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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(82)496 final
Brussels,27July 1982
FOROFFICIALUSEONLY
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
*
Bequest for theassent oftheCouncil under Article second paragraph ,
oftheECSC Treaty ,totheco-financing ofthepurchase ofspecial goods
waggons for transporting coal and steel
COM (82)^96final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
Sub ,joct :Request fortheassent oftheCouncil under Article 54,
second paragraph ,of .the3CSC Treaty ,totheco-financing
ofthepurchase ofspecial goodd waggons fortransporting
coal and steel .
Amount oftheloan ;.EM111.5million (approximately 47,2 million ECU).
Borrower :Deutsche Bundesbahn ,Frankfurt /Main .
*
Thelegal basis forDeutsche Bundesbahn operations istheFederal
Railways lav/of 13December 1951 »which sets out thetask ofthe
BundesbaJm asfollaws (§4)'•
(1)TheDeutsche Bundesbahn shall beadministered inaccordance with
commercial principles andhaving regard totheinterests ofthe
German national economy .Account must betaken oftraffic needs
andsofety must beensured .All Deutsche Bundesbahn equipment
andvehicles plus accessories shall bekept ingood condition at
alltimes and reneiired orimprowed inaccordance with traffic
requirements andthecurrent state ofthe art .
Inaddition §23lays down that theDeutsche Bundesbahn must manage
itsaffairs insuch awaythat itisable tomeet theexpenditure
required tofulfil itstasks andobligations .
Thefields ofoperation oftheDeutsche Bundesbahn may bedivided into
ancommercial .sector plus asector which isnotoperated along
commercial lines butwhich i'sdesigned rather toprovide apublic
service :
-the state sector (.thesetting up .,maintaining andoperation ofthe
infrastructure )r
-theoublic benefit sect -r(local traffic as •■>■necessity oflife .

InordertoobtaintheDeutscheBundesbahnoperatingresults,the
incomeandexpenditureforthevarioussectorsmustbesetout.
TheDeutscheBundesbahnpresentedsuchaclassifiedstatementof
accountforthefirst-timein1980(inDMmillion):
DBCommercialState
totalsectorsector
(without(infra^-
infra-structure)
structurePublic
benefit
sector
(without
infra-
struc-
ture
Income
Passengers ,luggageand
expressgoodstraffic 5,43,2.- 2,2
Goodstraffic 9,29,2
Otherownincome 2,31,7o,5 0,1
Stategrants 8,82,43,2 3,2
' 25,71^5 T>7 CCTotalincome
Expenditure
Labour 19,48,76,8 3,9
Expenditure onmaterials 7,04,31,5 1,2
Interest 2,40,81,3 0,3
Otherexpenditure 0,50,30,1 0,1
Totalexpenditure 29,314.19,7 5,5
Excesscover+Deficit -3,6+2,4-6.(00,0
Stategrantsthusrelateto;
PaymentsamountingtoDII5500millionwhichtheStategrantsasexcess
expenditure (sincetheDeutscheBundesbahn ,unlikeotherundertakings,
mustamongstotherthingsrespecttheobligations andproceduresofpub­
licadministrations andtakeresponsibility foritsretiredemployees
fromcurrentaccountsandforthe0ld-agopensionsofoutsideperson
sincetheStateasowneroftheDeutscheBundesbahngrantsinterest
subsidiesonexternalcapitaltakenupinplaceofthenecessaryown
capitalcontribution )

