📋 Tender Overview
A round table was held at the Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of the Draft Law on Railways. Namely, in accordance with the Government's Work Programme for 2024, in the third quarter it is envisaged to establish the draft Law on Railways.
The adoption of this Law will systematically regulate all issues of importance for the manner of managing railway infrastructure and performing rail transport, and transposing the IV package of EU regulations related to the creation of the single railway market, rail passenger rights, obligations of public passenger transport, freight corridors and costs caused by the movement of trains.
Creating a model that will meet the benchmarks for closing the negotiating chapter 14 - Transport policy, in the functioning of the independent body for regulatory affairs and safety on the railways, as well as the status of the Directorate for Railways and other norms related to investments in railway transport.
During the work on the preparation of the Draft Law, the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs intensively conducted consultative processes on several occasions with representatives of the Transport Community, so that already in the phase of drafting the Law we could take into account constructive suggestions and joint efforts define this very complex area.
Also, the roundtable aroused great interest, so the discussion was very important for all participants in the public debate and pointed out additionally certain segments of activity.
The participants of the public debate agreed that during the drafting of the Law, the Ministry provided an extremely high degree of transparency and took into account a significant number of suggestions received from the economic sector. The round table was attended by representatives of railway companies, the Directorate for Railways, the economic sector as well as representatives of the NGO sector, which further confirmed that the effects that will have the standardization of this activity are of great importance.
After analyzing all received proposals and suggestions during the public debate, the Draft Law on Railways will be submitted to the competent institutions for the purpose of obtaining an opinion, and upon completion of this part of the administrative procedure, it will be submitted to the Government of Montenegro in order to determine the Draft Law.
