Regulations on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of the national railway network (the distribution regulations) Date-2003-02-05-135 Ministry Ministry of transportation published in 2003 booklet 3 entry into force 15.03.2003 last edited by-2009-06-04-586 Change FOR-2001-12-04-1332 applies to Norway Pursuant LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 6, LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 8, LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 11, LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 13, LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 15, LAW-1993-06-11-100-section 16, FOR-1996-11-22-1076, FOR-1997-04-04-275 Announced short title 14.02.2003 Allocation regulations for the railroad Chapter overview: Chapter 1. Introductory provisions (§ § 1-1-1-2) Chapter 2. Web Guide (§ § 2-1-2-2) Chapter 3. Services provided by the infrastructure manager (sections 3-1-3-3) Chapter 4. Infrastructure fees and prices of services (§ § 4-1-4-8) Chapter 5. Application for infrastructure capacity (§ § 5-1-5-4) Chapter 6. Framework agreements (§ § 6-1-6-3) Chapter 7. Allocation of infrastructure capacity (§ § 7-1-7-15) Chapter 8. Awarded infrastructure capacity (§ § 8-1-8-3) Chapter 9. Final provisions (§ § 9-1-9-8) attachment in. Services to be provided to the railway companies the legal authority of the Ministry of transport: laid down 5. February 2003 under the legal authority of the law of 11. June 1993 No. about 100 construction and operation of the railway, including light rail, underground and suburban railway and more (Railway Act) section 6, section 8, section 15 and section 16, jf. URkgl.res. of the 22. November 1996 No. 1076 and URkgl.res. of 4. April 1997 No. 275. the EEA Joint referrals: the EEA Agreement annex XIII Nr. 37 (Directive 91/440/EEC as amended by Directive 2001/12/EC, Directive 2004/51/EC and Directive 2007/58/EC) and no. 41b (Directive 2001/14/EC as amended by decision 2002/844/EC and Directive 2004/49/EC).
Changes: modified by regulations 17 March 2003 No. 343, 24 jan 2006 Nr. 70, June 4, 2009 # 586. Chapter 1. Preliminary provisions section 1-1. Scope the regulation applies to infrastructure managers on the national railway network and the who have access to run the trafikkere which is a part of the national railway network.

§ 1-2. Definitions in the regulations here meant by: a) distribution: an infrastructure manager's allocation of railway infrastructure capacity, b) infrastructure manager: any body or undertaking that is responsible in particular for creating and maintaining railway infrastructure. This may also include the management of the systems for the management of traffic on the infrastructure, c) infrastructure capacity: the ability to plan the route for rent on a specific part of the infrastructure in a certain period of time, d) railway undertaking: any public or private undertaking licensed if the main business is the transportation of goods and/or passengers by rail, where the entity is obligated to make sure the traction , including companies that only provide traction, e) rail infrastructure: all the points listed in Annex i part A to Regulation (EEC) Nr. 790/70 of 18. December 1970 on the determination of the content of the different records in the accounting forms in Annex i to Regulation (EEC) Nr. 1108/70 (with changes) except the last line point that only for the purpose of the regulations here to read: "buildings that is used for the operation of the infrastructure", f) rail lines: the entire railway infrastructure owned and/or managed by an infrastructure manager, g) capacity improvement plan: a measure or series of measures with a schedule for implementation which aims to help address the capacity limitations that lead to that part of the infrastructure will be declared as "congested infrastructure" , h) Web Guide: a detailed overview of the General rules, deadlines, procedures and criteria for the duty and capacity allocation schemes. It should also contain other information that is required to be able to apply for infrastructure capacity, in) overloaded infrastructure: a part of an infrastructure where the demand for infrastructure capacity cannot be covered completely in certain periods, not even for a coordination of the various applications about capacity, j) framework agreement: a legally binding general agreement reached on public or private law basis which establishes the rights and duties of an applicant and the infrastructure manager or the allocation body with respect to the infrastructure capacity to be allocated , and the fees to be levied in a time period that is longer than a route plan period, k) ruteleie: the infrastructure capacity needed to run a train between two places within a given time period, l) timetable: the data which lays down all the planned movements of trains and rolling stock in the relevant infrastructure, in the time period when the route plan is valid, m) coordination: procedure in which the infrastructure manager and the applicants are trying to find a solution to situations where there are mutually conflicting applications for infrastructure capacity , n) is seeking: a railway company license and/or an International Association of railway companies with license.

