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For the purpose of this Directive: -'railway undertaking` shall mean any private or public undertaking whose main business is to provide tail transport services for goods and/or passengers with a requirement that the undertaking should ensure traction, -'infrastructure manager` shall mean any public body or undertaking responsible in particular for establishing and maintaining railway infrastructure, as well as for operating the control and safety systems, -'railway infrastructure` shall mean all the items listed in Annex I.A to Commission Regulation (EEC) N° 2598/70 of 18 December 1970 specifying the items to be included under the various headings in the forms of accounts shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) N° 1108/70(1), with the exception of the final indent which, for the purposes of this Directive only, shall read as follows: 'Buildings used by the infrastructure department`, -'international grouping` shall mean any association of at least two railway undertakings established in different Member States for the purpose of providing international transport services between Member States; -'urban and suburban services` shall mean transport services operated to meet the transport needs of an urban centre or conurbation, as well as the transport needs bewtween such centre or conurbation and surrounding areas; -'regional services` shall mean transport services operated to meet the transport needs of a region. SECTION II Management independence of railway undertakings

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.