General Railway Law

Original Language Title: Allgemeines Eisenbahngesetz

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General Railway Law

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AEG

Date of completion: 29.03.1951

Full quote:

" General Railways Act in the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette, Part III, outline number 930-1, the latest by Article 2 of the Law of 14 December 2012 (BGBl. 2598).

G up. by Art. 8 § 1 No. 1 G v. 27.12.1993 I 2378 mWv 1.1.1994; § § 6a, 6c, 6e para. 1 and § § 6f and 6g apply in accordance with Art. 8 § 2 G v. 27.12.1993 I 2378
Status:	Last amended by Art. 2 G v. 14.12.2012 I 2598

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 6.6.1986 + + +) 
(+ + + measures on the basis of the EinigVtr cf.  AEG Annex EV + + +)

Title: G in the Saarland introduced by § 15 Buchst. k G v. 23.12.1956 I 1011; it is also valid in the Land Berlin gem. V v. 15.11.1984 930-1-2 Unofficial table of contents

§ 6a Compensation

The railways shall be granted compensation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 for the carriage of persons who have time-travel arrangements in the course of their training, in accordance with paragraph 2, if and to the extent that:

1.: the yield from the tariffs authorized for such transport is not sufficient to cover the costs to be calculated in accordance with the second sentence of paragraph 2; and
2.: the railway has requested, within a reasonable period of time, the agreement to adapt the tariffs it has collected to the income and cost situation.

(2) In the form of compensation, 50% of the difference shall be granted between the yield obtained for promotions referred to in paragraph 1 and the product of the person's kilometres and the average of the persons involved in the transport operations. Transport-specific costs. The average transport-specific costs within the meaning of this provision shall be the rates of cost per person-kilometre, determined by the State governments or by the authorities authorised by them by means of a legal regulation, by means of legal regulations Average values of individual representative enterprises, which are economical and efficient, are defined in a flat-rate manner; different cost rates can be used for different types of enterprises according to operational and transport characteristics. Transport regions are defined. The compensatory amount resulting from the application of the first sentence will be reduced by 4 per cent for 2004, 8 per cent for 2005 and 12 per cent in 2006. (3) The compensation will be taken by the national government. specific authority. The decision may be accompanied by conditions which are intended to improve the economic performance of transport services. If the railway does not fully comply with a requirement set out in the second sentence, the compensation shall be changed to the extent to which it would have been calculated in the event of compliance with the conditions. (4) Compensation for the carriage of persons with The time-driving procedures of training in accordance with Article 6a are within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 June 2007. October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 1191/69 and (EEC) No 1107/70 (OJ L 107, 30.4.7/70, p. OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 1). Unofficial table of contents

§ 6c Compensation

The compensation in accordance with § § 6a and 6b nos. 1 to 3 shall be granted to the country in whose territory the traffic is operated; the compensation according to § 6b No. 4 shall be granted to the Federal Government. Where the traffic also extends to the territory of another country, the compensation shall be based on the part of the benefits provided in the country concerned. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6e Determination of compensation, procedure

(1) The Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development is authorized, with the consent of the Federal Council, to determine, by means of a legal regulation, what training traffic within the meaning of this law is, which cost components in the case of the The compensation calculation must be taken into account, which procedure is to be used for the granting of compensation in accordance with § 6a, which information must be included in the application for compensation and how the income and the person-kilometre should be determined. (2) (omitted) Unofficial table of contents

Section 6f Examination powers

The authority empowered to determine the cost rates in accordance with Article 6a (2) may, in order to prepare its decisions, make the necessary enquiries, in particular:

1.: Take a look at the books and business papers,
2.: Request information from the persons involved in the business of the railway. The person responsible for providing the information may refuse to provide information on such matters, the answer to which he or she himself or one of the members of the risk of criminal prosecution referred to in § 383 (1) to (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure or a procedure under the Law on Administrative Offences.

For the purposes set out in the first sentence, the premises and premises serving for business operations may be entered within the usual business hours and hours of work. Persons engaged in the operation of the railway shall provide the agents with the necessary tools and provide the necessary ancillary services in the course of the investigation. Unofficial table of contents

Section 6g Special arrangements

The provisions of § § 6a to 6f shall not apply to the German Federal Railways as well as to railroads which are not used for public transport. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6h Replacement of federal legal provisions by national law

With effect from 1 January 2007, the Länder may replace the provisions of Sections 6a, 6c, 6e and 6f as well as the provisions for which Article 6e is empowered to replace them by national law. Unofficial table of contents

Annex EV Excerpt from EinigVtr Annex I, Chapter XI, Sachgebiet A, Section III
(BGBl. II 1990, 889, 1098)
-measures in respect of the territory which has been acceded (Art. 3 Unification)-

Section III
Federal law shall enter into force in the territory referred to in Article 3 of the Treaty, with the following measures:

1.

General Railway Act in the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette, Part III, outline number 930-1, as last amended in accordance with the Regulation of 26 November 1986 (BGBl. 2089), with the following measures:

a): § 6a shall not apply until 1 January 1992.
b): In the cases referred to in § 4 (2), § 5 (1), § 6 (4) and (5), § 6g, 7 sec. 2, § 8a (3) and 9 (9), the Deutsche Reichsbahn (Deutsche Reichsbahn) of the German Federal Railways (Deutsche Reichsbahn) is the same.

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11.: In so far as individual provisions of the legislation referred to in points 1 to 9 cannot be used, or are not directly applicable, in the light of particular circumstances, they shall apply mutatily to the Deutsche Reichsbahn. The same applies to other federal laws and regulations which provide for special regulations for the Deutsche Bundesbahn (German Federal Railways).