Chapter 2. Online Guide section 2-1. Claims about the Network Infrastructure to guide the Manager, after consultation with the parties concerned, draw up a Web Guide that will be published at least four months within the time limit for applications for infrastructure capacity. Online Guide to changes is maintained and by needs and should be able to be obtained against payment of a fee not exceeding the cost of publication.
The driver side track, the harbour tracks, terminal tracks, etc., that are associated with the national railway network and provided to you for the who have access to the national railway network, is obliged to provide the infrastructure manager on the national railway network the information this need to be able to publish information about access to the drive way and information about related services.

section 2-2. Content in the Online Guide Web Guide should include: 1. Information about the type of infrastructure that is at the disposal of the business that will drive traffic on the railway network and the conditions for access to the infrastructure. Your guide will also contain information about the infrastructure that is associated with the current railway network and provided to you for the permission to run the trafikkere which is a part of the national railway network.

2. Information about tax principles and tariffs. Your guide will contain appropriate information about the tax scheme and adequate information on the fees of the services listed in Annex i provided by just a single provider. It should describe in detail the methods, rules, and, where appropriate, the scales used by the tax determination. Your guide to include information on already adopted or planned tax changes.

3. Information about the principles and criteria for capacity allocation. In the online guide to it to clarify the General capacity characteristics of the infrastructure which is available to it that will drive traffic business on the current railway network, and for any and all restrictions regarding the use of the infrastructure, including the anticipated need for capacity maintenance. Online Guide should also contain details about procedures and deadlines in connection with the capacity allocation process. It should contain specific criteria that are applied by the distribution, especially the following: a) the procedure for partake of applications for infrastructure capacity for the Manager, including the application's content, b) requirements for applicants, c) the schedule for the search and the allocation process, d) the principles of coordination, e) the procedures to be followed and the criteria to be applied when the infrastructure is overloaded, f) for details on restrictions on the use of infrastructure , including infrastructure reserved for specific purposes, g) criteria for when it should be taken into account before the capacity deployment levels by the determination of priorities in the allocation process.

In this regard it should to clarify in detail what measures to ensure a proper handling of goods transport, international transport, and applications that are handled ad hoc.

Chapter 3. Services provided by the infrastructure manager § 3-1. Access Services Infrastructure Manager will be without distinction offer the minimum package of services mentioned in Annex i point 1 and access via the railway network to the service facility dealt with in Annex i point 2.

section 3-2. -Priority Services Infrastructure Manager shall provide services according to the attachment in point 2 to the extent that the reigns of the mentioned facilities. The services to be provided without distinction and applications can only be rejected if there are feasible alternatives on the market conditions.

section 3-3. Additional services if the infrastructure manager provides any of the services described as additional services in Annex i point 3 and 4, it should provide them to anyone who applies for this.

Chapter 4. Infrastructure fees and prices of services § 4-1. The determination of rates for infrastructure fees the Ministry determines rates for infrastructure fees and the specific rules for such fees. In the infrastructure fee included fees for access services as mentioned in section 3-1.

§ 4-2. The determination of the prices for the use of priority Services Infrastructure Manager determines the prices for the use of priority services, as mentioned in section 3-2.

section 4-3. The determination of the prices for the use of additional Services Infrastructure Manager determines the prices for the use of the optional services it provides as mentioned in section 3-3.


§ 4-4. Infrastructure costs and Accounting Department determines the terms and conditions, including any prepayment, for under normal business conditions and in a reasonable period of time to ensure balance in the infrastructure manager's financial statements, so that revenue from infrastructure charges, surpluses from other business activities and State funding at least settle the infrastructure spending.
The infrastructure manager shall, as taking into account the security and to the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the infrastructure service, be encouraged to reduce the cost of infrastructure at our disposal to ask as well as the level of access charges.
The Ministry ensures the implementation of the provisions of the second paragraph by the introduction of appropriate regelverksmessige measures that determine the necessary authority.
Infrastructure manager sets out a method for clearing of costs. Method pre-approved by the Ministry may be required. The method is maintained should from time to time out from international best practice.

