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Capacity AgreementThe Access Agreement between ProRail and a titleholder, which is not a railway undertaking, isreferred to in the Network Statement as a Capacity Agreement. The Capacity Agreement onlyconcerns the allocation and reservation of capacity, but does not give any right to access or use of therailway infrastructure. The reservation lapses if the titleholder fails to inform ProRail within 6 weeks ofthe traffic date of the identity of the railway undertaking that will provide the train service on behalf ofthe titleholder.Conclusion of the agreementProRail will on request inform titleholders about the particulars and documents to be presented prior tothe signing of the agreement. Titleholders who wish to conclude an Access Agreement are invited tocontact ProRail (contact particulars: see Chapter 1.8) from the time that the request for a safetycertificate is submitted to the Transport Inspectorate.Titleholders who wish to conclude their first Access Agreement as railway undertaking must take intoaccount that due to administrative preparations, a term of one week applies between the signing of theagreement and the first use of the railway infrastructure.2.4 Operational rulesSummary of regulations► The statutory rules for safe and unhindered use of the railway network are laid down in the RailTraffic Decree and associated regulations. ◄Supplementary to the statutory rules concerning safe and unhindered use of the railway network,ProRail has drawn up a set of operating rules to advance optimal use of the main railways andpromote efficient communications between ProRail and operational railway personnel. This set ofoperating rules takes the form of Operational Conditions, which are included in appendix 6.Regulations to be agreed upon:► The purpose of ProRail in concluding an Access Agreement is to reach agreement on optimal useof the main railways and efficient communications between ProRail and operational railwaypersonnel, subject to the terms of the Operational Conditions as included in appendix 6. ◄Official languageProRail uses Dutch as its official language in the TSI ‘Operations and Traffic Control’.2.5 Exceptional transportsTrains, vehicles or loads that do not meet the statutory requirements or the limit values for normaltraffic as described in Section 1.2 of appendix 6 ‘Operational Conditions’ can in certain cases - in sofar as allowed by law and without prejudice to statutory obligations in terms of exemptions -nevertheless be allowed to participate in traffic, subject to the conditions applicable to exceptionaltransport.ProRail has been authorised 22 to grant an exemption for running of railway vehicles, the load of whichexceed the applicable loading gauge for railway vehicles 23 ; exemptions from other statutoryrequirements are granted by the Transport Inspectorate.If a load is in the Red Measuring Area, see appendix 12, the railway undertaking must report such toProRail, which may prompt instructions by ProRail 24 .222324Section 2 Paragraph 1 ProRail Mandate and Authorisation DecreeSection 12 Paragraph 1 Rail Traffic DecreeSection 12 Paragraph 2 Rail Traffic DecreeNetwork Statement 2014 Combined Network - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 16
2.6 Dangerous goodsThe transport of dangerous goods by rail is governed by the Carriage of Dangerous Goods Act, theDecree on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and the Regulations for the Transport by Rail ofDangerous, by force of which the RID 25 has been adopted in Dutch legislation.For a number of elements of the railway network qualified as ‘structure’ (such as railway tunnels), userrestrictions are in effect on the basis of which the transport of dangerous goods over those parts of therailways is restricted or even prohibited; see also Chapter 3.4.1.The handling and stabling of wagons containing dangerous goods is only permitted on railway yardsspecially equipped for such, see also Chapter 3.4.3, under the terms of the environmental permitgranted for the yard in question; see also Chapter 3.4.2.1.Summary of regulations► On grounds of Section 4 of the Rail Traffic Decree, the railway undertaking must inform ProRailbefore departure of the train containing dangerous goods of the UN number and the hazardindication number of those dangerous goods, as well as of their position in the train. ◄Regulations to be agreed upon:► ProRail wants to include agreements on the method of information provision in the AccessAgreement (see appendix 6, Operational Conditions, Section 4.2). ◄2.7 Rolling stock acceptance process / guidelinesService licenceSummary of regulations► Admission of a railway vehicle on the network requires the issue of a service licence. If a railwayvehicle has already been admitted in another country, a supplementary service licence isrequired. The (supplementary) service licence is issued by ILT (the Transport Inspectorate) onbehalf on the Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment. ProRail assesses whethercompliance with the network is included in the technical file of the application for a(supplementary) service licence and advises ILT in this respect. The Minister can issue thelicence on the basis of this advice. Mandatory inspections and specifications required by a railwayvehicle to qualify for a (supplementary) service licence are stipulated by law 26 .The deployable railway vehicles must be entered in the vehicles register of the Netherlands oranother country 27 .The railway vehicle deployed on the network under the responsibility of the railway undertakingfalls under a maintenance company, which must ensure that the railway vehicle continues to meetthe licensing requirements 28 . ◄Deployment of railway vehiclesRegulations to be agreed upon:► ProRail wants to include the provisions below in the Access Agreement.• The railway undertaking must provide ProRail with the (supplementary) service licence or theadmission certificates issued before 19 July 2008.• The railway undertaking that has deployed a railway vehicle remains responsible for thatrailway vehicle towards ProRail from the moment of deployment. This responsibility onlylapses once another railway undertaking has transported or moved that railway vehicle, or hasnotified ProRail that it assumes responsibility for the railway vehicle.25262728Regulations governing the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID), Annex C to theConvention concerning the international carriage by rail (COTIF).Section 36 Railways ActSection 37 Railways ActSection 46 Railways ActNetwork Statement 2014 Combined Network - version 1.0 dated 9 January 2013 page 17
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