Presentation of the Italian Transport Regulation Authority

Andrea Camanzi, President IRG

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Agenda

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ART in a nutshell

Timeline

Mission & features

Facts & figures

Sectors & functions

Powers

Organisation

Focus on rail

Markets & activity

Mission and other institutions

Other activities under way

Timeline

17 Sept 2013

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Mission & features

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• One of three IAAs in the area of public services together with AGCOM (Telecoms & Post ) and AAEGI (Electricy - Energy - Water)

Ex ante setting of the

framework for economic regulation

•President & two members (A. Camanzi, B. Marinali , M. Valducci) voted in by, and answerable to, Parliament

•7-year non-renewable mandate

•Mandate fully incompatible with any other activity

•Cooling off (4 years)

•Regime extends to staff

Fully independent board & staff

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Facts & figures

Funding

One-off endowment (State budget)

€ 1.5 mln (2013) - € 2.5 mln (2014)

Thereafter, fees from companies (up to 1/1000 TO/Y)

Budget 2014

€ 10 mln (excl endowment)

Staff (recruitment under way)

80 perm 60 temp 10 experts

Sectors & functions

• Rail

• Road

• Airports

• Ports

• Local and regional transport

Access

• Tariffs

• PSO

• Quality standards

Services

Passenger rights

• i.e. Tender schemes in road (new highway concessions) and rail (i.e. regional tenders)

• i.e. Taxi licensing

Ad hoc competencies

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Powers

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Sanction in case of faulty/non-implementation - refusal to provide/faulty provision of information requested

Signal opportunity to terminate contracts etc.

Order/set criteria for corporate separation

Order/set criteria for accounting separation

Stimulate definition of PSOs

Investigation and on-site inspection

Treat claims/complaints

Organisation

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Highlights

Collegial decision making

Horizontal structure, by function

Advisory board

Chief economist

Recruitment in the public sector and on the market

Focus on rail

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Markets High Speed

Middle/Long distance

Regional/Local transport

Freight

Activity Jan 2014 - Investigation on access (one-year)

Jan 2014 - Investigation on passenger services (one-year)

Mar 2014 - Regulatory measures on access (six-month)

Apr 2014 - Consultation on access (one-month)

As of Jan 2014 – monitoring of the network statement, cabotage applications etc.

Mission & other institutions

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Previous rail regulator (URSF) disbanded

No licensing

No safety & security

No network management/policy

Oversight on framework agreements

Ex post-regulation by competition authority

Other activities under way

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State aid to airports (opinion on guidelines)

Airport tariffs (models/criteria)

Highway concessions (tender schemes)

Local and regional transport (consultation)

One last thing

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