3Recitals 25, 29 and 30 of Regulation No 1370/2007 state:(25) Public passenger transport by rail raises specific issues of investment burden and infrastructure cost. In March 2004, the [European] Commission presented a proposal to amend Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community’s railways [(OJ 1991 L 237, p. 25)] so as to guarantee access for all Community railway undertakings to the infrastructure of all Member States for the purpose of operating international passenger services. The aim of this regulation is to establish a legal framework for compensation and/or exclusive rights for public service contracts and not the further opening of the market for railway services.…(29) With a view to the award of public service contracts, with the exception of emergency measures and contracts relating to modest distances, the competent authorities should take the necessary measures to advertise, at least 1 year in advance, the fact that they intend to award such contracts, so as to enable potential public service operators to react.(30) Directly awarded public service contracts should be subject to greater transparency.’
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