Licence
Licence
DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU (Recast): 'an authorisation issued by a licensing authority to an undertaking, by which its capacity to provide rail transport services as a railway undertaking is recognised; that capacity may be limited to the provision of specific types of services'
OTIF definition: 'the authorisation issued by a State to a railway undertaking, in accordance with the laws and prescriptions in force in that State, by which its capacity as a carrier is recognized.'
General definition: document issued by the relevant authority which allows a railway operator to use the rail infrastructure.