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Bill in parliament of the Helvetic federal Council dedicated to the railway transport goods
the services will have to cover own costs. Group SBB will be exempted by it obligation to supply performances in the cargo
April 17, 2013
The Helvetic federal Council has proposed a total review of the law on the transport of the goods and other legislative modifications with the objective to stimulate the railway traffic goods are national that of import and export and with the scope to ulteriorly develop an intermodal approach that allows to fully take advantage of the strengths of the road and the railroad. With the normative new the Swiss executive intends to establish the conditions picture for a sustainable development of the transport of the goods and for an effective concertazione between road and railroad, with the coordination of the two modalities of transport in order to use of in optimal way the abilities. The proposal will be object of a consultation procedure that will last until next 15 August.
The bill in parliament previews that the railway services of transport goods must cover own costs. To this principle - it has specified the federal Council - it will be able to be repealed in part for example only if important Confederation and Districts will intend to guarantee offered a lot for the regional economic development, in the mountain regions.
Moreover the proposal previews that the Confederation creates favorable conditions picture in the railway traffic goods for the construction and the exercise of suitable infrastructures and realizes the necessary foundations for their boosting financial institution, and that the Confederation supplies to assure an access without discriminations to the railway infrastructures for the traffic goods that are subsidized.
Among other things, the bill in parliament previews that in future the boosting financial institution of private railway connections and railway terminals happens exclusively through contributions unsecured. Of norm - it has explained the federal Council - the Confederation will cover to the maximum 60% of the costs totals, quota that will go up until 80% if of infrastructures of national importance. Moreover for the new services of transport goods on track the Confederation will be able to grant limited contributions of exercise in the time intended as financings for the start-up of the initiative. Instead the contributions of exercise currently poured to the railway traffic goods on the entire national territory they will be abolished after a transient period three-year-old.
Between the objectives of the normative new there is also that to guarantee railway traces of good quality for the traffic goods and for this purpose it previews to introduce new instruments as the concept of use of the net and the plans of use of the net, that they assure the necessary abilities to the traffic goods.
Sul forehead of the street transport goods, the federal Council intends to maintain the dispositions in vigor currently, as for example the circular prohibition the night and Sunday and the limit of the 40 tons (or the 44 tons in the initial and final draft of the arranged traffic). Moreover, the federal Council intends to in future guarantee also the restitution of the tax on the which proportioned heavy traffic to performances (TTPCP) for the initial and final draft of the arranged traffic.
At last the bill in parliament previews that railway group Helvetic SBB CFF FFS is exempted by it obligation, now established for law, to supply performances in the transport goods. The company will be able to decide independently in that measure to offer services or to conclude partnerships in this field. The federal Council has specified that however the possibility will be reserved to take part in case this is opportune in order to assure an adequate offer of railway transport goods and, taking into consideration the investments carried out from the enterprises in infrastructures, will be able to adopt measures of accompanyment apt to guarantee the maintenance of a minimal offer.
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