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"1. To take note of the reports on this issue by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Andrei Klepach and Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov.
2. To recognize the expediency of setting long-term rail tariffs for periods of at least five years beginning in 2014 and in conjunction with the efficiency, reliability, and quality of service indicators.
By September 15, 2012, the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Finance (Anton Siluanov), the Federal Tariff Service (Sergei Novikov) jointly with Russian Railways are to submit an action plan (including proposals on amending legislative acts) to the government, that will lay out the provisions for setting rail tariffs for a five-year period starting in 2014, with the possibility of long-term tariff regulation based on the profitability of invested capital (as part of a long-term investment programme).
3. When preparing the forecast for Russia’s socio-economic development for 2013-2015, the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov) is to plan for rail tariff indexation of up to 7% in 2013 and from 2014, the indexation should be no higher than the rate of inflation due to the need to improve labour productivity and ensure cost efficiency at Russian Railways, and provided that the investment programme financing principles have been agreed to.
4. Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich is to create an interagency working group on the development of rail transport and finalize the following issues by November 1, 2012:
- implementation of the previously assigned instructions from the Prime Minister (items 4-6, minutes of the meeting of the State Commission on the Socio-Economic Development of the Far East, the Republic of Buryatia, the Trans-Baikal Territory, and the Irkutsk Region, of July 2, 2012, No. 1);
- determination of the priority level of Russian Railways’ investment projects through 2020 and establishing their funding sources, including the possibility of attracting government guarantees and bonded loans, as well as the use of the funds of the Pension Fund and the National Welfare Fund;
- improvement of the operational effectiveness of the Russian Railways by establishing specific long-term benchmarks;
- implementation of activities within the target market model for cargo shipped by rail;
- introduction of chain contracts;
- adjusting the qualitative composition of cargo with shippers by adopting more advanced technology for raw materials’ processing and enrichment;
- possibilities for using alternative transport modes;
- improve traffic management technology to free up infrastructure bottlenecks;
- rational allocation of railway capacity between freight and passenger traffic, especially commuter trains, consider the possibility for the development of alternative modes of regional transport in the long term.
5. The Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Ministry of Finance (Anton Siluanov) jointly with the Russian Railways are to analyse the possibility of amending the legislation to provide the owners of common use rail infrastructure the right to sign agreements on the development of certain sections of common use rail infrastructure on terms similar to concessions, including the use of the public-private partnership mechanism.
These proposals are to be submitted to the government in September 2012.
6. As part of finalising the Russian Railways’ investment programme, the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Ministry of Finance (Anton Siluanov) jointly with the Russian Railways are to implement, on the basis of a technology audit, the following classifications of investment projects to develop the rail infrastructure (deadline - October 31, 2012):
- projects which are commercially viable for theRussian Railways;
- projects which are not commercially viable for the Russian Railways, but the implementation of which is expedient in terms of the multiplier effect for the national economy (GDP growth, increased industrial production, budget revenue, investment, labour productivity, job creation, enhanced regional integration, etc);
- projects which are not commercially viable, but have economic significance for a limited number of economic actors, specific industries or regions.
7. The Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Federal Tariff Service (Sergei Novikov), , the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), jointly with the Russian Railways are to prepare coordinated proposals for amendments in the laws and regulations to provide for long-term tariff regulation and the application of these regulations to rail transport.
The Federal Tariff Service (Sergei Novikov), the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov) jointly with the Russian Railways are to finalise, taking into account point 1 of this paragraph, the methodology for calculating the economically justified costs and the standard profit margins for using the rail infrastructure.
The Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov) is to submit the draft documents, indicated in this paragraph, to the government by December 10, 2012.
8. The Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov), the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Finance (Anton Siluanov) jointly with the Russian Railways are to finalise, by September 30, 2012, and with consideration for the earlier government assignments, the issue of organising commuter rail services in 2013-2015 and in the longer term, and to identify financial resources to compensate for the revenue losses due to the state regulation of tariffs for commuter rail services and regional transport.
9. Based on the recommendations of the interagency working group, mentioned in point 4 of this protocol, the Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov) with the participation of the concerned federal executive bodies and the Russian Railways are to update the Master Plan for the Development of Rail Transport through 2020 and submit it to the government in the first quarter of 2013.
10. The Ministry of Transport (Maxim Sokolov), the Ministry of Economic Development (Andrei Belousov) jointly with all relevant agencies are to submit to the government proposals on amending the legislation to introduce mandatory membership of rolling stock operators in a unified self-regulatory organisation.
Deadline – September 15, 2012."