Regulation (EU) 2338/2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail (the Public Services Obligations (PSO)), amends the previous Regulation on public services contract awards in the area of transport by setting clearer rules on the specification of public services obligations and their scope of application as well as a new framework guaranteeing that railway operators will encounter non-discriminatory access conditions to rail rolling stock that will incentivise them to participate in tender procedures for a rail public service contract.
Uredbom (EU) 2338/2016 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o otvaranju tržišta za usluge domaćeg željezničkog prijevoza putnika (obveza obavljanja javnih usluga (PSO)), izmjenjuje se prethodna Uredba o dodjeli ugovora o javnim uslugama utvrđivanjem jasnijih pravila o navođenju obveza javnih usluga i njihova područja primjene i novi okvir kojim se željezničkim prijevoznicima jamče nediskriminacijski uvjeti pristupa voznom parku željezničkih vozila, čime će ih se potaknuti na sudjelovanje u natječajnim postupcima za sklapanje ugovora o pružanju javnih željezničkih usluga.