Article 48 — Network disruption

1. Where an incident results or is likely to result in restrictions to network operations, which require concerted action by operational stakeholders to ensure the best possible management of traffic during the restrictions, the affected infrastructure managers shall assess the likely duration and impact of the incident on the basis of all available information and previous experience, taking account of the method referred to in paragraph 7. If the estimated likely duration and impact of the incident meet the criteria for the declaration of network disruptions as set out in Annex VII, the infrastructure managers concerned shall declare a network disruption and implement the measures laid down in Article 45. 2. Where the network disruption has, or is likely to have, impacts on more than one network, the manager of the railway infrastructure on which the network disruption took place shall declare a multi-network disruption and coordinate actions in accordance with Article 47, while taking account of the European framework for the coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management referred to in Article 46. 3. Where the network disruption has cross-border impact, and is resulting in a partial or a total interruption of services for more than 15 days, the infrastructure manager shall provide an incident report to the network coordinator as soon as possible after the declaration of the disruption made pursuant to paragraph 1 or 2, and provide an update every 30 days during the entire duration of the disruption. The incident report shall include information on all operational measures undertaken to ensure alternative routes and the restoration of regular services. The network coordinator shall submit the incident report to ENIM and the relevant European Coordinators and, upon request, to the applicants concerned. 4. The infrastructure manager shall inform, as soon as possible, interested parties about the unavailability of railway infrastructure capacity. Member States may require the infrastructure manager to make such information available to the competent authority referred to in Article 9(1) of Directive (EU) 2022/2557. The regulatory body may require the infrastructure manager to make such information available to it, if it deems it necessary. 5. The network coordinator shall collect information on network disruptions, analyse the response, reach conclusions on the effectiveness of the management of such incidents, consult operational stakeholders, taking into account the guidelines developed by ENIM in accordance with Article 57(2), and report to ENIM and the Advisory Performance Panel. 6. ENIM shall take into account the conclusions of the network coordinator on network disruptions when updating the European framework for the coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management referred to in Article 46. 7. ENIM shall define a method to estimate the likely duration and impact of network disruptions on traffic, define the minimum content of the incident report and provide a template for the incident report. ENIM shall include that method, minimum content and template in the European framework for the coordination of cross-border traffic management, disruption management and crisis management referred to in Article 46. Infrastructure managers shall take account of that method, minimum content and template.