Railway undertaking

Any railway undertaking as defined in Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (1), and any other public or private undertaking, the activity of which is to provide trans- port of goods and/or passengers by rail on the basis that the undertaking must ensure traction. The term also includes undertakings which provide traction only.