Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings (repealed) (c. 18)

SECTION I U.K. Objective and Scope

Article 2 U.K.

For the purposes of this Directive:

(a)

[F1 ‘ railway undertaking ’ shall mean any public or private undertaking the principal business of which is to provide services for the transport of goods and/or passengers by rail with a requirement that the undertaking must ensure traction; this also includes undertakings which provide traction only;]

(b)

‘licence’ shall mean an authorization issued by a Member State to an undertaking, by which its capacity as a railway undertaking is recognized. That capacity may be limited to the provision of specific types of services;

(c)

‘licensing authority’ shall mean the body charged by a Member State with the issue of licences.

(d)

• ‘urban and suburban services’ shall mean transport services operated to meet the transport needs of an urban centre or conurbation, as well as the transport needs between such centre or conurbation and surrounding areas;

• ‘regional services’ shall mean transport services operated to meet the transport needs of a region.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Directive 2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings.