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Report on the Activities 2015 Railways Arbitration Commission (RACO) Report on the activities 2015 Railways Arbitration Commission (RACO) Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Schiedskommission im Eisenbahnverkehr Confédération suisse Commission d’arbitrage dans le domaine des chemins de fer Confederazione Svizzera Commissione d’arbitrato in materia ferroviaria Confederaziun svizra Railways Arbitration Commission Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement EFD ZweiteZusatzzeile Imprint Publisher: Railways Arbitration Commission Design: Comm.pact AG, 360° Konzeption seit 1991, Basel Printing: Druckerei Bloch AG, Arlesheim Circulation: German 200, French 50, Italian 10, English 30 Picture credits: Cover © AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Pictures © Fotolia.com, Portraits © Dominique Nardon, Inoxsuisse imagine Contents Foreword 2 Management Summary 3 Legal bases 4 Activities to ensure non-discriminatory access to the network 5 Market observation 5 The Swiss rail infrastructure 5 Development of passenger traffic 6 Development of freight transport 7 Further topics 8 Market monitoring 10 Monitoring the allocation of train paths 10 Network access conditions for infrastructure managers (IMs) 11 New operator model for marshalling yards 12 Complaints and ex officio investigations 13 Energy price (flat-rate tariff) in the list of services for infrastructure 13 Train path allocation by Trasse Schweiz AG for PostMail trains in the 2014 annual timetable 14 Line closure 15 Consultations 16 Organisation of rail infrastructure (OBI) 16 Rail Network Access Ordinance (new train path price system) 16 Ordinances relating to the Goods Carriage Act (GCarA); network use plan 16 International engagement 17 Freight corridors 1 (Rhine–Alpine) and 2 (North Sea–Mediterranean) 17 European Network of Rail Regulatory Bodies (ENRRB) 18 Independent Regulators’ Group-Rail (IRG-Rail) 18 Legal developments in the EU (4th railway package and Recast) 19 About RACO 20 Commission 20 Specialist secretariat 21 Looking ahead 22 Abbreviations 23 1 Foreword The Swiss railway landscape is facing a very challenging period. Additional funding for maintaining the network, further growth in passenger transport, heightened competition between differ- ent modes of transport, investments to guarantee the high qual- ity of service in the future, discussions about minimum wages for train drivers, and sites for maintenance depots are only a few of the topics tackled by the Swiss railway undertakings in 2015. For the Swiss Railways Arbitration Commission (RACO), the year under review was marked by the reorganisation of its secre- tariat. Our team is now supplemented by new staff members for Market observation and Market monitoring. The linkage of legal expertise and rail-specific know-how allows RACO to focus more strongly on the processes at the interface between railway undertakings (RUs) and infrastructure managers (IMs). In 2015, RACO also exercised its supervisory competences wide- At this point I would like to thank the Commission and the secre- ly. The central issue was the creation of a favourable environ- tariat staff for their efforts and their willingness to work together ment for a competitive rail system in Switzerland. This report with me to ensure the success of the reorganisation process. considers the following activities: • Investigations are carried out in a professional and timely manner. The decisions should provide reliable framework conditions for fair competition between RUs in economic and technical terms, and with regard to time. • RACO’s secretariat uses appropriate methods and tools to monitor the development of the relevant market sectors. • Focused and continuous market monitoring sheds the appro- priate light on topics that enable potentially discriminatory behaviour. • Using the knowledge gained from market observation and monitoring, RACO initiates ex officio investigations in cases of suspected discrimination. These investigations are carried out fairly and transparently, in accordance with procedural regula- tions. Consensual resolutions are encouraged. Patrizia Danioth Halter Chair 2 Management Summary The Railways Arbitration Commission (RACO) is an independ- RACO uses Market monitoring to supervise and examine top- ent supervisory authority that ensures non-discriminatory access ics that may directly influence network access. This includes the to the rail network, thus supporting the functioning of the rail regu lar supervision of train path allocation, the IMs’ network market. It adjudicates on complaints from railway undertakings access conditions, and the SBB’s new operator model for the (RUs) and initiates ex officio investigations if there is suspicion of Limmattal and Lausanne Triage marshalling yards. network access being prevented or awarded in a discriminatory fashion (Art. 40abis Railways Act (RailA); SR 742.101). The chapter on Market observation presents data on transport performance for the first time, and explains selected events that In 2015, RACO carried out the following investigations: influence the competition situation in Switzerland in the longer term. • In the energy price case, the flat-rate tariff for energy for long-distance freight trains in the list of services was exam- RACO focused its international cooperation on supervisory ined. RACO was able to achieve partial agreement between activities in the freight transport corridors 1 (Rhine-Alpine) and infrastructure managers (IMs) and RUs. The IMs will intro- 2 (North Sea-Mediterranean), and on an exchange with the duce billing for the actual amount of power used for all RUs European regulatory bodies on developing best practices and a travelling on their network, by the end of 2015 at the lat- European railway market. est. Furthermore, the flat-rate approach to energy prices will be adjusted, at least for train type 6 “Long-distance freight RACO reorganised its secretariat and brought in more staff to train” in the 2018 list of services (see page 13). put into practice the statutory tasks that have been added since mid-2013. • In the train path allocation case concerning PostMail trains, RACO determined that Trasse Schweiz AG had not performed the train path allocation process for mail transport in con- formity with the law. In order to ensure non-discriminatory train path allocation in future, RACO therefore issued instruc- tions to Trasse Schweiz (see page 14). The case before the Federal Administrative Court is pending. • An investigation was initiated into the distribution of costs between IMs and RUs when lines are closed. As part of the “The linkage of legal expertise investigation, the FOT has already told RACO it is willing to and rail-specific know-how revise its Guideline on line closures (see page 15). allows RACO to focus more strongly on the processes at the interface between RUs and IMs.” Patrizia Danioth Halter, Chair of RACO 3 Legal bases RACO is an independent extraparliamentary committee within the meaning of Article 8a para. 3 of the Government and Ad- ministration Organisation Ordinance (GAOO; SR 172.010.1). It ensures non-discriminatory access to the Swiss rail network, by adjudicating on complaints from railway undertakings and initiating ex officio proceedings where access is denied or dis- crimination is suspected (Art. 40abis of the Railways Act (RailA; 742.101)). As a “market-oriented committee”, it supervises and provides essential support for the functioning of the market (Art. 8m letter b GAOO). RACO was appointed by the Federal Council; it has existed since 1 January 2000, and is headquartered in Bern. RACO’s activity is based on Art. 40abis RailA and the Federal Council-approved RACO Regulations (SR 742.101.4). Administratively, RACO has come under the General Secretariat “RACO uses Market monitoring of the Department of the Environment (GS DETEC) since 2012. to supervise and examine topics that may directly influence network access.” Yves Putallaz, Member of RACO 4 Activities to ensure non-discriminatory access to the network Market observation As of 2015, as part of its new orientation and using its market Market observation draws up an overview of the Swiss rail land- observation competency, RACO has been striving to monitor de- scape, focusing on the liberalised sectors. velopments in the rail market and to analyse competition-related events, using its own staff and appropriate methods. In addition, The Swiss rail infrastructure targeted statistical surveys will be used so that statements con- cerning competition in the Swiss rail market are based on facts The Swiss railway landscape is marked by the diversity of differ- and figures; these statements will be made public. ent installations, which are used intensively. The total length of Swiss rail infrastructure comes to around 5,100 km 1. This Activity Report for the first time differentiates between market observation and monitoring. These supervisory activities, There is a narrow gauge network with around 1,400 km of together with ex officio investigations and the handling of com- track, as well as a normal gauge network of about 3,700 km. plaints, constitute RACO’s statutory supervisory duties. The longest of these by far is the approx. 3,100 km network owned by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB AG), followed by that of the BLS Group, which is about 420 km long. Proportionate to the country’s size, Switzerland has one of the densest and most 1 Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office 2016 intensively used rail networks in the world. Figure 1: Swiss normal and narrow gauge network 5 Development of passenger traffic RACO’s current activity concentrates on monitoring RUs’
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