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the traffic sections located on the freight corridors RFC 7 and RFC 9, as well as on their alternative routes. CFR has also published the Capacity Strategy both on its own website (www.cfr.ro) and on the Rail Net Europe website (www.rne.eu). 4.9.3.1 Capacity Strategy CFR decided to define the Capacity Strategy for the 2028 Timetable for the traffic sections located on the freight corridorRin-Dunăre, as well as on their alternative routes. The traffic data was harmonized with the Infrastructure Managers of Hungary (MAV) and Bulgaria (NRIC). In line with the joint process laid down in the Handbook for Procedures for Capacity Strategy, CFR published the document on the website of the NS as Annex 4.a, as well as on the RNE website (https://rne.eu/capacity- management/capacity-strategies/). The calendar for preparing the Capacity Strategy is: 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 57 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania Initial moment of the process Process defining X – 60 Start of the process X - 60 to X – 54 Data gathering and preparation of first draft X - 54 to X – 36 Harmonization with neighbouring railway networks X - 39 Publication of the draft Capacity Strategy in DRR 2026 Annex 4 and on the website https://rne.eu/. X – 39 to X - 37 Sending any comments/observations (email [email protected]) X - 36 Publication of the Capacity Strategy in NS 2026, Annex 4.a and on site https://rne.eu/ X - 36 to X – 12 Update of the Strategy (when applicable) 4.9.3.2 Capacity Model Based on the principles for planning the traffic and the Temporary Capacity Restrictions (TCR), which are published in the 2027 Capacity Strategy, CFR prepares the Capacity Model for the Curtici - Simeria infrastructure section to be published 18 months before the date of entry into force of the relevant timetable. It includes: the capacity restrictions affecting the relevant sections during the period of the relevant timetable, the capacity intended for allocation by traffic types (passenger, freight) for the Annual Timetable, the multiannual Rolling Planning, the capacity intended for Ad-hoc Requests and the Reserve Capacity. The main benefits of a Capacity Model are, firstly, transparency in capacity usage and, secondly, the early detection of potential capacity conflicts and blockages, thus offering more time to take action. The data source for the preparation of the Capacity Model is: • The Capacity Strategy. • The competent authorities: the expected traffic flows from Public Service Contracts • The competent authorities: the available funding for new infrastructure or RS modernization projects. • The multi-annual Rolling Planning requests • The Capacity Needs Announcements • Historical data about the railway services operated in the previous years. • Own analyses (own estimates and hypotheses regarding the future market developments) • Framework agreements The available volumes for passenger and freight traffic can be split between: - capacity available for Annual TT requests (see chapter 4.9.2); - capacity safeguarded for Ad-hoc requests (see chapter 4.9.2); 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 58 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania - capacity safeguarded for Rolling Planning requests (see chapter 4.9.2); - (if available) Unplanned capacity. The capacity model is published at X-21 in draft and at X-18 in final form in ECMT (https://ecmt- online.rne.eu ). 4.9.3.2.1 Capacity Needs Announcements The Capacity Needs Announcements (CNAs) are a new means by which the applicants may contribute to the advance capacity planning. For now, RNE is developing the way to elaborate the new phases of the CNA, which is why it was decided to temporarily suspend the application of these processes for the 2028 train schedule. 4.9.3.3 Capacity Supply The Capacity Offer represents a refined Capacity Model resulting in a precise allocation for different types of capacity and different types of requests, depending on the moment of their submission. The Capacity Offer includes: - the infrastructure capacity available to be allocated to applicants; - the infrastructure capacity non-available to be allocated to applicants. For the 2024/2025 Timetable, for consultation purposes, the applicants will receive a draft Capacity Supply before its final publication, according to the timeline set out in Annex 18 and the procedures set out in paragraphs 4.5.1, 4.5.2 and 4.5.3 of the NS. 4.9.3.4. Feasibility Study Applicants can submit Feasibility Study requests from X-15 at the earliest. In case of an international request, the study will be elaborated jointly by the concerned Infrastructure Managers. Feasibility Studies can be requested due to various reasons, including e.g., path study of new traffic, published Capacity Supply does not provide enough information to the Applicant etc. Feasibility Studies shall in principle not lead to a revision of Capacity Partitioning (please see 4.9.3.2). For best results, it is recommended that Applicants use the Path Coordination System (PCS (https://pcs- online.rne.eu) requesting Feasibility Studies. The detailed description of the Feasibility Study requests can be found in the Handbook for Procedures for Feasibility Studies: https://rne.eu/wp-content/uploads/hb_feasibility_studies_1.0_2021-12-07_2.pdf TTR Pilot Projects CFR does not participate in any TTR project. 