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Notice Of Rate Increase In Public Service Traffic In Transport Companies, Etc.

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om takststigning i offentlig servicetrafik i trafikselskaber m.v.

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Appendix 1

Completion of the rate increase in public service traffic in traffic companies, etc.

In accordance with section 6 (a), Six, in law number. 582 of 24. June 2005 on Traffic Companies, as amended by Section 1 of Law No 1. 134 of 24. Feb, 2009, and after authorization pursuant to section 31 (1). 1, shall be determined :

§ 1. The notice shall apply to tariffs which are concluded between the road network and railway undertakings.

Paragraph 2. The notice shall also apply to tariffs fixed by the traffic companies.

Paragraph 3. The notice shall not apply to the tariffs for the following of the service-bearing gifts :

1) Individual accessibility, cf. Section 5 (5). 1, no. Four, in the law of road companies.

2) The transport company by agreement with a municipality or a region is responsible for the procurement of traffic that the local authority or region will have to look after in accordance with other legislation, cf. Section 5 (5). Three, in the law of road companies.

3) Tasks related to the operation of ferries as the carrier service provider is responsible for local authorities, cf. Section 5 (5). Four, in the law of road companies.

§ 2. For the purposes of this notice :

1) ' Pricing system ` means a system for the fixing of tariffs for travel with public service traffic in a geographically defined geographical area or between two points within the individual carrier.

2) "Pride Categories" : Categories that travel in a price system can be split into, where the charges for the trips within each category must be uniquely defined. For example, there will be eight price categories in a pricing system in which two different passenger types are defined ; adult and child, which may be used in 1-4 zones.

3) ' Cost-based index ' means one of the cost-based index of a network of net index which is weighted by 20%, a net price index for fuel weighted by 10%, a salary index for the private sector weighted ; by 60% and an average bond interest rate weighted by 10%, cf. the definition in Annex 1, point. 1.

§ 3. The average of all prices in all the price systems of the traffic company, which is concluded between traffic and railway undertakings, and charges in the price systems of the traffic company alone to be fixed by the traffic company, shall not be allowed to rise annually. more than the annual development of the cost-based index, cf. however, paragraph 1 2.

Paragraph 2. If the average of all tariffs in all price systems in the traffic company, which is concluded between traffic and railway undertakings, and charges in the price systems of the traffic company that is solely fixed by the traffic company, are increasing less than the annual development of the cost-based index, the part of the increase that has not been used for a year may be saved for use in one of the following two years, however, cf. paragraph 4.

Paragraph 3. The calculation of the average rate shall be carried out in accordance with the model in Annex 1, point. 2.

Paragraph 4. Savings in accordance with paragraph 1. 2 may take the first time in the case of tariffs applicable to 2010.

§ 4. In the calculation of the average rate, all price categories in the price systems shall be included, cf. however, paragraph 1 Two and three.

Paragraph 2. The traffic company may define special price categories that are not included in the calculation of the average yew. The total turnover of these particular price categories shall not exceed 5% and each price category no more than 1% of the total annual turnover of the price systems used in the transport company.

Paragraph 3. In calculating the average rate of pricing for the price system, the following price categories must be omitted :

1) Free travel.

2) In an existing pricing system, new price categories created in connection with new types of benefits or new products are created in an existing price system.

§ 5. The traffic companies must balance the distribution of the prices of the price categories in all price systems, cf. § 4.

Paragraph 2. The traffic company selects the method of determining the distribution of prices by price categories.

Paragraph 3. The selected method must not be changed from year to year, cf. however, paragraph 1 4 and 5.

Paragraph 4. The method chosen may be modified if it can be documented that the method change involves a more correct distribution of price categories in one or more price systems.

Paragraph 5. In introducing a new price system with new price categories, a new method of balancing the distribution of trips to price categories may be set up. Where appropriate, the transport company must be able to document the fact that no tariff increases are made in the case of the introduction.

§ 6. The traffic management company must at any time be able to document the Traffic Management Board (s) to the Traffic Management Board that the tariff changes do not increase by more than the development of the cost-based index, including document that the method of fertiliser used is in compliance with this notice.

Paragraph 2. If a carrier wants to conserve a part of the maximum average rate increase for use in one of the following two years, cf. Section 3, paragraph 3. 2 or utilists a rise in prices from the preceding two years shall be notified to the Traffic Management Board no later than 10. January of the year in which part of the tariff increase is requested to be saved from or used in. The communication shall include the average rate increase of the year, the amount of the estimated tariff increase, and a specification of how the total rise from the preceding two years shall be used, cf. Annex 1, point. 2.

§ 7. The Traffic Management Board shall fix the cost-based index on a yearly basis according to the model in Annex 1, point. 1.

Paragraph 2. If the cost-based index at the determination of the model in appendix 1, point 1 leads to a negative rate development, the development of the index is set to 0. The following year shall be corrected for the difference between 0 and this negative tariff development according to the model in Annex 1, point. 3.

Paragraph 3. The Traffic Management Board shall report each year before the end of 1. Quarter traffic companies cost the cost-based index for the following year and publishes it on the Trackboard Home page.

§ 8. The announcement shall enter into force on 1. January, 2010.

Paragraph 2. Publication no. 1138 of 2. In October 2007, the rate increase in public service traffic in road companies and so on is lifted.

Traffic Management, the 15th. December 2009Carsten Falcon Hansen / Jan Albrecht

Appendix 1

Definition of the cost-based index and calculation of the annual rate of increase

1. Definition of the cost-based index :

The cost-based index is calculated on the basis of the four following indices weighted with the specified percentages, cf. § 2, pkt. 3.

Index
Weight in the pct.
NettopriIndex
20
Nettopolic fuel index
10
Private Sector Salary Index
60
The average bond interest rate
10

The annual rate of increase shall be calculated on the basis of the annual percentage increase in the net price index, the net price index for fuel, a wage index for the private sector, as well as the change in the bond interest rate, which is being performed in procentensity.

The Ministry of Finance estimates the development of the four index forward-forwarding. The final stage of the net index and the net price index for fuel is being made up by Statistics Denmark. The final stage of the private salaries is being done by the Danish Labour Organization in the structural statistics, and the average bond interest is made up by the National Bank.

The cost-based index shall be fixed as estimated for the weighted average of the above 4 of the above index in the coming year, calculated on the basis of the most recent estimation of the basis for the Financial Redection of the Financial Ministry. To this end, levels of correction for the previous year, with a change of estimates for the four-four index in the Financial Rules of the Financial Redecessions and the final statements of the 4 index, shall be added.

2. Model for calculation of the maximum average rate of year n :

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3 Model for calculating the maximum average rate of yew this year in case the cost-based index of year n-1 in accordance with section 7 (4). 2 is set to 0 :

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