L’indépendance de la régulation des activités ferroviaires en France: la quadrature du cercle

Corinne Blanquart and Alexandra Hyard
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Alexandra Hyard: CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: The liberalization of railway operations has encouraged the emergence of both new private operators and new public structures of regulation and control. One of the major difficulties of these structures is their independence from both the rail-sector actors and the State that has a long tradition of intervention in this sector. Can the essentially technical functions of these regulatory structures be applicable independently of the rail-sector actors and in particular of the long established actors ? The change of regulation methods in the French railway sector, beginning with the creation of the "Mission de Contrôle des Activités Ferroviaires" and continuing with the new "Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires", reflects this difficulty. To enforce the independence of this Authority, the French government has chosen to award it stronger powers, without establishing adequate checks and balances.

Keywords: European Union; independence; France; liberalization; rail operations; regulation; activités ferroviaires; indépendance; libéralisation; Union européenne; régulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-01-01
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Published in Politiques et Management public, 2012, Politiques et Management public, 29 (4), pp.591-606

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