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EUROPEAN TOUR OF THE RAILWAY REGULATOR NETWORKS
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1. ENRRB: NETWORK REGULATORS HOSTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The European network of rail regulatory bodies - ENRRB, hosted by the European Commission, brings together the European regulatory bodies
(26 Member States and countries outside the EU).
Its role is to facilitate the exchange of information between the regulatory bodies on their activities and on the principles governing their decisions.
In 2014, ENRBB met three times in Brussels and in Bonn, at the invitation of the Bundesnetzagentur, the German federal regulatory body.
The regulators identify the decision– making practices used in their respective country and, pursuant to Directive 2012/34/EU, known as the Recast directive (as it recasts the irst railway package), the European Commission may, via an implementing act, require that these regulatory bodies use common practices.
A PLATFORM OF EXPERTS
ENRRB also acts as a platform where experts can feed back on their preparatory work in view of the secondary European legislation (implementing measures).
The “Recast” directive states that before any piece of legislation is submitted to the vote of the Single European Railway Area Committee, the Commission must consult all stakeholders including the regulatory bodies.
They have been regularly consulted on draft legislation for the calculation method of costs directly incurved for railway infrastructure charges; the framework agreements; and the railway market monitoring scheme (RMMS).
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The “Recast” directive implemented mid-June 2015 includes new obligations to access the railway network access and new provisions on access charges.