Gestionnaire d'Infrastructure Unifié
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The Gestionnaire d'Infrastructure Unifié (Unified Infrastructure Manager), or GIU, was a proposed public-sector organisation in France,[1] which would have taken over the management of rail infrastructure from Réseau Ferré de France and SNCF Infra.
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These separate bodies had previously been spun off in an attempt to comply with European laws on rail liberalisation, but were not fully independent, and SNCF continued to have a monopoly.[2] They have also accumulated huge debts; RFF alone owes €32 billion. In October 2012, Frédéric Cuvillier, the French Minister for Transport, announced plans to combine rail infrastructure into a single organisation, Gestionnaire d'Infrastructure Unifié.[3] Legislation is being discussed, and is expected to take effect at the start of 2015.[4]