If two or more applicants request overlapping train paths to be allocated under the annual timetable exercise, a reservation charge shall be levied on the applicant to which the entire train path or a part of it was allocated but not used.

3. Member States may require railway undertakings to be involved in assuring the enforcement and monitoring of their own compliance with the safety standards and rules. Save in the case of force majeure, including urgent safety-critical work, a train path allocated to a freight operation pursuant to this article may not be cancelled less than two months before its scheduled time in the working timetable if the applicant concerned does not give its approval for such cancellation.

3. Save in the case of force majeure, including urgent safety-critical work, a train path allocated to a freight operation pursuant to this Article may not be cancelled less than two months before its scheduled time in the working timetable if the applicant concerned does not give its approval for such cancellation.

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The following paragraph is added to Article 14:" By 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2013 respectively, at the latest, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the Council two reports on the implementation of the provisions of this Directive , the first report relating to international passenger services and the second report relating to all other types of passenger service, including in each report an assessment of the allocation of train paths and of the effects on public service contracts".

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