CFR Network Statement2026

may offer assistance for the performance of exceptional transports in accordance with the conditions specified in Article 5.4.3. The department responsible for approving the exceptional transport traffic on the CFR Network is: a) the Central Office for Railway Traffic Coordination of the Traffic Directorate for the international transports and for the transports in the area of two or several regional railway branches. Contact data: Traffic Directorate, Central Office for Railway Traffic Coordination Address: 38 Dinicu Golescu Blvd., 1 Bucharest 010873, Romania Phone: +40 21 319 25 10 Fax: +40 21 319 25 11 Mobil: +40 722 693 161 E-mail: [email protected] b) the Regional Railway Branch for the transports in the area of only one regional railway branch. Dangerous Goods Dangerous goods (substances) (DS) are those chemical products that, during the transport on the railways (in tank wagons, containers or other packages), due to some traffic accidents, damages to the means of transport or packing, unexpected chemical reactions, non-compliances with the packing and transport technical norms or some other unexpected factors, may lead to the occurrence of explosions, fires, gas, vapour, aerosol or toxic liquid emissions released on the ground and in the environment. The explosion, fire, gas or vapour emissions may occur directly in the means of transport or/and following the spreading of the dangerous substance on the ground. The dangerous substances (goods) may be transported by rail in tank wagons, containers or other types of packing units, in form of: - gas, at normal pressure; - compressed gas; - liquid gas; - liquid; - solid (compact, crystals, powders) In order to be permitted to transport dangerous goods on the CFR network, the freight RUs shall have the remark “inclusively dangerous goods” included in the licence, in the “Service Type” column”. On the CFR network, there apply the provisions of the Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) as well as other specific regulations set out in the railway instructions, whereas some of these are mentioned below:  GD No. 1175/2007 on approving the Rules for transporting dangerous goods in Romania;  Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail RID – Appendix C to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) signed in Bern on 9 May 1980, and amended by means of the Protocol ratified by means of the GO No. 69/2001 which was approved by means of Law No. 53/2002;  GO No. 7/2005 on approving the Regulation on the Romanian railway transport, republished;  OMT No. 590/2007 for establishing the rules on the domestic transport of dangerous goods by rail; The infrastructure capacity allocation method for the transport of dangerous goods is set out in Article 4.7. 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Acces Conditions A Page Date: 29.05.2026 46 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania CFR may provide assistance for the performance of the transport of dangerous goods in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 5.4.3. The body responsible for approving the transport of dangerous goods on the CFR Network is: Traffic Directorate, Central Office for Railway Traffic Coordination Address: 38 Dinicu Golescu Blvd., 1 Bucharest 010873, Romania Phone: +40 21 319 25 10 Fax: +40 21 319 25 11 E-mail: [email protected] Test Trains and Other Special Trains The applicant shall submit the request for the test, specifying the context and type of test required, to identify the legislation and regulations related to its conduct. When submitting the application, both the agreement for carrying out the test issued by the Romanian Railway Authority and the designation of the OTF involved (if the applicant is not himself an RU) is required. At the same time, the applicant shall submit the characteristics of the rolling stock necessary/relevant for the conduct of the experiment, approved by AFER. Back to TABLE OF CONTENTS 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Acces Conditions A Page Date: 29.05.2026 47 of 98 Cap. 4 CAPACITY ALLOCATION  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania 4.1 Introduction The infrastructure capacity allocation is regulated in Chapter IV, Section 3 of Law No. 202/2016, and by the Regulation on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity (GD No. 1696/2006 – under updating). In accordance with these, the Romanian infrastructure capacity allocation body is CFR, in its capacity as an infrastructure manager independent from the specific activities of a RU. The available infrastructure capacities are allocated by CFR upon the requests of the RUs as well as of other applicants. Any transaction between the RUs regarding the allocated infrastructure capacities is forbidden, and triggers the cancellation of the access contract, except in the case of the applicants that are not RUs, in accordance with Law No. 202/2016. CFR satisfies, as far as possible, all the requests for infrastructure capacity, also depending on the availability of the railway infrastructure. Within the scheduling and coordination procedure, CFR may consider as priorities certain services specified in Articles 47 and 49 of Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented. The right to use the infrastructure capacities established as train paths is granted to the RUs or to other applicants for a maximum period of time corresponding to one working timetable period. If an applicant intends to request infrastructure capacity for supplying a passenger railway transport service on a route where the right of access to the railway infrastructure is limited, it notifies the infrastructure manager and the National Railway Supervision Council with regard to its intention to supply this new passenger railway transport service at least 18 months before the entry into force of the working timetable to which the capacity request refers, in accordance with the provisions of Article 38(4) the first sentence of Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented. According to Article 3(e) of the Regulation laying down the procedure and criteria for the application of the economic equilibrium test issued by the National Railway Supervisory Board, a new rail passenger transport service is a rail passenger transport service intended to operate as a regular-time service, which is either entirely new, it involves a substantial modification of an existing rail passenger service, in particular to increase the frequency of services or to increase the number of stops, and which is not provided under a public service contract. The regulation establishing the procedure and criteria for applying the economic equilibrium test issued by the National Railway Supervisory Board, can be accessed at the address http://www.consiliulferoviar.ro/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Regulament-test-echilibru-economic_- CNSDFLdocx.pdf 4.2 General Description of the Process The infrastructure capacity allocation is performed by CFR in its capacity as the allocation body. The Regulation on the allocation of infrastructure capacity is set out in Annex 18. CFR supervises the carrying-out of the allocation procedures, and monitors the train path allocation on a fair and non-discriminatory basis, and by complying with the law and the confidentiality. The requests for infrastructure capacity are submitted in accordance with the law by: A. the RUs which have concluded an infrastructure access contract with CFR, in accordance with the allocation regulation; 