GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE COLLECTION SCHEME
The Collection Scheme lays down the procedure how the railway infrastructure manager collects infrastructure charges from railway undertakings, applicants and performers of individual technological processes, including the charge for the minimum access package and for the access to the railway infrastructure connecting service facilities mentioned in Article 12.1 of the Railway Law, and other charges provided by Article 12.1 of the Railway Law, as well as the settlement procedure for performing the essential functions of the public-use railway infrastructure manager provided by the third part of Article 13.1 of the Railway Law.
The infrastructure charges are collected according to the charging values of different parameters provided by the Collection Scheme.
The charge values are applied according to the performance indicators of railway undertakings and performers of individual technological processes, adding the taxes settled according to the current legislation of the Republic of Latvia.
If a charge value is subject to any infrastructure charge differentiation tools (scarcity charge, environmental charge, project charge, discounts, penalties, compensations, bonuses etc.), then this charge value is substituted with a differentiated charge value provided by the Collection Scheme.
If penalties for actions which disrupt infrastructure operation, compensations to those who suffer losses from disruption, or bonuses are applied, then they are applied according to the procedure and criteria provided by the Network Performance Scheme.
If in market segments where pre-assigned train paths are used, these train paths are canceled because of the infrastructure manager and the applicant hasn’t agreed to change this train path to a different time or route offered by the infrastructure manager, then the applicant is compensated for the collected assurance payment by decreasing the following capacity assurance payment in the amount of the collected part of the infrastructure capacity assurance payment.
The Collection Scheme lays down the content, as well as issuing and payment deadlines of the infrastructure manager’s and LRN invoices.
Within international 1520 traffic, the payment settlement is applied according to the provisions of the Collection Scheme, except the payment referred to in Paragraph 6 of the Collection Scheme, which is collected according to the procedure laid down in Annex 6 to the Collection Scheme.
COLLECTION PROCEDURE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES
Payment (abbreviation) | Issuer of | Invoice release 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 last 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 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 | 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 |
Payment for the ad-hoc capacity requests 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 |
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 |