Agreement on a time frame
Article 7
The infrastructure manager shall agree on a time frame with the applicant on a case-by-case basis and the time frame should be aligned as closely as possible to the control period in order to facilitate the assignment of the related framework capacity. The time frame shall reflect the needs of the train service. The time frame shall be of up to 24 hours. In exceptional cases, upon request of the applicant and subject to prior approval by the regulatory body, the infrastructure manager may agree on a time frame of more than 24 hours. In the case of a time frame of more than two hours, the infrastructure manager shall assign the framework capacity as close as possible to a two-hour control period. Time frames under one framework agreement or under different framework agreements may overlap. The parties to a framework agreement may agree on a frequency of service.