Transport infrastructure finance company

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The transport infrastructure financing company ( VIFG for short ) was a GmbH founded in 2003 and based in Berlin . The Federal Republic of Germany was the sole shareholder .

history

In 2003, the VIFG was founded on the basis of the Transport Infrastructure Financing Company Act ( § 1 VIFGG). The sole shareholder when it was founded was the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), which is currently (2016) the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure . Politically, its establishment is based on the results of the “ Pällmann Commission ”. In terms of implementation, however, it deviates from their proposal to provide for an independent financing company for each mode of transport.

target

The aim of the VIFG is to provide needs-based, effective and efficient transport infrastructure.

tasks

According to § 2 VIFGG, the company has the task of paying the toll revenue from the truck toll according to the Motorway Toll Act (ABMG), which has not been in force since July 19, 2011, as well as the shipping charges, which are subject to the German regulation, to finance federal construction projects in the road and rail sectors and distribute waterway.

According to Section 11 of the Federal Trunk Road Toll Act , which has been in force since July 19, 2011 , the funds required by the VIFG are paid from the toll.

Since January 1, 2011, all revenue from the truck toll has been used for the road mode of transport and the road users. This is the first step towards realizing the road financing cycle. Payment transactions with toll funds for investments in the federal highways are processed via the VIFG's financial management system. In this way, the company helps ensure that the toll funds are used for a specific purpose. The institutionalization of earmarking is also a necessary condition for securing user funding in the long term.

In the years 2004 to 2010, the projects of the federal railways and the federal waterways were partly financed from the truck toll. These rail and waterway transport projects have been implemented by the federal government again with conventional budget funds since 2011.

Furthermore, the VIFG supports the BMVBS in the preparation, implementation and handling of private-sector projects and helps to develop suitable operator models for the provision of transport routes and to help shape and support their implementation. In this context, public-private partnerships (PPP models) in the transport sector are conceptually and systematically further developed.

The VIFG acts as a PPP competence center and part of the federal transport competence network. As a service center for profitability, the company develops solutions that serve profitability. Here, the economic view is just as important as the project profitability on the procurement level.

On its website, the VIFG offers additional information material on the topic under Service Downloads , such as laws, reports on infrastructure financing and PPP, as well as models and projects, lectures and specialist publications.

With the planned amendment to the Transport Infrastructure Financing Company Act (VIFGG), the Transport Infrastructure Financing Company is also to take over the payment transactions for the funds made available through the federal budget for the construction, expansion, maintenance, operation and maintenance of federal highways. So far, this has been done via the federal treasury and accounting system (HKR procedure).

On August 1, 2019, the VIFG was merged with the infrastructure company for motorways and other federal trunk roads (IGA) in the course of universal succession, i.e. H. their tasks and staff were transferred to the IGA. Since then, the IGA - like the VIFG - has also been responsible for the financial management of the federal highways. On the same day, the Transport Infrastructure Financing Company Act according to its § 4 expired.

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  1. ↑ According to Section 11 (2) of the BFStrMG, up to € 450 million are used annually for the implementation of federal programs to implement the goals of employment, qualification, the environment and safety in companies involved in road haulage subject to tolls.
  2. ↑ German Bundestag: Draft of a first law to amend the transport infrastructure financing company law . September 24, 2015. Printed matter 413/15. PDF. Online at www.bundestag.de. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Announcement of August 16, 2019 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1376 )
  4. ^ Reform of the federal trunk road administration. In: Internet presence. Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, 2018, accessed on October 5, 2018 .