The de minimis thresholds for directly awarded public service contracts should be adapted to reflect the higher volumes and unit costs in public passenger transport services by rail compared to other modes of transport covered by Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council [5].
Ba cheart na tairseacha de minimis le haghaidh conarthaí seirbhíse poiblí arna ndámhachtain go díreach a oiriúnú chun go léireoidh siad méideanna agus costais aonaid níos airde i seirbhísí poiblí iompair do phaisinéirí d'iarnród i gcomparáid le modhanna eile iompair arna gcumhdach faoi Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 1370/2007 ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle [5].