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Tariff permission in the rail local passenger traffic (SPNV)
Introduction about railways in Germany
© Uwe Losse last updating 2006-10-17
Tariff licensing procedure in the SPNV
Obligation for the publication of the tariffs in the SPNV
Responsible authorizing agency for tariffs in the SPNV
Basic conditions for the tariff licensing procedure in the SPNV
Generally linguistic usage is still used the word Federal Railroads. Since 1995 the Federal Railroads were dissolved and into different transport enterprises under the name course AG were divided, are not filled with many yet.
The fact is amazingly unknown, it in Germany more railways gives than the course AG clearly. Already before the dissolution of the Federal Railroads there was a set of smaller railways (technical term: Nichtbundeseigene railways - NE - courses), the for your part on the own distances passenger traffic operate. From the left becomes clear, like many Railways it in Germany actually gives. By the regionalization law the course AG creates for its part regional railways, thus that the amount of that Railway transport enterprise continues to rise. Everything Railway transport enterprises must itself to that General railway law (AEG) and those therein contained regulations for tariff permission hold.
In the rail local passenger traffic (SPNV) in a general manner the same legal basic conditions apply as in the laws to the road passenger traffic. The SPNV takes however a privileged position. To railways applies not the transportation of human beings law (PBefG) separates the general railway law (AEG). Although in contents substantial agreements are present, the regulations the specialized law existing for the respective Verkehrsträger must be naturally considered. In the Eisenbahnverkehr other authorizing agencies are to be addressed and others To furnish editions from the railway transport enterprises to.
The closer regulations for tariffs are regulated in the §12 of the general railway law (AEG). Therefore the railway transport enterprises become obligated to participate in the fact that in the passenger traffic going through tariffs are set up. In the §12 (2) AEG the railway transport enterprises become List of tariffs, the all instructions, those for the computation of the payment for the transport of persons and additional service in the passenger traffic are necessary, as well as all other regulations determining for the transport contain. The tariffs must opposite everyone in the same way are used. That is called that those Railway transport enterprises to the adherence to the tariffs are obligated, and not from it to deviate may.
In §12 (6) AEG is specified that all increases the transport-repaid or different one for the customer unfavorable changes of the transport conditions at the earliest one month after the proclamation become effective, if the authorizing agency did not approve an abbreviation of the proclamation period. Here the regulations yield of that Transportation of human beings law off, in Road passenger traffic is the proclamation period 1 week.
In the general railway law (AEG) the supervision is regulated in §5 AEG. For federal railways the federation is responsible, which passed again the control duty on to the railway Federal Office (EBA). For the not-Federal railways are those Lands of the Federal Republic responsibly, in whose borders the seat of the railway enterprise is. If those Routing several Lands of the Federal Republic concerns, must the Lands of the Federal Republic among themselves come to an agreement. If a tuning does not come off, then that decides Federal Ministry of Transport.
Differently than in the road passenger traffic is for those Permission of tariffs thus the federal state government (responsible traffic Ministry) responsibly and not one the federal state government subordinate Authorizing agency.