Long-distance rail freight transport network promotion law
| Basic data | |
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| Title: | Law on federal funding of investments in the replacement of the railways of the public, non-federally owned railways in the long-distance rail freight network |
| Short title: | Long- distance rail freight transport network promotion law |
| Abbreviation: | SGFFG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Administrative law , railway law |
| Issued on: | August 7, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3115 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 13, 2013 |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The German rail freight long distance network Promotion Act regulates the promotion of replacement investments in railways of non-federally owned railways , the public rail-distance freight serve.
Non-federally owned railway infrastructure companies (EIU) are funded, on whose routes rail freight traffic can take place over a distance of more than 50 kilometers. The maximum line speed must be at least 30 kilometers per hour and the permissible axle load must be at least 20 tons. A maximum of 50 percent of the investment and planning costs are eligible. In Lower Saxony there is the special case that if the federal government has approved funding, the local public transport company assumes a further 40% of the costs. At the initiative of the Federal Council , these requirements were reduced in order to adapt them to the circumstances of the non-federally owned IMs.
Funding volume
Since 2013, 25 million euros in funding have been made available in the federal budget each year , but this was not exhausted in 2014. The Federal Railway Authority (EBA) decides on the approval of funding applications upon application.
In 2015, 28.6 million euros in subsidies were paid out by taking over the remaining expenses from 2014. The application volume even amounted to 33.6 million euros. Nonetheless, the budget committee of the German Bundestag decided in mid-November 2015 to reduce the annual funding volume by 20 percent to 20 million euros. This is criticized by the Association of German Transport Companies, as the annual requirement of the non-federal EIU, according to its surveys, is 150 million euros per year. For this reason, an annual funding volume of at least 35 million euros is considered necessary from 2017.
First experience
The Federal Statistical Office has made for the years 2013 and 2014 an evaluation of the experience of the EBA and from 25 applicants and eleven potential applicants in dealing with the SGFFG. It was shown that the EIU generally rate the law positively, as the funds can be used to improve their own infrastructure. However, the funding requirements (above all, maximum line speed, long-distance freight transport) are viewed critically. The retention periods (combined with any repayment obligations) are perceived as too high and the funding volume as too low.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Regional transport company. Promotion of NE railways. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
- ^ Opinion of the Federal Council. Draft of a law on federal funding of investments in the replacement of the railways of public, non-federally owned railways in the long-distance rail freight network (PDF) In: Drucksache 109/13. German Bundestag, March 22, 2013, accessed December 27, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office: Report on the pilot project. Long-distance rail freight transport network promotion act (SGFFG) - remeasurement of compliance costs and evaluation. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Office, June 23, 2015, archived from the original on December 22, 2015 ; accessed on June 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Instructions for the implementation of the Rail Freight Transport Network Promotion Act (SGFFG). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Office, 2013, archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; Retrieved December 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Budget Committee cuts funds for NE-Bahn funding by 20 percent for no reason (press release no. 31/2015). (PDF) Association of German Transport Companies, November 13, 2015, accessed on December 10, 2015 .
