The Regulatory Body monitors and studies the evolutions and market developments of the railway sector in Belgium. We have issued our latest Market Monitoring Report with the evolutions and developments in the rail freight market for the year 2021.
The Regulatory Body monitors and studies the evolutions and market developments of the railway sector in Belgium. We have published the 2021 Market Monitoring Report with evolutions and market developments in the rail passengers market.
The Regulatory Body monitors and studies the evolutions and market developments of the airport sector in Belgium, in particular Brussels Airport. The latest Market Monitoring Report with evolutions and market developments in the airport sector for the year 2021 can be found here.
The Regulatory Body has issued an opinion on the draft network statement for 2024 (in Dutch and French). In that opinion, the Regulatory Body recommends that Infrabel, notably: clarify or provide more details on a series of points; be more proactive to conform to its obligation to cooperate with the service facilities operators to offer […]
On July 4th 2022, the Regulatory Body issued made a provisional decision on the airport charges that license holder Brussels Airport Company intends to change from 1 April 2023. The Regulatory Body is of the opinion that there is no risk that its final decision on the proposed charges adaptation will be too late, i.e. […]
On July the forth 2022, the Regulatory Body received a notification from the “European Sleeper Coöperatie“ for a new passenger transport service for the Amsterdam/Barcelona and Barcelona/Amsterdam routes. This notification relates to access to the Belgian railway network and is part of the information obligation provided for in both Belgian and European regulations.
The Regulatory Body has launched a monitoring mission order to verify if the infrastructure manager complies with the rules regarding the absence of conflict of interest. After investigation, the Regulatory Body concluded that the infrastructure manager complies with this regulation. This decision can be found here (French and Dutch only).
When airlines want to introduce an appeal against the final tariff proposal made by the airport operator of Brussels Airport, guidelines for such appeal can be found here.
On 15 December 2021, the Regulatory Body issued a decision in the framework of the ex-officio investigation on the service facility description of Zuidnatie NV, a service facility situated in the Port of Antwerp. The Regulatory Body decided that the service facility description is not completely in line with current legislation and some adaptations are […]
On 25 November 2021, the Regulatory Body issued a decision on the reasonable time period within which requests from railway undertakings for access to service facilities and rail-related services must be answered. In this decision, on the one hand, the reactions of the rail sector to the public consultation on this matter are processed and […]