4.10 The principles of allocation infrastructure capacities on the European Rail Freight Corridors (RFC) All rules concerning applicants, the use of the C-OSS (Corridor One Stop Shop) and its products — Pre- arranged Paths (PaPs) and Reserve Capacity (RC) — and how to order them are explained în Annex 4.b. The processes, provisions and steps related to PaPs and RC refer to Regulation (EU) No. 913/2010 and are valid for all applicants. For all other issues, the relevant conditions presented in other parts of the CFR Network Statement are applicable. 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 59 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania Back to TABLE OF CONTENTS 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Capacity Allocation A Page Date: 29.05.2026 60 of 98 Cap. 5 SERVICES AND CHARGES  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania 5.1 Introduction The services supplied by CFR to the RUs are those specified in Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area, as further amended and supplemented, and they are structured in the following categories: 1. The minimum access package (paragraph 1 in Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016) 2. The services supplied within the service facilities and the access services, including the track access, to service facilities, if they exist, and the supply of services within these facilities (paragraph 2 in Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016). These services are presented in Chapter 7. 3. The additional services (paragraph 3 in Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016). 4. The ancillary services (paragraph 4 in Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016). At the request of the RUs, CFR can provide other services in addition to those provided for in Law No. 202/2016, depending on the possibilities, such as: - Services for drawing up train paths; - Services for carrying out experiments to increase the tonnages to be towed or changing the towing method; - Services for the resumption of activity in case of suspension of movement activity; - The service for the operational management of train traffic on the leased non-interoperable sections; 5.2 Charging principles In order to ensure a unified framework in the field of railway infrastructure pricing, the National Supervisory Council for the Railway Domain - CNSDF - has developed the "Guide on the pricing principles applicable to railway infrastructure and service infrastructures" which is presented at the web address: https://www.consiliulferoviar.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ghid-tarifare.pdf For the services provided by CFR regarding the use of the railway infrastructure, the charging system includes two groups of charges that are applied in a non-discriminatory manner to all RUs in similar transport conditions: A. The Infrastructure Access Charge (IAC); IAC represents the charge paid by the RUs for the access to the public railway infrastructure managed by CFR. IAC is calculated and collected by CFR to ensure the trains traffic within the minimum access package defined in paragraph 1 of Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016. The value of the IAC is determined at the level of direct costs recorded by CFR for ensuring the operation of the railway infrastructure according to art. 31(3) of Law No. 202/2016 on the integration of the Romanian railway system into the single European railway area (and which represents the transposition of EU Directive 2012/34 on the creation of the single European railway area). At the same time, the determination of costs related to IAC is consistent with the provisions of "Regulation (EU) 2015/909 on the methods of calculating the costs generated directly from the operation of the railway transport service". The regulation specifies the eligibility principles of the direct costs related to IAC from the total costs of infrastructure manager and indicate their determination methods. Detailed information regarding the services provided under paragraph 1 of Annex II to Law 202/2016 (minimum access package) as well as the method of establishing IAC is presented in Art. 5.3. from this Chapter. 