§ 4-5. Tax principles fees for using the railway infrastructure shall be paid to infrastructure management, which will use them to fund its operations.
Without that third to sixth paragraph or section 4-6 are affected, to the fees for the smallest package of access services and access via the railway network to the service facility, is determined to the cost incurred as a direct result of running the train service.
Infrastructure charge may include a charge which reflects the lack of capacity in an identifiable part of the infrastructure during periods of congestion.
Infrastructure fee may be changed to take into account the costs of the environmental impacts arising from the train operation. Such a change should be differentiated from the virkningens range.
Fees imposed for environmental costs, which leads to an increase of infrastructure total revenues forvaltningens, however, should only be allowed if a similar fee on a comparable level also be given application for competitive means of transport.
If it does not occur because of a tax on environmental costs at a comparable level to competing transport ways, such changes must not lead to an overall change of infrastructure forvaltningens total revenues. If a comparable level for the fees due to the environmental costs are introduced for rail transport and competitive transport ways and this leads to increased revenue, the Ministry decide how the revenue shall be used.
To avoid undesirable disproportionate fluctuations, the charges mentioned in the second to sixth paragraph, be expressed as a calculated average for a reasonable spread of rail transport and times. The relative size of infrastructure charges should, however, be compared to the costs that can be attributed to transport services.
The provision of services mentioned in Annex i no. 2 to not covered by the provisions of this paragraph. Without previous exposure, the determination of the prices for the services listed in Annex i no. 2 taking into account the competition situation in rail transport.
If the services in Annex i no. 3 and 4 are listed as additional services or related services only offered by one provider, to tax imposed on such a service stand in relation to the cost of providing it, calculated on the basis of the actual usage scope of the service.

section 4-6. Exception from tax principles in order to achieve full coverage of the infrastructure manager's cost, the Ministry if the market can take it, fix the price rises on the basis of the principles of efficiency, transparency and equal treatment, at the same time that it especially for international goods transport by rail be ensured the greatest possible competitiveness. The tax scheme shall respect the productivity increases that the railway companies are achieving.
Free level must not, however, exclude from using the infrastructure of the market segments which can pay at least the cost incurred as a direct result of railway operations, as well as a rate per cent as the market can bear.
For a particular future investment projects, or completed most 15 years before 15. March 2001, infrastructure manager after proposals for the Ministry, jf. § 4-1, fix or continue to fix higher fees on the basis of the long-term cost of such projects, if they increase efficiency and/or cost-efficiency and not otherwise may or may not be able to be implemented. Such a tax scheme may also include agreements on the sharing of the risk associated with new investments.
In order to avoid unequal treatment should be ensured that each infrastructure manager's average and marginal charges for equivalent uses of infrastructure is consistent and that comparable services in the same market segment be ordered the same fees. Infrastructure manager should be in your statement show that the tax scheme meets these requirements as far as possible without revealing trade secrets.
If the infrastructure manager intends to modify the essential elements of the tax scheme mentioned in the first paragraph, to the changes be made public no later than three months in advance.

section 4-7. Scheme for the improvement of performance through Infrastructure to tax schemes a scheme for the improvement of performance and infrastructure railway companies encourage the Manager to reduce the interference on the railway network to a minimum, and to improve the performance of the railway network. This can include fines for activities that interfere with the operation of the railway network, compensation to enterprises that suffer loss as a result of disruption and bonuses that reward performance that exceeds the baseline.
Basic principles of the scheme for the improvement of performance applies to the entire railway network.

§ 4-8. Calculation and collection of the fees the Manager infrastructure Infrastructure without distinction should calculate and levy fees from the infrastructure that has been assigned the infrastructure capacity.

