Priority criteria
Article 11
Operators of the service facility may determine priority criteria to allocate capacity in the case of conflicting requests for access to service facilities and rail-related services, where such requests cannot be accommodated after the coordination procedure. Such priority criteria shall be non-discriminatory and objective and published in the service facility description in accordance with letter k of Article 4(2). They shall take into account the purpose of the facility, the purpose and nature of the railway transport services concerned and the objective of securing an efficient use of available capacity. The priority criteria may also take into account the following aspects: — existing contracts; — the intention and ability to use the capacity requested, including previous failure, if any, to use all or part of allocated capacity and the reasons for that failure; — already allocated train paths linked to the requested services; — priority criteria for allocation of train paths; — timely submission of requests.