The competent authority for issuing licenses to railway undertakings based in Italy is the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (see article 3(s) of Legislative Decree 112/15). Contacts: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e of the Trasporti Direzione Generale del Trasporto Ferroviario Via Caraci 36 – ROMA 00157 website email dtt.dgtfe@mit.gov.it
2.2.4 Single Safety Certificate (updated in December 2019) The Single Safety Certificate is issued: • by the European Railway Agency (ERA) in all cases of RUs operating railway services in more than one EU Member State; • by ANSF or by ERA (the decision is chosen by the RUs) in the cases of RU that perform rail services only in Italy and up to the border stations. All questions and related information, the steps of the relevant procedures and the respective results regarding the issue or updating of the Single Safety Certificate are conveyed through the one-stop shop (One stop shop - OSS) which can be contacted via the internet address: https://oss.era.europa.eu.
2.2.5 Obligation to submit performance bonds and insurance The Applicants' obligations regarding the submission of a performance bond, in relation to the conclusion of the Framework Agreement, are regulated by par. 2.3.1.1. The Railway Undertakings' obligations regarding the submission of a performance bond and insurance policy, are regulated by par. 2.3.2.2 and 2.3.2.3, respectively.
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GENERAL BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS: DETAILED REGULATIONS AND OTHER RULES ESTABLISHED BY THE IM
2.3.1 Framework Agreement (updated in December 2019) a) Content and term The Infrastructure Manager and an Applicant may enter into a Framework Agreement, which shall respectively constitute the assurance of the availability of and a commitment to utilise the railway infrastructure capacity, including the related services. The Framework Agreement does not specify the train paths in detail, but has the purpose of meeting the legitimate commercial needs of the Applicant. The train paths are then detailed in the Access Contract. The capacity addressed in a Framework Agreement is defined according to the following typical parameters: I. II. III. IV. V.
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Type of transport service Characteristics of the connections: lines, origin/destination, stops Characteristics of the trains: traction, speed, mass, length, axial weight (freight), loading gauge (freight), transport of dangerous goods Identification of the arrival tracks only for the HS services referred to in the Framework Agreement. Number of paths per time slot, broken down by line, indicating the frequency and reference commercial speed. The latter is not mandatory for the IM in the event its needs to implement a different commercial speed to optimize the infrastructure capacity. Exclusively for Framework Agreements related to public local services, the average commercial speed represents an IM’ KPI (key performance indicator), expect for cases
