CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1Subject-matter and scope
1
This Directive lays down:
a
the rules applicable to the management of railway infrastructure and to rail transport activities of the railway undertakings established or to be established in a Member State as set out in Chapter II;
b
the criteria applicable to the issuing, renewal or amendment of licences by a Member State intended for railway undertakings which are or will be established in the Union as set out in Chapter III;
c
the principles and procedures applicable to the setting and collecting of railway infrastructure charges and the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity as set out in Chapter IV.
2
This Directive applies to the use of railway infrastructure for domestic and international rail services.