Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council of 26 June 1969 on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings
Modified by
  • Actconcerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the TreatiesCouncil Decision of the European Communitiesof 1 January 1973adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of the new Member States to the European Communities, 11972B31973D0101(01), March 27, 1972
  • Council Decision of the European Communitiesof 1 January 1973adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of the new Member States to the European Communities, 31973D0101(01), January 1, 1973
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties, 11979H, November 19, 1979
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties, 11985I, November 15, 1985
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 3572/90of 4 December 1990amending, as a result of German unification, certain Directives, Decisions and Regulations relating to transport by road, rail and inland waterway, 31990R3572, December 17, 1990
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded(94/C 241/08)Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 11994N31995D0001, August 29, 1994
  • Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 31995D0001, January 1, 1995
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 12003T, September 23, 2003
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006of 20 November 2006adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, 32006R1791, December 20, 2006
  • Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013of 13 May 2013adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia, 32013R0517, June 10, 2013
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 14 December 2016repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings(Text with EEA relevance), 32016R2337, December 23, 2016
Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Councilof 26 June 1969on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings SECTION IDefinitions and scope
Article 11.The accounts of railway undertakings shall be normalised in accordance with the common rules set out in this Regulation.2.Any financial compensation resulting from the normalisation of accounts laid down in paragraph 1 shall be effected from 1 January 1971 and in accordance with the common procedures set out in this Regulation.
Article 21.Normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings shall, within the meaning of this Regulation, consist in:(a)determination of the financial burdens borne or benefits enjoyed by railway undertakings, by reason of any provision laid down by law, regulation or administrative action, by comparison with their position if they operated under the same conditions as other transport undertakings;(b)payment of compensation in respect of the burdens or benefits disclosed by the determination under (a).2.Financial burdens resulting from any provision laid down by law, regulation or administrative action which embodies the results of negotiations between the two sides of industry shall not be treated as financial burdens for the purposes of this Regulation.3.Normalisation of accounts within the meaning of this Regulation shall not apply to public service obligations imposed by Member States and covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69.
Article 31.This Regulation shall apply to the following railway undertakings:Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB)/Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS),Danske Statsbaner (DSB),Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB),Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR),Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος (ΟΣΕ),Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE),Société Νationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF),Iarnród Éireann,Ente Ferrovie dello Stato (FS),Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (CFL),Naamloze Vernootschap Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS),Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB),Caminhos-de-Ferro Portugueses, EP (CP),Valtionrautatiet/Statsjärnvägarna (VR),Statens järnvägar (SJ),British Rail (BR),Northern Ireland Railways (NIR),České dráhy (ČD) a.s.; Správa železniční dopravní cesty s.o.,AS Eesti Raudtee,Edelaraudtee AS,Valsts akciju sabiedrība "Latvijas Dzelzceļš" (LDZ),Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LG),Magyar Államvasutak Rt. (MÁV),Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút Rt. (GySEV),PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A.,PKP Cargo S.A.,PKP InterCity sp. z o.o.,PKP Przewozy Regionalne sp. z o.o.,Slovenske železnice (SŽ),Železnice Slovenskej republiky (ŽSR),Национална компания Железопътна инфраструктура (НК ЖИ),Български държавни железници ЕАД (БДЖ ЕАД),Compania Națională de Căi Ferate C.F.R. — S.A. (CFR),Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Marfă C.F.R. Marfă — S.A. (CFR Marfa),Societatea Națională de Transport Feroviar de Călători C.F.R. Călători — S.A. (CFR Călători),Societatea de Administrare Active Feroviare S.A.A.F. — S.A. (SAAF),HŽ Infrastruktura d.o.o.,HŽ Putnički prijevoz d.o.o.,HŽ Cargo d.o.o.2.The Commission shall, by 1 January 1973 at the latest, submit to the Council the measures it considers to be necessary for the purpose of extending the application of this Regulation to other undertakings effecting carriage by rail.
Article 41.Normalisation of accounts within the meaning of this Regulation shall be applied to the following classes of financial burden or benefit:(a)payments which railway undertakings are obliged to make but which, for the rest of the economy, including other modes of transport, are borne by the State (Class 1);(b)expenditure of a social nature incurred by railway undertakings in respect of family allowances different from that which they would bear if they had to contribute on the same terms as other transport undertakings (Class II);(c)payments in respect of retirement and other pensions borne by railway undertakings on terms different from those applicable to other transport undertakings (Class III);(d)the bearing by railway undertakings of the costs of crossing facilities (Class IV).2.The following classes of financial burden or benefit in existence at the time of entry into force of this Regulation shall be terminated by 1 January 1971 at the latest:(a)the obligation to recruit staff surplus to the requirements of the undertaking (Class V);(b)backdated increases in wages and salaries imposed by the Government of a Member State, except where such increases are made for the sole purpose of bringing the wages and salaries paid by railway undertakings into line with the wages and salaries paid elsewhere in the transport sector (Class VI);(c)delay imposed by the competent authorities with regard to renewals and maintenance (Class VII).3.The following class of financial burden or benefit in existence at the time of the entry into force of this Regulation shall be abolished by 1 January 1973 at the latest:financial burdens in respect of reconstruction or replacement arising out of war damage which are borne by railway undertakings but which should have been assumed by the State (Class VIII);the capital and interest burden of loans granted under this head shall be the subject of normalisation of accounts within the meaning of this Regulation until liability ceases.4.The following classes of financial burden or benefit in existence at the time of the entry into force of this Regulation may be the subject of normalisation of accounts within the meaning of this Regulation:(a)the obligation to retain staff surplus to the requirements of the undertaking (Class IX);(b)measures benefiting staff, in recognition of certain services rendered to their country, imposed on railway undertakings by the State on terms different from those applicable to other transport undertakings (Class X);(c)allowances payable to staff imposed on railway undertakings and not on other transport undertakings (Class XI);(d)expenditure of a social character incurred by railway undertakings, in respect in particular of medical treatment, different from that which they would bear if they had to contribute on the same basis as other transport undertakings (Class XII);(e)financial burdens devolving upon railway undertakings in consequence of their being required by the State to keep in operation works or other establishments in circumstances inconsistent with operation on a commercial basis (Class XIII);(f)conditions imposed in respect of the placing of public contracts for works and supplies (Class XIV).The following class of financial burden or benefit may also be the subject of normalisation of accounts within the meaning of this Regulation:capital and interest burdens borne as a result of lack of normalisation in the past (Class XV).A final settlement of the position as regards Classes IX to XV shall be adopted by the Council by not later than the time when measures are adopted for the implementation of Article 8 of the Council Decision of 13 May 1965 on the harmonisation of certain provisions affecting competition in transport by rail, road and inland waterway. In the meantime, Member States shall endeavour to remove the causes of those financial burdens or benefits.

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