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Regulatory bodies
A Regulatory Body is to be established/set up in every Member State.
The main task of the Regulatory Body is to ensure a fair and non-discriminatory access to the rail network and services. The legal basis for the creation and competence of the Regulatory Body can be found in Article 10.7 of Directive 2001/12/EC and in Articles 30 and 31 of Directive 2001/14/EC.
Organisational independence
The Regulatory Body is a body independent from any infrastructure manager, charging body, allocation body or applicant. It is independent in its organisation, legal structure, funding and in its decision making. Decisions taken by the Regulatory Body shall be subject to judicial review.
Main tasks
The Regulatory Body shall be an appeal body in relation to decisions taken by an infrastructure manager or a railway undertaking regarding discriminatory access conditions.
Any applicant or interested party may lodge a complaint with the Regulatory Body if it feels that it has been treated unjustly, has been subject to discrimination or injured in any other way.
The Regulatory Body shall ensure that the charges set by the infrastructure manager are non-discriminatory. It shall supervise any negotiation between an applicant and an infrastructure manager on the level of the charges and intervene if necessary.
The Regulatory Body shall monitor the competition in the rail services market. In its monitoring function it shall decide on complaints or on its own initiative on appropriate measures to correct undesirable developments.
The Regulatory Body shall have the right to request relevant information from the infrastructure manager, applicants and any third party involved within the Member State concerned, which must be supplied without undue delay.
Co-operation
At European level and with the help of the European Commission, the Regulatory Bodies shall exchange information about their work and decision-making principles and practices with the aim to develop a common approach in order to avoid conflicting decisions.
List of Regulatory bodies
| Nationality | Organisation | Address /
Phone / Fax / E-mail / Web |
| AT | Schienen-Control Gmbh (monitoring) Schienen-Control Kommission (complaints) | Praterstrasse 62-64 – 1020 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 1 5050707-10 Fax: +43 1 5050707-17 office@scg.gv.at www.schienencontrol.gv.at |
| BE | Dienst Regulering van het Spoorwegvervoer en van de Exploitatie van de Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal / Service de Régulation du Transport Ferroviaire et de l'Exploitation de l'Aéroport de Bruxelles | CCN Vooruitgangsstraat/ Rue du Progrès 80 B-1030 Brussel/Bruxelles Tel :+32 2 277 45 23 Fax : +32 2 277 42 70 info@regul.be www.regul.be |
| BG | Railway Administration Executive Agency |
5, Gurko Str. Tel : +359 2 940 94 27 |
| CZ | The Rail Authority | Drazni urad Wilsonova 8 CZ-121 06 Praha 2 The Czech Rebublic Tel: +42 0 224 229 937 Fax: +42 0 972 241 831 kodym@ducr.cz www.ducr.cz |
| DE | Bundesnetzagentur / Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway | Tulpenfeld 4, DE-53113 – Bonn Germany Tel. : +49 228 14 7100 Fax : +49 228 14 6713 ref-701@bnetza.de info@bnetza.de www.bundesnetzagentur.de |
| DK | Jernbanenævnet Danish Railway Regulatory Body |
Gammel Mønt 4, 1 |
| EE |
Estonian Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) | Auna 6 EE-10317 Tallinn Estonia Tel: +372 667 2400 Fax : +372 667 2401 info@konkurentsiamet.ee |
| EL | Regulatory Authority for Railways (RAS) |
4, Anthimou Gazi street |
| ES | Comité de Regulacion Ferroviara - CRF |
Paseo de la Castellana 67, |