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 49 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania B. other applicants in accordance with Law No. 202/2016, which have concluded access agreements. The requests of the foreign RUs, and of the international groups made up of these RUs are accepted in accordance with the law and the international agreements and conventions to which Romania is a party. The allocated train paths are published in the rail service books. The rules for path identification and train numbering on the Romanian railway network are established in the Operational procedure: “Path Identification and Train Numbering on the Romanian Railway Network – section Operational Procedures The path identification and train numbering system mainly ensures: a) the numerical identification of the passenger and freight trains along the entire route; b) facilitating the information of the passengers; c) the supply of information to the railway staff on the characteristics of the trains; d) the possibility of electronic data processing, providing a precise criterion for identifying trains in all the areas of the railway activity (traffic management, control-command and signalling, hot axle box, passenger notification systems, electronic ticketing, statistics, etc.). CFR is also the allocation body for the non-interoperable sections leased to the managers of non- interoperable railway infrastructure. CFR consults the interested parties with regard to the draft of the working timetable, and these may submit remarks within a month at least. The interested parties are all the parties that have submitted a request for infrastructure capacity as well as the other parties that wish to formulate comments with regard to the influence that the working timetable might have on their capacity of supplying railway services during the working timetable period. 4.3 Reserving Capacity for Temporary Capacity Restrictions General Principles Within the allocation programme, CFR shall highlight the Infrastructure Capacities necessary for performing the maintenance works (train paths, blank intervals in the working timetable, etc.) in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented, and of the Instruction No. 317 – the Instruction on speed restrictions, line closures and voltage cut- offs, approved by means of OMT No. 417/2004. The list of the sections and stations with capacity restrictions may be found in Annex 19 to the NS. Deadlines and Information Provided to Applicants At the deadlines set out in Annex VII to law no. 202/2016 on the integration of the railway system in Romania into the single European railway area, with subsequent amendments, CFR publishes in the Annex 19 the temporary restrictions on the capacity of railway lines that have a duration of more than seven consecutive days and due to which more than 30% of the estimated volume of daily traffic on a railway line is cancelled, re-routed or replaced by other modes of transport. The details of the coordination and consultation process with the applicants, the main operators of the service facilities concerned and the neighbouring infrastructure managers can be found in the RNE guide: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019-10-17_TCR_Guidelines_V3.00.pdf 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 50 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania 4.4 Impacts of Framework Agreements To date, no RU has requested the conclusion of any framework agreement and therefore cannot assess the impact of such an agreement. 4.5 Path Allocation Process The capacity allocation process shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 202/2016, on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented, and of GD No. 1696/2006. In special cases, CFR SA may establish special conditions and train paths, may provide assistance (under the conditions specified at Article 4.7) for exceptional transports/dangerous goods, to which, in addition to the above-mentioned provisions, there also apply the provisions set down in the Regulation No. 005 on train traffic and railway vehicle shunting. Annual Timetable Path Requests The deadlines for designing the CFR timetable (requesting, analysing and timetabling) are presented in the schedule of the infrastructure capacity allocation process in the regulation set out in Annex 18. It is drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Annex VII to Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, with subsequent amendments and completions, Chapter III of GD No. 1696/2006, as well as with the Handbook for Designing the Annual Timetable, respectively the Allocation Calendar for the valid timetable, prepared by Rail Net Europe: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/HB_Annual_TT_planning_2.0_2024-03-19.pdf https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/RAILNETEUROPE-CALENDAR-FOR-2025-TIMETABLE-2026-V1.4- %E2%80%93-RFC-CALENDAR.pdf (updated according to the years of validity) Within the specific railway bodies, CFR participates together with the infrastructure managers from other states in agreeing on the international train paths, before starting the consultations on the new working timetable. Late Annual Timetable Path Requests The late path requests are those received after the deadlines for the submission of the path requests for the designing of the annual timetable as set out in Annex 18. These requests may be accepted no later than two months before the entry into force of the relevant timetable, in accordance with the provisions of GD No. 1696/2006, and the Handbook for Designing the Annual Timetable prepared by Rail Net Europe: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/HB_Annual_TT_planning_2.0_2024-03-19.pdf The late path requests are analysed and solved according to the first-come-first-served rule within each category of trains as set out in Annex 18, within the limits of the infrastructure capacity remaining after the requests submitted in due time. Ad-Hoc Path Requests The RUs may submit ad-hoc requests for train paths after the timetable comes into force by complying with the provisions of Annexes 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 to GD No. 1696/2006, and of the Handbook for International Ad- hoc Request Management prepared by Rail Net Europe: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/HB_Ad_Hoc_Management_4.0_2024-12-10.pdf 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 51 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania CFR answers the ad-hoc requests for individual train paths as quickly as possible, but within 5 working days at the latest. The information regarding the non-used and available infrastructure capacity is made available to all the applicants that might be interested to use this capacity. If necessary, CFR may evaluate the need to keep available a reserve infrastructure capacity in the final working timetable, which could enable it to rapidly respond to the foreseeable ad-hoc requests for capacity. The Reserve Capacity is established in accordance with CFR’s internal procedures. Revocation of routes CFR may require the abandonment of a train path (revocation of a train path) that has not been used for a certain period, according to art. 13 of GD. 1696/2006 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacities: "if it has not been used for a certain period: (i) for passenger trains - 45 consecutive days; (ii) for freight trains - less than 20% in the last two months." Coordination process CFR monitors the fulfillment of allocation pro