On 24 June 2024, the Ministry of Construction and Transport, which is the owner of the VPE Railway Capacity Allocation Nonprofit Limited Liability Company decided to terminate VPE with its legal successor, thusly the VPE was terminated by merger on 30 September 2024 and its general successor became on 1 October 2024 the KTI Hungarian Institute for Transport Sciences and Logistics Non Profit Limited Liability Company (headquarters: székhelye: 1119 Budapest, Than Károly utca 3-5., Cg.01-09-890710). The tasks specified for the railway track capacity allocation organization of the CLXXXIII Act of 2005 on railway transport will henceforth be performed by the Railway Capacity Allocation Directorate of KTI.

The sole owner of KTI IS THE Hungarian State, above which  the Ministry of Construction and Transport is the holder of all the rights and obligations of the State, pursuant to Annex 1, Chapter VI, subsection 12 of Annex 1 of GFM Decree 1/2022 (V. 26th) on the designation of the persons exercising all the rights and obligations of the State over certain state-owned companies.

The legal successor of KTI is VPE in Act XCV. of 1993 on railways, was established in 2004 as a national body independent of railway companies, the sole owner of whicjóh is the Hungarian State.

The duties, responsibilities and competences of the CTI VPE Directorate as the Rail Capacity Allocation Body are defined in the Act on the Legal Relationship between the Rail Capacity Allocation Body and the Non-Independent Railway Infrastructure Manager, Government Decree 268/2009 (XII. 1.) on the legal relationship between the Rail Capacity Allocation Body and the constrained railway infrastructure manager, Government Decree 58/2015 (IX.30. (IX.30.), NFM Decree No. 55/2015 (IX.30.) on the detailed rules for open access to the railway network and NFM Decree No. 57/2015 (IX.30.) on the detailed rules for the railway performance incentive scheme.

The railway track  capacity allocation activity is carried out in compliance with the beliefs of professional independence and conflict of interest for the activities, employees and officials defined in the Vtv.

It falls under the competence of the Board of Directors of the CTI VPE pursuant to Section 67/P (3) of the Act:

• the allocation of capacity on the rail network, including both the definition of train paths and the assessment of their availability and their allocation,
• in the case of a constrained infrastructure manager, the determination of the costs of access to the rail infrastructure network operated by the constrained infrastructure manager,
• the establishment of the Charging Methodology and the Charging Document and the determination of the amount of the network access charges payable by the access holder and the collection of the charges, which are not a taxable activity; and
• drawing up the Network Statement of the constrained infrastructure manager.

Under Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a European rail network for competitive freight

• capacity allocation and related tasks on the Hungarian sections of rail freight corridors.

Operation of the IT system for the notification of dangerous goods in accordance with Government Decree 312/2011 (XII. 23.) on the rules of uniform procedure for the control of the transport of dangerous goods by rail and inland waterway and the imposition of fines, the amount of fines for certain irregularities and the general rules of the official tasks related to the imposition of fines.

The KTI shall cover the performance of its tasks under Section 67/P of the Act from the commission fee from the invoiced network access fee, at the rate specified in the Government Decree. The revenues of the CTI in connection with the performance of the tasks of the CTI’s VPE Directorate under § 67/P of the Act shall be used for the performance of the tasks of the VPE Directorate and may not be diverted for any other purpose.