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Rail Freight Corridor NL - CZ
were established as a result of business activities, they are not a product of any integrated
approach. Major customers are served by providers of logistics services virtually by road only
because road transport, in contrast to rail transport, has not yet been fully subject to road
infrastructure user charging and also because rail transport has not yet been able to adapt
flexibly to changing transport demands and requirements for providing higher value-added
transport services.
A gradual change can be expected in this respect, since:
• the growing costs of road transport are starting to be reflected in overall logistics costs;
• the unfinished road and motorway network reduces the capacity of road transport and
significantly compromises its reliability, the environment and public health, and
• the rail transport is capable of improving the quality of services.
Transport policy 2005-2013 proposes measures for achieving given objectives; let us mention
some of those that have relation with topic of this study:
• to elaborate concept of public logistics centres (PLC) in freight transport, to prepare drafts
for creating a legislative framework for the implementation and application of PLC in
transport, to select a suitable locations for PLC and to support development of PLC through
direct investments, purpose-specific financial aid;
• to support combined transport and better utilization of railway and inland waterway transport
capacity and support development and implementation of new multimodal technologies and
to secure co-financing for combined transport projects and related existing and newly
constructed infrastructure;
• to optimize the railway network as a whole, … in order to create … lines with preferential
utilization for long-distance freight transport …;
• to reconstruct other lines included in international treaties (e.g. TEN-T, AGC, AGTC) as well
as other major lines with the objective of achieving recommended parameters;
• to finish the transformation process in the railway process in the railway sector, demand and
check consistent adherence to legal regulations governing non-discriminatory and
transparent allocation of railway infrastructure and granting licenses to railway carriers.
2.1.4.2 Road transport
The Czech National Legislation relevant to the traffic of the cargo trucks on the road network is
based primarily on Act no. 361/2000 Coll., On Road Traffic as amended. The Act governs in
particular the rights and duties of the road traffic, road traffic changes and control, matters
relating to driving licences and certificates, and defines the scope of powers and authority of the
state administrative bodies as well as the Police of the Czech Republic.
The mentioned Act further regulates conditions applicable to the freight transport in terms of the
stocking methods, maximal weights and measurements of the cargo, and the loading and
offloading methods.
The conditions of carriage for the international relations are laid down by the Convention On the
Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR). For the Czech Republic it is
obligatory from 3. December 1974 in the form of the Foreign Affairs Minister’s Regulation
no. 11/1974 Coll.
Conditions for the carriage of foodstuffs are laid down by the Regulation no. 61/1983 Coll., the
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and the Special Equipment to
be used for such Carriage (ATP), as amended.
Another important regulation in terms of this issue is the Act no. 111/1994 Coll., On Road
Transport, as amended. This Act governs the conditions for the road transport operation as well
as the rights and obligations of the legal and physical persons with it connected, and the scope
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