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NETWORK STATEMENT 2008. UPDATE4.5. MAINTENANCE AND WORK ONTHE ADIF MANAGED NETWORKADIF is responsible for constant maintenancework and investment on its lines, eitherthrough maintenance work on infrastructure inservice, or by carrying out enhancement andwork and extensions to its network.This work may however involve someinevitable restrictions to traffic. Whenrailway traffic is unavoidably affected by thiswork, ADIF will try to cause as little disturbanceas possible and to promote enhancement ofthe infrastructure that leads to a better serviceby ADIF.ADIF will try to minimise the effects of workon rail traffic, at the same time ensuringthat work is carried out reasonably from atechnical and financial point of view.TOC CommitteesIn cases where it is impossible for railwaytraffic not to suffer any considerablealterations, the Candidates will have theright to accurate information in suitabletime about possible significant effects ontrain paths allocated.The scheduling of infrastructure workwill be channelled through the TOCCommittee made up of those in chargeat the departments of InfrastructureMaintenance, Infrastructure Constructionand Operations.There will be a Central Committee andother Regional Committees. In eachsession, the Regional Committees willbe in charge of carrying out preparatoryanalysis so that the Central Committeeadopts the final agreements. The TOCsessions may be ordinary or extraordinary.Candidates will be informed of decisionsadopted in the latter and will convey anymatters raised by the latter for analysisand resolution.The TOC Committees will determine inordinary sessions the permanent timesfor building work that needs to beconsidered in train paths for the WorkingTimetable in the following year. They willalso schedule work on infrastructure inordinary sessions that permanently affectstrain operations. Ordinary sessions will inparticular establish or review the periodsand conditions of Maintenance Bands.Relevant work or speed restrictions withcontinued effects in three months, orless, will be considered to be permanentwhen the consequences on traffic aresignificant. Schedules will be establisheduntil the end of the Working Timetable,the Minutes of each Committee sessionbeing kept.Candidates will be informed ofagreements before the official deadlinefor submitting Capacity applications forthe Working Timetable.For cases in which major changesare to occur throughout the WorkingTimetable with respect to the estimatesmade in the annual ordinary session,ordinary adjustment sessions areforeseen in January, July and October.Extraordinary sessions may also be heldwhen it is necessary for exceptional93CAPACITY ALLOCATION04