Article 66 — Digitalisation of capacity and traffic management

1. Infrastructure managers shall ensure that capacity management and traffic management processes within the scope of this Regulation are implemented by means of digital tools and digital services. Capacity management tools used by infrastructure managers shall comply with the requirements concerning capacity planning and allocation process laid down in Chapter II of this Regulation. The digital tools shall comply with the requirements set out in the Directive (EU) 2016/797 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted thereunder to ensure interoperability of systems and alignment of data with the register of infrastructure referred to in Article 49 of Directive (EU) 2016/797. Infrastructure managers may continue to use capacity management tools existing prior to the date of application referred to in Article 81(2), point (d), of this Regulation provided that those tools allow infrastructure managers to comply with the requirements of this subparagraph. 2. The digital tools deployed and the digital services provided shall: (a) ensure effective performance and quality, including full interoperability, of the services infrastructure managers provide to applicants; (b) ensure the transparency of rail capacity management and traffic management throughout all their phases, including through real-time solutions which shall be elaborated with relevant stakeholders and deployed according to the requirements set out in Directive (EU) 2016/797; (c) reduce the administrative burden for applicants by requesting each piece of information once only and by providing information or data in a single place, including as regards cross-border services. 3. Where the digital tools or the digital services necessary to support capacity management or traffic management processes need to be covered by technical specifications for interoperability, or where existing specifications covering or partially covering those tools, as provided for by Directive (EU) 2016/797 and the implementing acts adopted thereunder, need to be amended, ENIM and infrastructure managers shall contribute to the development and maintenance of such specifications in cooperation with ERA and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, and through the process referred to in Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2016/797. 4. Infrastructure managers shall contribute to the work of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking on issues that fall within the scope of this Regulation. For that purpose, ENIM and the infrastructure managers shall ensure appropriate representation in the System Pillar Steering Group and the Deployment Group referred to respectively in Articles 96 and 97 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2085. 5. Infrastructure managers, operational stakeholders and, where relevant, the operators of service facilities shall exchange digital information related to capacity management and traffic management by means of digital tools and digital services which are based on a harmonised architecture, and which involve standardised interfaces or common systems in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/797 and the specifications adopted on the basis thereof. In the case of multi-network rail services or cross-border services, infrastructure managers shall provide digital services and digital information through a single interface or common systems developed and deployed under coordination of ENIM. ENIM shall establish a one-stop shop in order to allow applicants to request multi-network capacity rights in a single place and in a single operation. 6. Infrastructure managers shall ensure that the digital tools and digital services referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are operational by the deadlines set out in Article 81 of this Regulation. The network coordinator shall provide common European digital tools and services for capacity and traffic management developed and deployed in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. ERA shall, in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/796, monitor the deployment and compliance of the digital systems with the technical specifications for interoperability, coordinate the development and updating of these specifications and assist the Commission in this process.