Chapter 5. Application for infrastructure capacity § 5-1. The application that has access to run the trafikkere which is a part of the national railway network can apply for infrastructure capacity. The infrastructure manager may allow businesses that can get access to run the trafikkere which is a part of the national railway network, can apply for infrastructure capacity.
Application is submitted to the infrastructure manager. Application for infrastructure capacity that goes over several rail lines to be sent to one of the infrastructure managers, if applicable, the public body that emerges from the infrastructure manager's Web Guide.

section 5-2. The application's content Applications under section 5-1 the first paragraph shall include evidence that the applicant has access to trafikkere the national railway network. Infrastructure manager determines the other requirements for the application's content.

section 5-3. Time for applications that partake of the application comes to the casual route plan and ad hoc applications to comply with the time limits specified in the online guide.

§ 5-4. Searching with framework agreement an applicant who has entered into a framework agreement in accordance with Chapter 6 of the infrastructure manager, shall apply in accordance with the framework agreement.

Chapter 6. Frame agreements § 6-1. The signing of the framework agreement the infrastructure manager and an applicant can enter into a framework agreement on the use of the capacity of the infrastructure for a longer period of time than a route plan period.
Framework agreements should normally apply for a period of five years. It can still be renewed for a period of time that corresponds to the original duration. The infrastructure manager may in particular cases agree to a shorter or longer period of time. Any period of more than five years should be justified by the fact that there is a trade agreement, particular investments or risks.
For services using the infrastructure to particular purposes, as mentioned in section 7-12, and that requires comprehensive and long-term investment, framework agreements may be entered into for a period of 15 years. The applicant shall document the investments. A period of more than 15 years are permitted only in exceptional cases. The exception may be applicable by comprehensive and long-term investments, especially if they are associated with contractual obligations, including a perennial amortization schedule.
In the case referred to in the third paragraph, the applicant's requirements necessitate a detailed indication of the capacity the properties to be made available to the applicant under the framework agreement's duration. The specification should include the number of sailings in beds leienes route and route size and quality. Infrastructure manager can limit the reserved capacity if it is for a period of at least one month is used less than the threshold that is specified in section 8-3.
In order to take into account the particular investment or business deals it can on the basis of the capacity characteristics used by applicants who ran the railroad business before 1. January 2010, starting with 1. January 2010 be entered into framework agreement under section 6-1 the first paragraph for a period of five years. The framework agreement can be renewed once. The State's Railway Inspectorate is responsible to give permission for such an agreement to take effect.
Framework agreements shall not exclude other applicants from using the relevant infrastructure.

§ 6-2. The appointment's content in a framework agreement to properties by the infrastructure capacity that an applicant needs and are offered over a period of time that exceeds a route plan period, be specified.
The framework agreement shall not specify a ruteleie in detail, but be designed in such a way that the applicant's legitimate business needs.
The terms of a framework agreement should be modified or limited in order to make it possible to take advantage of the railway infrastructure in a better way.
The framework agreement may include provisions on sanctions if it becomes necessary to change or cancel the appointment.

section 6-3. View all affected parties to get visibility into each frame agreement under the assumption that section 9-3.


Chapter 7. Allocation of infrastructure capacity section 7-1. The routing Infrastructure Manager hires benefits infrastructure capacity. Infrastructure capacity is allocated by the allocation of route landlord. The route can be assigned as rents have access to trafikkere the national railway network. The route can be assigned to rent for a period of time that corresponds to the most a route plan period.
The infrastructure manager shall have the overview of distributed and free infrastructure capacity and shall at any time be able to enlighten the parties concerned about the infrastructure capacity is allocated to the businesses. Information about the available capacity to be made available to all applicants who wish to use this capacity.

section 7-2. Cooperation between infrastructure managers to work with the Manager Infrastructure other infrastructure managers in order to achieve an efficient operation of the railway transport services that use more than one infrastructure network. They shall in particular aim at ensuring the greatest possible competitiveness for international goods transport by rail and an efficient exploitation of the railway network for goods transport. It to be determined necessary procedures for making this possible. The procedures shall be made public.

section 7-3. Schedule for the allocation process Infrastructure Manager shall determine the schedule for the allocation of infrastructure capacity within the following limits: 1. Route plan to be determined once each calendar year.

