19.1.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L13/1 (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 36/2010 of 3 December 2009 on Community models for train driving licences, complementary certificates, certified copies of complementary certificates and application forms for train driving licences, under Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community (), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof, Having regard to the recommendation of the European Railway Agency No ERA/REC/SAF/04-2008 of 19 December 2008 on harmonised formats for train driving licences, complementary certificates, and certified copies of the complementary certificates for train drivers, in conformity with Directive 2007/59/EC and the recommendation of the European Railway Agency No ERA/REC/SAF[06-2008 of 19 December 2008 on the use of a harmonised model for application form for train driving licences, Whereas: (1)  Directive 2007/59/EC provides that all train drivers shall have the necessary fitness and qualifications to drive trains and shall hold the following documents: a licence demon- strating that the driver satisfies minimum conditions as regards medical requirements, basic education and general professional skills and one or more certificates indicating the infrastructures on which the holder is authorised to drive and indicating the rolling stock which the holder is authorised to drive. () OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 51. 2 The Member States’ laws on the certification conditions for train drivers differ considerably. Harmonised models for the certification of train drivers should therefore be adopted to support the implementation of the relevant Community rules. The aim of harmonising licences and complementary cer- tificates is primarily to make it easier for train drivers to move from one Member State to another, but also to make it easier for them to move from one railway undertaking to another, and generally to have the licences and certifi- cates recognised by all railway sector stakeholders. To this end, it is essential that the provisions set minimum require- ments which applicants should meet to obtain a licence or harmonised complementary certificate. In order to guar- antee the necessary uniformity and transparency, Member States should adopt a harmonised model for train driving licences, whilst railway undertakings and infrastructure managers should issue harmonised complementary certificates. To railway undertakings and infrastructure managers employing or contracting drivers, and especially to railway undertakings operating international services, it is impor- tant that the format of complementary certificates should be the same in different Member States; therefore it should be harmonised in order to attest drivers’ compliance with certain minimum conditions, professional qualifications and linguistic knowledge.