The financial support listed in the budgetary forecasts and revisions of the Landkreis Emsland under No 71.500 ‘Zuwendungen nach dem NNVG’ [21] ( ‘allowances on the grounds of the NNVG’) were granted following the last adaptation of the regional law NNVG (Lower Saxony Local Transport Act), which entered into force on 1 January 2005 to reflect the fact that the rules regarding the funding of public transport had changed at national level.
Les autobus ont été mis à la disposition sur la base d'un contrat type de crédit-bail, en vertu duquel les compagnies de bus devaient prendre à leur charge les frais d'exploitation et d'entretien des véhicules, mais ne payaient pas de loyer.