The charge for the minimum set of access services and for access to the infrastructure connecting the infrastructure with the service points shall be collected by the public railway infrastructure manager JSC "LatRailNet" in accordance with the Charging Scheme developed and approved by JSC "LatRailNet" (after consultation with applicants and public use railway infrastructure manager). The railway infrastructure manager shall use the received fee to finance its economic activity.
The Charging Scheme shall set out the procedures by which the infrastructure manager shall charge carriers, applicants and operators of certain technological processes for the minimum set of access services and for access to the railway infrastructure connecting it to the service points, as well as other charges. Settlements regarding the performance of the essential functions of the public use railway infrastructure manager. The Charging Scheme determines the content of the invoice, sending and payment terms of the infrastructure manager and JSC "LatRailNet".
The infrastructure charge shall be collected in accordance with the charges set out in the Charging Scheme for the various cost parameters. The total final payment shall include at least the direct costs of each cost parameter component, as well as the relevant mark-ups (if any). Differentiation tools (congestion charges, environmental charges, project charges, discounts, sanctions, compensations, bonuses, etc.) may be applied to charges for different cost parameters in a particular market segment in order to change or adapt charges to specific market conditions.
The amounts of the charges are applied in accordance with the performance indicators of carriers, applicants and technological process performers (EUR per train km, gross ton km, number of wagons, etc.), plus taxes paid in accordance with the legislation in force in the Republic of Latvia.
If one of the instruments for differentiation of infrastructure charges is intended to be applied to the amount of the charge, these charges shall be replaced by differentiated charges determined in accordance with the Charging Scheme.
If sanctions are applied for behavior that disrupts the operation of the infrastructure, compensation for disruptions or bonuses shall be applied in accordance with the procedures and criteria set out in the Network Performance Scheme.
If, in market segments with pre-booked train paths, such train paths are canceled due to the fault of the manager and the applicant has not agreed to transfer it to another time or route offered by the infrastructure manager, the applicant shall be reimbursed by reducing the current infrastructure charge.
In the international 1520 traffic, the payment terms are applied in accordance with the conditions included in the Charging Scheme, except for the payment referred to in Paragraph 6 of the Charging Scheme, the charging conditions of which are described in Annex 6 to the Charging Scheme.
Payment (abbreviation) | Issuer of | Invoice issue terms | Billing period | Payment terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Payment for minimum access package | LDz | until 10th date of the relevant month (inclusive) or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from 20th date of the previous month till last date of the previous month (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
| LDz | until 15th date of the relevant month (inclusive) or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from 1st date of the relevant month till 10th date of the relevant month (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
| LDz | until 25th date of the relevant month (inclusive) or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from 11th date of the relevant month till 20th date of the relevant month (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
Payment for minimum access package and for access to the infrastructure connecting infrastructure to service facilities for freight services | LDz | every Monday of the calendar week or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from Monday of the previous week till Wednesday (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
(KM krav s) | LDz | every Wednesday of the calendar week or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from Thursday of the previous week till Sunday (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
Payment for the capacity used for provision of technological processes | LDz | once a month but not later than 10th date of the next calendar month | time period of the previous calendar month | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
Application assurance payment by applicants | LRN | one calendar month before entry into force of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation is related | time period of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity is related | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Application assurance payment by performers of ind. tech. processes | LRN | one calendar month before entry into force of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation is related | time period of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity is related | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Application assurance payment after assignment of infrastructure status | LRN | within 5 working days after the relevant decision of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation | time period to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity is related | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Application assurance payment for reg. freight services | LRN | within 5 working days after the relevant decision of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation | time period to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity is related | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Payment for the ad-hoc capacity requests by applicants | LRN | not later than by the 15th day of the following calendar month after the current calendar month | the period of the previous calendar month in which ad-hoc infrastructure capacity was allocated | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Payment for the ad-hoc capacity requests by performers of ind. tech. processes | LRN | not later than by the 15th day of the following calendar month after the current calendar month | the period of the previous calendar month in which ad-hoc infrastructure capacity was allocated | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Recalculated application assurance payment for the allocated portion of the capacity | LRN | not later than by the 15th day of the following calendar month after the current calendar month | the period of the previous calendar month in which ad-hoc infrastructure capacity was allocated | within 15 working days after receiving the invoice |
Initial infrastructure capacity assurance payment for the use of pre-reserved train paths | LDz | 20 calendar days before entry into force of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity allocation or its amendments is related (in relation to international 1520 traffic not later than 5 days before the first day of the following calendar month) | time period of the annual working timetable to which the decision of the railway infrastructure capacity is related | within 15 calendar days after the invoice release date |
Final railway infrastructure capacity assurance payment for market segments of pre-reserved train paths | LDz | every Monday of the calendar week or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from Monday of the previous week till Wednesday (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |
(KM rezer gr s) | LDz | every Wednesday of the calendar week or next working day (if in weekend or holiday) | time period starting from Thursday of the previous week till Sunday (inclusive) | within 5 working days after receiving the invoice |