The paper presents the results of a research on railway regulation and liberalisation in Italy, France, Germany and … descriptive. The regulatory frameworks are outlined and then assessed according to their implications on the liberalisation level … and on the effective market opening. The conclusions are that the actual level of liberalisation is still scarce and only …

entrepreneurship and reduce the involvement of the government in business sector activities, notably through accelerated privatisation …'entrepreneuriat et réduire l'intervention de l'État dans les activités du secteur des entreprises, notamment par une privatisation …