The agreement is for the duration of 25 years (renewable for another 25 years for public interest reasons). All risks are assumed by the private sector; in consequence, the full revenues go to the private sector - ie, toll revenues, commercial revenues and revenues from services rendered to third parties. The agreement provides for an optional “Guaranteed Minimum Income” (GMI) mechanism for the first 10 years of operation (clause 8.11) following the same guidelines as the contract above. The State of Costa Rica provides the land for the works (clause 1.5).

Click here for more information on a track access agreement drafted for this railway network.

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Peru_Contrato de Concesión de los Ferrocarriles (Concession Agreement)_ES.pdf

Contrato de Accesso a la Via Férrea (Track Access Agreement) - Agreement between the infrastructure manager and concessionaire of the Southern and Southeastern Railway line (Ferrocaril Transandino S.A. - FTSA) and its sister company, the railway operator PeruRail S.A. The concessionaire grants the railway operator access to the railway infrastructure to operate passenger and freight services upon payment of an access charge.

Ley 39/2003 de 17 de noviembre, del Sector Ferroviario – LSF- Railway Sector Act 2003 (Spanish)

The Act establishes the regulatory framework for the Spanish railway sector. 

Ley Reglamentaria del Servicio Ferroviario 1995 (Railroad Service Regulatory Law 1995)  and Reglamento del Servicio Ferroviario 2001 (Railway Service Regulations 2001).

Contrato de Concesión Ferroviaria (430/94), Grupo de Servicio 6, Línea Belgrano Norte (Spanish) and Addenda (167/01) (Spanish) – Concession agreement between the Argentinian state and a private entity (Ferrovias Sociedad Anonimas Concessionarios) regarding the railway line Belgrano Norte (from Villa Rosa to Retira - Buenos Aires Metropolian Area) with addendum. The concession contract regards a railway line dedicated to public passenger transport (concesión de servicio público).

European Union (EU): Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts (available in many EU languages including English, French and Spanish). The new EU directive sets out minimum EU requirement for the award of concession contracts by public authorities to procure works or services from private suppliers.

Corredor Turístico (El Progreso-Tela, San Pedro Sula – El Progreso y La Barca – El Progreso) - Concession Agreement between the Republic of Honduras (conceding authority) and the Consortium Concorcio Canal Seco (CASH) (concessionaire) for the construction, operation, transfer, and maintenance of a 122-km, four-lane highway along the Atlantic side of Honduras ("touristic corridor") under a design, finance, build, operate, transfer (DFBOT) scheme (Spanish).

Español: Firmado en el 2001, este Contrato de Concesión contempla la operación, mantenimiento, y financiación de la expansión de los servicios de agua potable y alcantarillado en Guayaquil, Ecuador. El contrato de 30 años de concesión se celebró entre la Empresa Cantonal de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado de Guayaquil - ECAPAG y la firma International Water Services of Guayaquil (Interagua), empresa filial de FCC y Viola. El concesionario opera en una zona de 5.200 km y 2.5 millones de usuarios. Las obras y sus mejorías se regresan al estado al finalizar la concesión.

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