The Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG) in the Cabinet Office leads on Government procurement policy. The guidance provided on this page is complementary to this and is specific to PFI/PPP arrangements.

Project governance guidance (2007)

This guidance looks at a number of aspects of project governance. The intention is not to set out a rigid template but to provide a framework for Authorities to think through the issues and how best to resolve them.

An important dimension of evolving law and practice relates to the deployment of government taking powers in respect of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The extent to which private end-users of property should be allowed to be beneficiaries of compulsory government land acquisition has long been an issue, and national laws vary in how they define and circumscribe the potential involvement of the private sector.

Related Information: 

Décret n° 97-446 du 5 mai 1997

Décret n° 2003-194 du 7 mars 2003 

Track Access Laws and Regulations 

Shared Use of Railway Tracks

Related Information: 

Code des transports, partie législative - deuxième partie: transport ferroviaire ou guide

Track Access Laws and Regulations 

Shared Use of Railway Tracks 

Tracking Reference:

France_Decret n 97-446 du 5 Mai 1997 (Track Access)_FR.pdf

Related Information: 

Code des transports, partie législative - deuxième partie: transport ferroviaire ou guide

Track Access Laws and Regulations 

Shared Use of Railway Tracks  

Tracking Number: France_Decret n 2003-194 du 7 mars 2003 (Track Acess)_FR.pdf

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).

Real Decreto 1434/2010 de 5 de Noviembre sobre Interoperabilidad del Sistema Ferroviario de la Red Ferroviaria de Interés General - Royal Decree 1434/2010 on the Interoperability of the Main Railway Network in Spain (Spanish).

For more information on laws and regulations relating to cross-border railway traffic visit Cross-Border Traffic. 

Décret n° 2006-1279 du 19 Octobre 2006 Modifié Relatif à la Sécurité des Circulations Ferroviaires et à l’Interopérabilité du Système Ferroviaire - Decree No. 2006-1279 of October 19, 2006 (amended) Concerning the Safety of Train Movements and the Interoperability of the Railway System (French).

Paradoxes et Piège Financiers des Concessions d'Olivier Ratheaux, Repères pour le non souverain, n° 8, septembre 2005 (Français). Examine le concept des concessions d'un point de vue juridique français.

Related Information: 

Concessions, Built-Operate-Transfer (BOT), and Design-Build-Operate (DOB) Projects

Key Features of Common Law or Civil Law Systems