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281.3. LEGAL FRAMEWORKThe basic legal framework is essentially basedon European Union Regulations and Directivesand their transposition into national legislation,as well as their development in guidelines andrules and other provisions.References to all of these provisions can beconsulted in Annex F of this document, alsoincluding applicable technical regulations.1.4. LEGAL STATUS OF THE NS1.4.1. GENERAL REMARKSThe NS will have contractual force for the RUsand for other Candidates who wish to haveaccess to infrastructure in order to providerailway transport services, as well as for ADIF,with respect to any rights and obligations thatmay arise from the above.The instrument by which the act of allocatingCapacity to Candidates is legalised will involvethe acceptance of the rights and obligationscontained in the NS.1.4.3. APPEALSThe RUs and other Candidates may addressthe Railway Regulating Committee to settleany disputes that may arise between them andADIF (Art. 83.1. d. of the LSF and Art. 4.4of ORDEN FOM/897/2005 of 7 th April).For traffic covering more than one network,Candidates will be bound by the lawsand provisions dictated by each countryor infrastructure manager, appeals havingto be lodged directly to the correspondinginfrastructure manager.The RUs and other authorised Candidatesmay lodge appeals in writing to the ADIFCommercial Management and CustomerService when they consider that any of theservices provided by the latter do not conformto that established by this NS or to the levels ofservice quality established.In accordance with Art. 83.5 of the LSF andArt. 153.5 of the RSF, the resolutions passed bythe Railway Regulatory Committee will be bindingfor the bodies affected and will have legal force,without prejudice to the possibility of lodging anappeal to the Ministry of Public Works.1.4.2. TRAFFIC SAFETYIn matters of safety relating to traffic andregulations, the information contained in thisNS will only be a source of information, thecontents of the General Traffic Regulation, RGC,applying, or any other applicable legislationin force.1.5. STRUCTURE OF THE NSThe contents of this NS conform to the pointsoutlined in ORDEN FOM/897/2005of 7 th April relating to the NS andthe procedure for allocating railwayinfrastructure Capacity.The structure of this document is in turn inline with the standardized structure agreed at