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Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires

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French governmental rail transportation agency

The Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires is a French government agency which regulates rail transport.

ARAF was officially founded in December 2010, but there was considerable informal work before that date. The headquarters is in Le Mans. and Pierre Cardo was appointed as its first president. ARAF is funded by a levy on track access fees paid to RFF. The president of ARAF is Pierre Cardo.

Much of ARAF's early work involves Réseau Ferré de France and track access. A key part of its role is to encourage competition in rail transport, following the Second Railway Package and Third Railway Package.

In May 2013, the French government announced plans to reform SNCF Infra and RFF and create a single national infrastructure operator; this may lead to ARAF taking a bigger role in ensuring equal access for other train operators.

References

  1. "L' Autorité de régulation des activités ferroviaires (ARAF)" (PDF). 2010-10-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  2. "Le gendarme du rail entre officiellement en fonction aujourd'hui - Les Echos". 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  3. "Détail d'un texte". 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  4. Journal Officiel de la République Française (167): 13531. 22 July 2010. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Détail d'un texte". 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  6. "Railway Gazette: ARAF debut triggers change". 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  7. "Nouvelle étape de la libéralisation des activités ferroviaires - Fondation Copernic". 2011-01-06. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  8. "Strategic authority envisaged under French reforms". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

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