Acronyms and abbreviations

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Admicarga

Administrator of the short line Tijuana Tecate (Administradora de la vía corta Tijuana Tecate)

AEEGSI

Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity, Gas and Water (Autorità per l’Energia Elettrica, il Gas e il Sistema Idrico)

AMF

Mexican Rail Association (Asociación Mexicana de Ferrocarriles)

ANTP

National Association of Private Transportation (Asociación Nacional de Transporte Privado)

ARCEP

Regulatory Authority of the Electronic Communications and Mail (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes)

ARTF

Regulatory Agency of Rail Transport (Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario)

BANOBRAS

Mexico’s National Bank for Public Construction (Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos)

BNetzA

Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur)

CAF

Construction and Ancillary of Railways (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A).

CCNN

National Advisory Committees for Standardisation

Chepe

Rail Chihuahua-Pacifico (Ferrocarril Chihuahua-Pacífico)

CLR

Competitive Line Rate

CN

Canadian National

CNMC

National Market and Competition Commission (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia)

COAGEC

Council of Australian Governments Energy Council

COFECE

Federal Commission of Economic Competition (Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica)

COFEMER

Federal Regulatory Commission (Comisión Federal de Mejora Regulatoria)

CONAMER

National Commission of Regulatory Improvement (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria)

CP

Canadian Pacific

CRE

Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de la Energía)

CTA

Canadian Transportation Agency

CTA

Canada Transportation Act

Defra

Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs

DGDFM

General Direction of Rail and Multimodal Transport Development (Dirección General de Desarrollo Ferroviario y Multimodal)

DOF

Official Gazzette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación)

ERSAR

Water and Wastes Services Regulation Authority (Entidade Reguladora dos Servicos de Águas e Resíduos)

FCCM

Rail Company Chiapas-Mayab (Compañía de Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab)

FdelP

Pacific Railway (Ferrocarril del Pacífico)

Ferromex

Mexican Railways company (Ferrocarriles Mexicanos)

Ferrovalle

Mexico Valley Railroad and Terminal (Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de México)

FIT

Isthmus of Tehuantepec Rail (Ferrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec)

FNM

National Railways of Mexico (Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico)

GDP

Gross domestic product

HHI

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

ICC

Interstate Commerce Commission

IFT

Federal Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones)

IMT

Mexican Institute of Transport (Instituto Mexicano del Transporte)

IT

Information Technology

ITF

International Transport Forum

KCSM

Kansas City Southern Mexico

LFCD

Coahuila-Durango Line (Linea Coahuila-Durango)

LRSF

Law on the Regulation of Rail Services (Ley Reglamentaria del Servicio Ferroviario)

NAO

National Audit Office

NdeM

Nationals of Mexico (Nacionales de México)

NEB

National Energy Board

Nkom

Norwegian Communications Authority

Ofgem

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Ofwat

Water Services Regulation Authority

ORR

Office of Rail and Road, United Kingdoms

PUC

Public Utilities Commission

RIA

Regulatory impact assessment

SCT

Ministry of Communications and Transport (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transporte)

SFP

Ministry of Public Administration (Secretaría de la Función Pública)

SHCP

Ministry of Finance (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público)

SoE

Statement of Expectations

SoI

Statement of Intent

STB

Surface Transport Board

TFM

Mexican Railway Transportation (Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana)

TFVM

Ferrocarril y Terminal Ferroviaria del Valle de México

TMM

Mexican Maritime Transportation (Transportación Marítima Mexicana)

TRB

Transportation Research Board