-PaymentsofDM3300millionwhichthestategrantsdirectlytothe
Deutsc'ieBundesbahninplaceoffarespaidbyusers(statepayments
forsubsidizedfaresintheSaarregion,forcombinedtraffic,for
longdistancepassengertrafficatspeciallowratesandforlocal
passengertraffic:allowancesforlinemaintenance).
Takenasawholethisaccountmakesitclearthatthedeficitforthe
yearinspiteofhighstrvtegrantsistheresult-asinvariouscompa­
rableundertakings inotherIlemberStates-ofoperationsinthepublic
interest.
Projectdescription
ThespecialwaggonsforwhichtheI5CSCloanisrequiredhaveparticularly
efficientloadingandunloadingfeatures.Theyaretailoredctothespe­
cialrequirements oftheshippers,dependingonthetypeofgoodsin
question(coal,oreandrolledsteelproducts)andhavespecialloading
featureswhichpromoteeconomicalandproductiveoperation.
Thewaggonsconcernedareasfollows:
Type Description ofNumberValuein
type DMmillion
a)Pour-axlehydraulicself-
discharging saddle-bottomed
waggonwithlateralflaps Fals180.2 25533;0
b)Four-axleself-discharging
saddle-bottomed waggonswith
lateralflaps Fals182 22524,0
c)Four-axlehydraulicself-
discharging saddle-bottomed
waggonswith.lateralflaps Fals183 747100,0
d)Saddle-bottomed oretransporting
waggonswithsixsetsofwheels'
lateralflapswithmechanical
fastenings Fals150*2 6211,0
e)Six-axleflat-bottomed waggons
withstanchionsandends Samms709 ^0013>0
f)Six-axlegoodswaggonswith
slidingcoversandfiveskid
hoppersfortransporting sheet
metalcoils Sahimms900 20042>0
1589223,0

-4-
Asregardsa)thewaggonsareintendedfortransportingcoal
toapowerstationwithspecialunloadingfacilities.Their
-syntheticmaterialsaddl^-bottomsmakeitpossibletoempty
thewaggonscompletelyeveninthecaseofroughertypesof
coal.
Thewaggonsmentionedinb)arefortransporting coke,coal
andoreandwithfourlargelateralflapsinconjunction with
andsaddle-bottom theyare^particularly suitablefordischar­
gingintounderground bunkers.
Thewaggonsmentionedinc)areintendedfortransporting coaL
toapowerstationequippedwithspecialunloadingfacilities.
•Theymayalsobeusedfortransporting oreifunloadingfaci­
litiesareavailablewhichcancopewiththefourlateral
flapsopeningsimultaneously .
Thewaggonsmentionedind)arefortransporting oretoa
steelworkswithspecialunloadingfacilities (underground
bunkers).
Thewaggonsine)whichhavehingedchargingsurfaceswillbe
usedmainlyfortransporting heavyrolledsections.
The.waggonsinf)havebeenspeciallydevelopedfortranspor­
tingheavysheetironcoilssubjecttocorrosion.Theyhave
fixedends,fivefixedtroughsbuiltintotheunderframeand
fourslidingsteelcoversarrangedtislideoneovertheother
sothat40$ofthetotalloadlengthmaybeuncoveredat
oneendorbothendsofthewaggon.Thusitispossibleto
loadthewaggoneitherfromaboveorfromtheside.
Financing
Halfthe-costofpurchasingthespecialgoodspfaggonsistobecovered
bytheICCSCloan,,therestbeingcoveredfromgeneralstateinvestment
subsidiesandDeutscheBundesbahn ownresources.
Assessment
Theinvestmentsincoalandsteelwaggonsarenecessaryinorderto
provideth~coalandsteelindustrywiththemostefficientandecono­
micaltransportsystemavailable.Thewaggondesigns'andfittingsare
inaccordancewiththerequirementsofcoalandsteelundertakings as
regardsefficientloadingandunloadingoftransportedmaterials;the
mainadvantageforundertakingsconcernedwillbemorerapidtransport
andthusshorterdeliverytimesandlowerhandlingcosts.

Theinvestments mentionedabovethereforefulfiltheprovisions
ofArticle54>secondparagraphoftheECSCTreaty,TheCommission
hasthereforenadeafavourableassessmentoftheprojectandhas
inprincipledecidedtoapprovetheapplication .Ittherefore
requeststheCounciltoapprove,inaccordancewithArticle54j
secondparagraph,oftheECSCTreatythegrantingofaloanof
EM111.5milliontotheDeutscheBundesbahnl,Frankfurt/i-Iain.
Comments :ThisisthefirstloantotheDeutscheBunesbahn .