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For a period of five years from 15 March 2003, the following Member States: Ireland, as a Member State located on an island, with a rail link to only one other Member State, the United Kingdom, in respect of Northern Ireland, on the same basis, and Greece, as a Member State that does not have any direct rail link to any other Member State, do not need to apply the requirements set out in: Articles 3, 4(2), 13, 14, 17, 21(4), 21(6), 22, 24(3), 25 to 28 and 30 on the condition that decisions on the allocation of infrastructure capacity or the charging of fees are open to appeal, when so requested in writing by a railway undertaking, before an independent body which shall take its decision within two months of the submission of all relevant information and whose decision shall be subject to judicial review, and Article 32 in so far as rail transport services falling outside the scope of Article 10 of Directive 91/440/EEC are concerned.
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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.