2. The transition to the new timetable shall take place at midnight on the second Saturday in December. If a transition or adjustment be carried out after the winter, this shall take place at midnight on the second Saturday in June each year, and at other intervals between these dates as needed. Infrastructure managers may agree on different dates and in this case they shall inform the Ministry about this if the change affects the route rent for international traffic.

3. Last date for partake of applications for capacity to be incorporated in the route plan shall not be earlier than 12 months before the route plan takes effect.

4. No later than 11 months before the route plan takes effect, the infrastructure manager ensure that the preliminary route rent for international traffic is created in cooperation with the other relevant infrastructure managers or allocation bodies as set out in Directive 2001/14/EC, article 15. The infrastructure manager shall ensure that these are respected as far as possible further in the process.

5. No later than four months after the application deadline, the infrastructure manager prepare a draft timetable.

section 7-4. Processing of applications Infrastructure Manager shall as far as is possible meet all requests for infrastructure capacity, including applications for route that goes over the rent more than one rail lines. The infrastructure manager shall as far as possible take into account all matters of importance to the applicants, including the economic consequences for the business.
The infrastructure manager shall consult on the draft of the route plan with anyone who has applied for infrastructure capacity and give them a deadline of at least a month to forward put their views. The same applies also in relation to the others who want the ability to comment on how the route plan may affect their ability to procure rail transport services in the route plan period.
The infrastructure manager shall take the necessary measures to resolve any problems that you pointed out.

§ 7-5. Applications that apply to the capacity of more than one network Applicants can apply for infrastructure capacity that goes over more than one rail lines by filing an application to one of the affected infrastructure managers. This infrastructure manager can then on the applicant's behalf apply for capacity at the other affected infrastructure managers.
Infrastructure managers shall ensure that applicants who want infrastructure capacity that goes over more than one rail lines, can apply directly to any private body which the infrastructure managers have created for this purpose.

section 7-6. International route rent Infrastructure Manager shall seek to reach an agreement with the other affected infrastructure managers about the route for international traffic rent that will be included in the route schedule, before the processing of the draft to the route plan. Adjustments of the international route should be made only if the tenant it is absolutely necessary.

section 7-7. Coordination of applications for infrastructure capacity in the event of conflicts of interest during route planning to infrastructure manager through a coordination of all applications try to benefit all applications as far as possible. Infrastructure manager has within reasonable limits the right to propose infrastructure capacity that differs from that it was applied for. Infrastructure manager should strive to find a solution to any conflicts through consultation with the affected applicants.
The principles for such cooperation to be determined by the infrastructure manager, and should be disclosed in the online guide. The principles should in particular reflect the difficulties by creating route for international traffic rents and the impact of changes can get for other infrastructure managers.

section 7-8. Dispute resolution If an applicant disagrees with the proposal to timetable after coordination, can the applicant claim that it used a dispute resolution scheme.
Infrastructure manager should create a scheme to find a quick solution to the disputes referred to in the first paragraph. The scheme will ensure that it will hit a decision within a deadline of 10 working days.

§ 7-9. Overloaded infrastructure If it after coordination of the applications about route rent is possible to accommodate all requests for infrastructure capacity in sufficient scope, infrastructure manager shall immediately declare the affected part of the infrastructure as congested. The same is true for the infrastructure where it can be expected the capacity shortage in the near future.
For the infrastructure that has been declared to be congested, the infrastructure manager make a capacity analysis according to § 7-13, unless a capacity enhancement plan pursuant to § 7-14 are already under implementation.

section 7-10. The priority criteria If the infrastructure has been declared overloaded and it is necessary to apply the priority criteria to allocate infrastructure capacity, infrastructure manager allocate infrastructure capacity in such a way that the possible safeguards the transport's importance to the community in relation to the different transport thereby excluded or displaced.
With a background in the provision in the first paragraph, cf.. the third paragraph, the following guidelines will be added to reason by the allocation of infrastructure capacity in order of priority: 1. infrastructure capacity to public services. On the stretch Asker-Gardermoen to Oslo airport to tilbringertjenesten have the same priority as public services, 2.
infrastructure capacity which are included in the framework agreements, 3.
infrastructure capacity reserved for the use of certain types of traffic on the infrastructure as described in section 7-12, 4.
infrastructure capacity to international freight transport and international combined transport, 5.
goods transport by the way, 6.
passenger transport by the way.

