1.The level of financial guarantees regarding one applicant shall not exceed the estimated amount of charges incurred during two months of train operations requested.
2.An infrastructure manager shall not require that a financial guarantee takes effect or is paid more than 10 days before the first of the month in which the railway undertaking starts the train operations in relation to the infrastructure charges which this financial guarantee is to cover. If the capacity is allocated after this point in time, the infrastructure manager may request the financial guarantee at short notice.