For public service contracts that are not awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure, the fulfilment of public service obligations by the public service operators should be appropriately compensated in order to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of public passenger transport services in accordance with the requirements laid down in public transport policy.
Do chonarthaí seirbhíse poiblí nach ndámhtar ar bhonn nós imeachta iomaíoch tairisceana, ba cheart comhlíonadh na n-oibleagáidí seirbhíse poiblí ag oibreoirí seirbhíse poiblí a chúiteamh go hiomchuí d'fhonn inbhuanaitheacht fhadtéarmach airgeadais na seirbhísí poiblí iompair do phaisinéirí a áirithiú i gcomhréir leis na ceanglais a leagtar síos sa bheartas iompair phoiblí.