About the Project
Project title: Capacity Building of BiH Railways Regulatory Board focusing on the Fourth Railway Package
Beneficiary country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project funding: EU IPA
Contracting Authority: Delegation of European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Project Beneficiary: BiH Railway Regulatory Board
Project timing: June 2021 – December 2022
Beneficiaries’ Coordinator: Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Contractor: EPTISA Servicios de Ingenieria S.L. in Consortium with GOPA Infra and Panteia
The overall objective of the project of which this contract shall be a part is as follows:
- Provision of preconditions for opening of the railway market in BiH
The purpose of this contract is as follows:
Assistance in establishing of the legal and institutional framework of a functional and sustainable rail system in BiH capable for opening the railway transport market in a manner of non-discriminatory access to infrastructure (Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area).
The expected mandatory results from this assignment shall be:
- The legal framework of a functional and organizationally sustainable rail system in BiH provided,
- Regulatory preconditions for a safe, modern and efficient rail system created,
- Regulatory preconditions for regulation and control of the railway market and the railway system in BiH created,
- Regulatory preconditions for an independent operation of the safety investigation unit created,
- Regulatory legal preconditions for the unobstructed use of electronic forms in railway undertakings in BiH in line with EU requirements created,
- A generally acceptable way of functioning of the railway system and its institutions in BiH in line with EU requirements identified.