CFR Network Statement2026

           Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR” S.A.                                               Romania

3.1        Introduction
  The public railway infrastructure on the Romanian territory belongs to the Romanian State, and is awarded
  in concession to Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR”-SA in its capacity as infrastructure manager.
  The concrete elements of the public railway infrastructure are defined in Annex 2 to GD No. 581/1998 on
  setting-up Compania Nationala de Cai Ferate “CFR”-SA, as further amended, and in Annex 1 to Law No.
  202/2016.
  The access to the railway infrastructure is granted on a non-discriminatory basis to all the RUs that fulfil the
  necessary and sufficient conditions, and require and conclude an access contract with CFR or an allocation
  agreement in case of the other applicants.

3.2        General Access Requirements
  The access to the Romanian railway infrastructure is granted in accordance with the normative acts set out
  in Annex 13.

                                                                        Conditions for Applying for Capacity
  An infrastructure capacity may be requested by an applicant (RU) defined in accordance with Article 3(28)
  of Law No. 202/2016, as further amended and supplemented.
  For requesting infrastructure capacity, the applicant shall fulfil the following requirements:
         if it is a Romanian or a foreign RU and/or an international grouping of RUs:

• - to hold a railway transport licence;
• - to hold a safety certificate for the routes requested and
• - to have concluded an infrastructure access contract with CFR;

         if it is a non-RU applicant, it shall hold an allocation agreement concluded with CFR SA

                                                          Conditions for Access to the Railway Infrastructure
  The freight or passenger transport may be performed by the RUs that hold:
         a railway transport licence;
         a safety certificate;
         an access contract concluded with CFR;
        train paths allocated for the transport route.
  For the traffic on the CFR railway lines at the border – at the first border station on the Romanian territory,
  the foreign RUs may run on the railway infrastructure in accordance with the law, and the international
  conventions and agreements to which Romania is a party.
  In such cases, the access right is granted in accordance with the Intergovernmental Agreement regarding
  the performance of the railway traffic at state borders concluded between Romania and the neighbouring
  country.

Licences The railway transport licence means an authorisation issued by a licensing authority to an undertaking, by which its capacity to provide rail transport services as a railway undertaking is recognised. The capacity may be limited to the provision of specific types of services.

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