FAS will complete rules for equal access to railway services
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is planning to complete the Bill of Changes to the Rules of Non-Discriminatory Access to railway transport and infrastructure announced on the website of this Department.
The FAS Railway Transport Advisory Council has brought this document forward for discussion as foundation, but decided to finish it by specifying the activities to which non discriminatory access will be provided. It is planned to publish a detailed list of such works in the bill, and also to register all aspects of interaction between natural monopolies and adjacent bodies.
The project rules are placed on the FAS website. The Department will accept proposals to improve this document until July 1.
As previously reported FAS worked out rules for equal access on a competitive basis to railway transport services and infrastructure.
According to this document, infrastructure owners and carriers do not have the right to refuse users and consumers access to services. The duty to prove the absence of such an opportunity lies with the monopoly.
The monopoly without fail should conclude contracts with users of services, and the essential conditions of such contracts should be equal for all users. Also, the monopoly should constantly inform consumers about all opportunities, providing detailed throughput information on particular directions, possible schemes and schedules of using infrastructure resources.
If there is no opportunity to fully satisfy all the demands of all users, RZD is obliged to render services gradually. First priority should be given to the restoration of train services and to fire fighting. Subsequent priorities will be the following: military transport, international passenger transport, long-distance domestic routes, suburban routes, transportation of luggage, special transportations, and cargo transport.
When several users are involved in equal transport services, their applications should be considered by the regulating organization on a competitive basis. Here the monopoly is obliged to keep a register of current applications.
The list of technological reasons whereby the monopoly can refuse admission to its infrastructure should be confirmed by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation in coordination with the Federal Antimonopoly Service.
The FAS Railway Transport Advisory Council has brought this document forward for discussion as foundation, but decided to finish it by specifying the activities to which non discriminatory access will be provided. It is planned to publish a detailed list of such works in the bill, and also to register all aspects of interaction between natural monopolies and adjacent bodies.
The project rules are placed on the FAS website. The Department will accept proposals to improve this document until July 1.
As previously reported FAS worked out rules for equal access on a competitive basis to railway transport services and infrastructure.
According to this document, infrastructure owners and carriers do not have the right to refuse users and consumers access to services. The duty to prove the absence of such an opportunity lies with the monopoly.
The monopoly without fail should conclude contracts with users of services, and the essential conditions of such contracts should be equal for all users. Also, the monopoly should constantly inform consumers about all opportunities, providing detailed throughput information on particular directions, possible schemes and schedules of using infrastructure resources.
If there is no opportunity to fully satisfy all the demands of all users, RZD is obliged to render services gradually. First priority should be given to the restoration of train services and to fire fighting. Subsequent priorities will be the following: military transport, international passenger transport, long-distance domestic routes, suburban routes, transportation of luggage, special transportations, and cargo transport.
When several users are involved in equal transport services, their applications should be considered by the regulating organization on a competitive basis. Here the monopoly is obliged to keep a register of current applications.
The list of technological reasons whereby the monopoly can refuse admission to its infrastructure should be confirmed by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation in coordination with the Federal Antimonopoly Service.