No. 1371/2007
• Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007

2. Railway package

• Regulation (EC) No. 881/2004
• Directive 2004/51/EC
• Directive 2004/50/EC
• Directive 2004/49/EC
• Regulation (EC) No. 91/2003

1. Railway package

• Directive 2001/14/EC
• Directive 2001/13/EC
• Directive 2001/12/EC

First legal acts

• Directive 1995/18/EC
• Directive 1991/440/EEC

Other legal provisions

• Regulation (EU) 2024/1679
  Regulation on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No. 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No. 1315/2013
• Regulation (EU) 2022/2586
  Regulation on the application of Articles 93, 107, and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of State aid in the rail, inland waterway, and multimodal transport sectors
• Regulation (EU) No. 1299/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the infrastructure subsystem of the rail system in the European Union
• Regulation (EU) 1300/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specifications for interoperability relating to the accessibility of the European Union's rail system for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.
• Regulation (EU) No. 1301/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the "energy" subsystem of the rail system in the European Union
• Regulation (EU) 2021/782
  Recast of the Regulation on rail passengers' rights and obligations
• Regulation (EU) 2020/1429 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2022/1036
  Regulation laying down measures for a sustainable railway market in view of the COVID-19 outbreak
• Regulation (EU) 2020/698
  Regulation laying down specific and temporary measures related to the COVID-19 outbreak as regards the renewal or extension of certain certificates, licenses, and authorizations and the postponement of certain periodic checks and training in certain areas of transport law
• Regulation (EU) 2018/643
  Regulation on rail transport statistics.
• Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No . 2021/541
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem "telematics applications for freight transport" of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 62/2006
• Regulation (EU) No. 913/2010 as amended by Regulation (EU) No. 1316/2013
  Regulation establishing a European rail network for competitive freight transport
• Regulation (EU) No. 454/2011 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/775
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem "telematics applications for passenger services" of the trans-European rail system
• Regulation (EU) No. 321/2013 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the "rolling stock – freight wagons" subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Commission Decision 2006/861/EC
• Regulation (EU) No. 1302/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem "rolling stock – locomotives and passenger coaches" of the rail system in the European Union
• Regulation (EU) No. 1304/2014 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 2023/1694
  Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem "rolling stock – noise," amending Decision 2008/232/EC and repealing Decision 2011/229/EU
• Regulation (EC) No. 1370/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2016/2338
  Regulation on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No. 1191/69 and (EEC) No. 1107/70
   
• Directive 2007/59/EC as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/554
  Directive on the certification of train crews operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community
• Directive 2005/47/EC
  Directive on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border rail transport
   
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/773 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2238
  Implementing Regulation on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the "operation and traffic management" subsystem of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Decision 2012/757/EU
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/777 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694
  Implementing Regulation on common specifications for the railway infrastructure register
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/250 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/779
  Implementing Regulation on the models of EC declarations and certificates for railway interoperability constituents and subsystems, the model of the declaration of conformity to type for rail vehicles, and on the EC verification procedures for subsystems
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1795
  Implementing Regulation laying down the procedure and criteria for carrying out the economic equilibrium test referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2012/34/EU
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/763 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/777
  Implementing Regulation on the practical arrangements for issuing single safety certificates to railway undertakings
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2177 as amended, OJ L 065 of 25.02.2021, 87 (2017/2177)
  Implementing Regulation on access to service facilities and rail-related services
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/6
  Implementing Regulation on the European Deployment Plan for the European Rail Traffic Management System
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/545
  Implementing Regulation on procedures and criteria relating to framework agreements for the allocation of infrastructure capacity
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1100
  Implementing Regulation on reporting obligations of Member States in the context of monitoring the rail transport market
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/909
  Implementing Regulation on the modalities for calculating costs incurred directly as a result of train operation
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/429
  Implementing Regulation laying down the modalities for charging noise impact costs
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/10
  Implementing Regulation on criteria for applicants for the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity
• Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/171
  Implementing Regulation on certain aspects of the procedure for authorizing railway undertakings