| FI | Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Finnish Rail Agency) | PO Box 320 FIN-00101 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358 20 776 76 11 Fax: +358 20 776 76 30 kirjaamo@trafi.fi www.trafi.fi |
| FR |
Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires (ARAF) | 57 Bd Demorieux - BP 21045 FR- 72 001 LE MANS Cedex 1 France Tel: +33 2 43 20 64 30 Fax: +33 2 43 24 78 23 mcaf@equipement.gouv.fr www.regulation-ferroviaire.fr/ |
| HU | National Transport Authority Department of Railway Regulation | Terez krt. 62, 1066 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36 1 815 96 73 office@nkh.gov.hu www.nkh.gov.hu |
| IE | No RB | |
| IT | Ufficio per la Regolazione dei Servizi Ferroviari | Via dell'Arte, 16 IT-00144 Roma - Pal. A - II piano Italy Tel: +39 06 590 830 88 Fax: +39 06 590 842 31 ursf@mit.gov.it |
| LT | Competition Council | A. Vienuolio Str. 8, LT-01104 Vilnius, Lithuania Tel: +370 5 262 77 97 Fax: +370 5 212 64 92 |
| LU |
Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation |
45, allée Scheffer |
| LV |
Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
State Railway Administration of Latvian Republic |
55 Brivibas Street
Riepnieku str. 2 Tel: +371 672 33 225 |
| NL | NMa Nederlandse Mededingingsautoritet | P O Box 16326 NL-2500 BH The Hague Netherlands Tel: +31 70 330 1764 Fax: +31 70 330 3370 info@nmanet.nl www.nmanet.nl |
| PL | Office for Rail Transport | Ul. Chalubinskiego 4 00-928 Warszawa Poland Tel: +48 22 626 80 11 utk@utk.gov.pl www.utk.gov.pl |
| PT | Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes terrestres URF - Unidade de Regulação Ferroviária |
Av das Forças Armadas, 40 Tel: +351 21 794 92 06 |
| RO | Railway Supervision Council | Piaţa Presei Libere, nr. 1, corp D1, Sector 1, Cod Poştal 013701, Bucureşti, Oficiul Poştal 33 Tel: +40 21 405 44 51 Fax: +40 21 318 26 17 consiliul.feroviar@consiliulconcurentei.ro www.consiliulferoviar.ro |
| SE | Transportstyrelsen - Swedish Transport Agency | Box 14, SE-781 21 Borlänge, Sweden Tel: +46 243 24 69 00 Fax: +46 243 24 69 99 jarnvag@transportstyrelsen.se www.transportstyrelsen.se |
| SI | Post and Electronic Communications Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (APEK) | P.O. Box 418 SI - 1001 Ljubljana SLOVENIA Tel: +386 1 583 63 00 Fax: +386 1 511 11 01 info.box@apek.si |
| SK | Railway Regulatory Authority (URZD) | Urad pre Regulaciu zeleznicnej dopravy Mileticova 19 820 05 Bratislava Slovakia Tel: +421 2 50255 284 Fax: +421 2 55568 002 urzd@urzd.sk www.urzd.sk |
| UK | Office of Rail Regulation | One Kemble Street, London,WC2B4AN United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7282 2000 Fax: +44 20 7282 2040 agnes.bonnet@orr.gsi.gov.uk www.rail-reg.gov.uk |
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| CH | Railways Arbitration Commission RACO Schiedskommission im Eisenbahnver SKE | Monbijoustr. 51 A, 3003 Berne Switzerland Tel : +41 31 322 55 84 Fax : +41 31 323 54 75 info@ske.admin.ch www.ske.admin.ch |
| HR | Rail Market Regulatory Agency | Jurišićeva 19/2 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia Phone : + 385 1 4878 500 Fax : + 385 1 4878 515 e-mail : artzu@artzu.hr web : http://www.artzu.hr |
| MK | Railway Regulatory Agency (RRA) | Mito Hadzivasilev 11052 1000 Skopje Macedonia Tel/fax : +389 2 3220 407 www.arpz.mk |
| NO | The Norwegian Railway Authority | P O Box 7113 St. Olavs plass NO-0130 Oslo Norway Tel: +47 22 99 59 00 Fax: +47 22 99 59 03 post@sjt.no www.sjt.no Tel: +47 22 24 90 90 Fax: +47 22 24 95 70 postmottak@sd.dep.no |
| (UK) | Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission Office of Rail Regulation |
1 Kemble Street London WC2B 4AN United Kingdom |
| (FR) | Channel Tunnel Intergovernmental Commission Secrétariat Général au Tunnel sous la Manche |
Tour Voltaire 1 Place des Degrés 92055 Paris la Défense Cedex France |
