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Management Board Meeting 56 on 06 July 2021

Meeting place:Online

Summary of decisions

The Management Board (MB) adopted:

  1. The minutes of the 55th Management Board meeting of 18 March 2021

  2. DECISION n° 265 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways amending the Single Programming Document 2021

    The Management Board adopted the Single Programming Document 2021 in its meeting of 26 November 2020.  This SPD had to be updated to reflect changes in the indicators and outputs as well as the procurement plan as a result of budget constraints and (re) allocation of resources.

  3. DECISION n° 266 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways amending DECISION n° 161 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways adopting the policy on monitoring the performance and decision-making of National Safety Authorities (NSAs) adopted on 29 November 2017

    This Decision amends MB Decision n°161/2017 and defines a targeted scope for the NSA monitoring. Considering the current NSA audits planning, the resources’ constraints in 2021 and in order to be as efficient as possible, the MB agreed to have one single final report, covering the full audit cycle, and to target the delivery date of the final report to December 2021, instead of September 2021.

  4. DECISION n° 267 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways amending MB Decision n° 227 establishing procedures for decision-making in relation to ensure business continuity during COVID-19 pandemic crisis for higher management

    The Agency prepared its business continuity in light of the pandemic COVID-19 and sanitary crisis, also providing a back-up plan and delegation of powers in case there is an unexpected unavailability of the Executive Director who will have to be replaced by other Agency management staff.  This update reflects a change in the Management Team of the Agency.

  5. DECISION n° 268 of the Management Board of the European Union Agency for Railways appointing a member of the Executive Board

    The Board appointed Ms Linda Gailitê (Latvia) to the Executive Board as a member.

  6. Agreed to meet on 23 November 2021