In 2013, the social minimum package in railway passenger transport includes only the Interregio and Regio trains; therefore, the compensation granted for the social minimum package approved in railway passenger transport is distributed 20% based on the passenger-km indicator and 80% based on the train-km indicator. The value related to the passenger-km indicator is 20% granted for Interregio trains and 80% for Regio trains.
These provisions are included in the draft normative act on the approval of additional act no. 1 on 2013 to the public service obligations in railway passenger transport for 2012-2015. The legal provisions in force approved through the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 10/2012 on the conversion in shares of part of CFR SA’s debts to the state have also been considered, in the elaboration of the current normative act, in establishing the compensation to be granted, as well as the introduction of the new “passenger-km” indicator.
The maximum percentage of compensations for each railway passenger transport operator cannot exceed 75% of the total revenues for Interregio trains and 85% of the total revenues for Regio trains. Thus, under the normative act, the compensation granted for the social minimum package is of RON 44.526 per thousand passenger-km and of RON 15.20 for train-km in the case of Interregio trains and RON 178.106 per thousand passenger-km and RON 15.20 for train-km in the case of Regio trains.
“The public service obligations for railway passenger transport is concluded with the purpose of regulating the method in which the railway passenger transport service is carried out and not to establish or not the rights of the employees from the railway passenger transport sector”, is stated in the explanatory memorandum for the appro-val of the normative act elaborated by the Romanian Ministry of Transport.
According to the additional act, “the Ministry of Transport will support the state budget financing under the law and while observing the legislation on the allocation of the state aid, of necessary investments for 2013 in the realisation of priority programmes and of the projects which ensure the interoperability of the European railway transport system”.
Also, the text of the additional act no. 1 stipulates that “the programme for the modernisation and acquisition of rolling stock in 2013 is ensured from own funds, state-budget funds, foreign financing and community funds and is approved by the Board depending on the technical condition of the staff, the technical railway norms and the specific regulations issued by the Romanian Railway Authority”.
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