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Infrabel takes the reins: Infrabel, the new manager of Belgian railway infrastructure, has three main functions: infrastructure maintenance and construction, operation of the infrastructure, and control of network access.(Belgium)

Publication: International Railway Journal
Publication Date: 01-APR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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THE Belgian solution for the application of European Union (EU) directives includes the transfer from the state to Infrabel of all the functions and tasks related to network access, including a regulator whose independence is partly assured by barring anyone who has worked for an operator the...

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...during previous two years, or who has a direct or indirect financial interest in an operator.

"He is independent within a structure that is itself independent because Infrabel has two levels of Chinese walls to ensure that the independence is a reality," says Mr Luc Lallemand, CEO of Infrabel.

The first level is that of the six-strong board of directors, five are appointed directly by the state and one by SNCB Holding. The second is that the general manager of access to the network, responsible for the allocation of train paths and access fees, is endowed with a specific situation of...

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