The infrastructure manager may waive the above order to the extent fraviket will lead to a higher overall utilization of the total infrastructure capacity. The infrastructure manager may in addition take into account previous utilization rate for the assigned route rent when the priority and shall in the case of establish rules for this.

section 7-11. Ad hoc applications Infrastructure Manager shall respond to ad hoc requests for individual route rents as soon as possible, and no later than within five working days.

section 7-12. Infrastructure for special purpose Infrastructure capacity shall be considered available for use for all types of transport services that has the necessary properties to be able to take advantage of the current ruteleie.
Where there are suitable alternative routes, the infrastructure manager can after consultation with the parties concerned, reserve infrastructure to use for specific types of traffic. Such reservation shall be approved by the Ministry. The infrastructure manager may in such cases to prioritize this type of traffic by the allocation of infrastructure capacity.
Such reservation shall not preclude that the current infrastructure could be exploited by other types of traffic if there is available capacity and the material has the required technical features for the operation of the relevant railway stretch.

§ 7-13. Capacity analysis of the infrastructure Capacity analysis should clarify the reasons for the overload and specify the measures that can be made in the short and medium term to reduce the overload.
Capacity analysis should include the infrastructure, the operating procedures, the nature of the various traffic shaping on the infrastructure, as well as the impact of all these factors on infrastructure capacity. The measures to be considered include in particular re-routing of traffic, the change of the route plan, speed changes and improvements of the infrastructure.
Capacity analysis shall be completed within six months after the infrastructure has been declared overloaded.

section 7-14. The capacity enhancement plan for the infrastructure within six months after the capacity analysis is completed, the infrastructure manager have prepared a capacity enhancement plan.
A capacity enhancement plan should be worked out after consultation with users of the relevant overstressed infrastructure. It shall specify: a) the reasons for the overload, b) the likely future traffic development, c) constraints on infrastructure development, d) opportunities for and costs by improving the capacity, including likely changes to the infrastructure fees.


The capacity enhancement plan shall also, on the basis of a benefit and cost analysis of the possible measures identified, determine what measures to be taken to enhance infrastructure capacity, including a schedule for the implementation of the measures.

section 7-15. Infrastructure capacity for scheduled maintenance applications for infrastructure capacity with a view to perform maintenance to be filed under the route planning.
The infrastructure manager shall take duly into account the impact of reservation of infrastructure capacity for maintenance on applicants.

Chapter 8. Awarded infrastructure capacity section 8-1. Deals with the infrastructure manager The allocated infrastructure capacity on the national railway network shall enter into the necessary administrative, technical and financial agreements with the infrastructure manager for the railway infrastructure used, including agreement that provides infrastructure manager required traffic data to be able to attend to their duties as planning and the Manager of the infrastructure. The terms of such agreements should ensure visibility and access without discrimination in accordance with this regulation.

section 8-2. The transfer of and trade with infrastructure capacity allocated to infrastructure capacity cannot be transferred to others or be used for a different kind of service than it is assigned for.
Any trade with the infrastructure capacity is forbidden and leads to the exclusion from further distribution of the capacity of the current and/or the next route plan period.

section 8-3. The revocation of the granted infrastructure capacity Infrastructure Manager may withdraw a ruteleie that during a period of at least a month is used less than a threshold value that is to be determined in the online guide. In situations of overloaded infrastructure, infrastructure manager pull back such route landlord. Route cannot be withdrawn monthly rent if the lack of utilization is due to non-economic reasons beyond the company's control.
In an emergency and when it is absolutely necessary due to an outage that makes the infrastructure temporarily unusable, the assigned route rents withdrawn without prior notice for the time it takes to repair the system.

