"prosilec" pomeni prevoznika v železniškem prometu in/ali mednarodno poslovno združenje železniških prevoznikov z licenco in v državah članicah, ki predvidevajo takšno možnost, druge fizične in/ali pravne osebe, ki imajo za pridobitev infrastrukturnih zmogljivosti za opravljanje prevoznih storitev v železniškem prometu na svojih ozemljih posamični ali skupni poslovni interes, kot so javni organi po Uredbi (EGS) 1191/62( fn ) in prevozniki tovora, špediterji in prevozniki v kombiniranem prometu;
"applicant" means a licensed railway undertaking and/or an international grouping of railway undertakings, and, in Member States which provide for such a possibility, other persons and/or legal entities with public service or commercial interest in procuring infrastructure capacity, such as public authorities under Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69(12) and shippers, freight forwarders and combined transport operators, for the operation of railway service on their respective territories;