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Services and Charges A Page Date: 29.05.2026 62 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania B. Charges for additional or ancillary services (CAS). CAS referred to in some normative provisions also as ancillary charges (RSR), represent a group of charges additional to IAC, which are calculated and collected by CFR for the provision of the services defined in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Annex No. II to Law No. 202/2016. CAS also include some charges for the services provided by CFR in addition to those in Annex II to Law No. 202/2016. The value and application method of these charges is established by CFR, so as not to exceed the cost of providing them, plus a reasonable profit of 3%, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions (Law No. 202/2016, CFR’s Activity and Performance Contracts, GD No. 581/1998). Supply costs comprise labour and material expenses plus administrative overheads. An exception is the Charge for the access of the shunting convoys to/from the CFR railway infrastructure which is part of the access service to the infrastructure connecting the service facilities (within paragraph 2, Annex II to Law No. 202/2016) and which is determined at the level of direct costs in accordance with the provisions of art. 31.3 of Law No. 202/2016. The methodology for setting tariffs for related (additional) railway services is presented in Annex 25.d of the NS. The details of the services provided by CFR under paragraphs 3 and 4 of Annex II to Law No. 202/2016 (additional services and ancillary services) and the related tariffs are presented in Art. 5.4. respectively 5.5 of this Chapter. Information on the services provided by CFR under paragraph 2 of Annex II to Law No. 202/2016 and the related charges are presented in Section 7 - Service Facilities. Services and charges related to managers of non-interoperable infrastructure Information about the services provided by the infrastructure managers on the non-interoperable sections rented by them, as well as the information about the charges related to these services, are published on the web pages of the infrastructure managers mentioned in Annex 7.a to the NS. The charges related to the services provided by the infrastructure managers on the leased non-interoperable sections are presented in Annex 7.b. Application of Other Charges Related to IAC (from Law No. 202/2016) For the time being, no additional charges are applied on the CFR network for cases of insufficiency (saturation) of the infrastructure capacity (Art. 31(4) of Law No. 202/2016). Also, CFR does not apply changes of the IAC to take into account the costs of environmental effects determined by railway operation, (Art. 31(5) of Law No. 202/2016). CFR does not currently apply exceptions to the charging principles as defined in Art. 32 of Law No. 202/2016. List of Market Segments The list of market segments used in railway infrastructure charging is as follows: 1. Passengers traffic; 2. Freight traffic; 3. Combined transport (multimodal); 4. Light engines. 2026 CFR Network Statement Version: 15.1.6 Section: Services and Charges A Page Date: 29.05.2026 63 of 98  Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A. Romania Financial Guarantees In order to guarantee the fulfilment of the RUs financial obligations towards CFR, CFR requests the establishment by the RUs/applicants of a financial guarantee under the conditions set out in the Implementing Regulation (EU) no. 2015/10 of the European Commission of January 6, 2015 regarding the criteria applicable to applicants for railway infrastructure capacities. The financial guarantee is requested by CFR in the conditions where a specialized credit rating assessment firm indicates difficulties of the RUs in making payments by the RUs. CFR contracted the credit rating assessment service with a specialized risk assessment firm, which assigns an assessment score on a scale between 0 (extremely high risk) and 10 (extremely low risk). The threshold established by CFR for the establishment of financial guarantees for contracts starting from 09.12.2018 represents the level of the credit rating score below the value of 4 (risk above the average level). RUs whose credit rating score, established by the evaluation firm, is below this threshold, must provide a guarantee covering the forecast value of IAC for at least two months of traffic. This provision applies in a non-discriminatory manner to all RUs whose assessment is below the established threshold. Details regarding the guarantee can be found in Chapter 5 of the standard access contract (Annex 14 to NS). 5.3 Minimum Access Package and Infrastructure Access Charge Services for Minimum Access Package The minimum access package includes the services supplied by CFR in order to allow at least the transit of a train on the network, without shunting or (re)fuelling services. According to the provisions of Law No. 202/2016, CFR supplies to any applicant/RU, on a non-discriminatory basis, according to the availability of the railway infrastructure, the minimum access package including: a) The processing of the requests for railway infrastructure capacity; It means the activity of analysing the applicants' requests for capacity for the traffic of the trains between two stations of the railway network, in principle during the validity period of a timetable, depending on the capacity and characteristics of the requested route