Chapter 9. Final provisions § 9-1. Changes in the quality and capacity of the National Railway Network Infrastructure Manager shall as soon as possible notify the that has been assigned the infrastructure capacity of all important changes in the quality or capacity of the relevant infrastructure.

section 9-2. Special measures in case of interference in the event of disruptions in rail traffic because of technical errors or accidents, the infrastructure manager to meet all necessary actions to restore the normal situation. In view of this to the infrastructure manager in the contingency plan, a list of various public bodies and other affected to be during the be directed by accidents and incidents or serious interference of train traffic, jf. the security regulations and notification regulations.
In an emergency or if it is absolutely necessary due to an outage, infrastructure manager require that the infrastructure that has been assigned the capacity provided by the resources that the infrastructure manager considers to be most appropriate to normalize the situation as quickly as possible.

section 9-3. Infrastructure Manager should process the confidentiality information about technical devices and procedures as well as operating or business relationship as it will be by competitive meaning to conceal the interests of that info as, confidential. This should not be an obstacle for that infrastructure manager can provide the State's railway supervision information about conditions that affect the security or information the audit requested in connection with the processing of complaints under section 9-4.

section 9-4. Complaints Online Guide and criteria in this, allocation of infrastructure capacity, including arrangements with regard to the services in accordance with the license regulations § 2-1, the tax scheme, the level of or structure of infrastructure fees which the applicant must or may have to pay, the settlement of the framework agreements, or other conditions in which the applicant believes to have been given their rights after this regulation violated, can be appealed to the State's railway supervision, unless it comes to the principles of the tax scheme , which can be appealed to the Ministry. The appeal shall be decided within two months after all the necessary information is provided.
The appeal will be determined in accordance with the rules of administrative law 10. February 1967.

9-5. Supervision and control the State's railway supervision and control, exercising supervision and to be given access to visibility in the necessary documents to ensure that the terms of these regulations are met. Everyone is obliged to give the State's Railway Inspectorate the information it requires to carry out its tasks, as well as for the same purpose to give the supervisory authority access to facilities, including facilities, equipment, and other materials related to the railway business. Norwegian railway supervision to ensure that fees including a set by the infrastructure manager is in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, and do not involve discrimination.
The State's railway supervision can issue an order for corrective action.

section 9-6. Coercive Norwegian Railway Inspectorate can in order fix a running coercive for every day that passes after the expiry of the time limit is set for the performance of the order, and until the order is fulfilled. Norwegian railway supervision may waive accrued coercive.
Tvangsmulktens size to be determined taking into account the how important it is that the order is being carried out and what costs it is believed to cause.
Coercive is enforceable for disbursements.

section 9-7. Exception to the regulations the Ministry of transportation can in special cases make exceptions to the regulations here when this is not in violation of international agreements that Norway has entered into.

section 9-8. Entry into force these regulations shall enter into force 15. March 2003. From the same time repealed regulations by the 4. December 2001 No. 1332 about allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of the national railway network (the distribution regulations).

Attachment in. Services to be provided to the railway enterprises 1.
The smallest package of access services should include: a) processing of applications for infrastructure capacity, b) right to use the capacity allocated, c) the use of tracks and links between tracks which are required to exploit the assigned capacity, d) traffic management, including the signal giving, the implementation of control procedures, as well as train transfer and account as fast as framskaffelse of information about train traffic, e) all other information that is necessary for the implementation or operation of the service that is assigned to the capacity for.

2. Access via the railway network to the service facility and benefits of the services which shall include: a) the use of power supply equipment for power, where available, b) fuel filling facilities, c) stations for passengers, including buildings and other facilities, d) freight terminals, e) rangerstasjoner, f) change plots, g) depot tracks, h) maintenance facilities and other technical facilities.

3. Additional services may include: a) the power, b) pre-heating of passenger trains, c) the delivery of fuel, change services and all other services provided by the above service facility, d) tailor-made contracts for:-control of transport of dangerous goods, assistance for the operation of special transport.

4. Related services may include: a) access to the telecommunications network, b) the delivery of additional information, c) technical control of the rolling stock.