Article 6 — Capacity management

1. Infrastructure managers shall manage railway infrastructure capacity through a planning and allocation process comprising three phases: (a) strategic capacity planning as referred to in Section 2; (b) scheduling and allocation of railway infrastructure capacity as referred to in Section 3; (c) adaptation and rescheduling of allocated capacity as referred to in Section 4. 2. In addition to the content laid down in Annex IV to Directive 2012/34/EU, infrastructure managers shall include in the network statement referred to in Article 27 of that Directive: (a) a section on the railway infrastructure made available to railway undertakings; (b) a section on capacity management; (c) a section on operations, including on traffic management, disruption management and crisis management; and (d) a section on performance management, in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation. 3. Decision-making concerning capacity management as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, including both the definition and the assessment of availability and the allocation of capacity rights, shall be an essential function of the infrastructure manager within the meaning of Article 3, point (2f), of Directive 2012/34/EU. The provisions on essential functions laid down in that Directive shall apply to the decision-making concerning capacity management.