OBS_VALUE: In January 2009, Estonian Railways was split into two companies: AS EVR Infra (infrastructure manager)  and AS EVR Cargo (service provider). However, this was a functional separation only since the two sub-units remained within the same company. In November 2010, the EU Commission launched a legal action alleging infringement of the vertical separation requirement. Subsequently, on 4 September 2012, the Estonian Government changed the policy and required the ownership separation of EVR Cargo from the infrastructure manager. Complete vertical separation was then realized. Additional source: Nezerenko and Koppel, 'Some Implications of the EU Rail Transport Policy on Rail Business Environment in CEE Countries' Vol. 2(2), Baltic Journal of European Studies (2012), pp. 32-33; OECD, 'Report on Experiences with Structural Separation' (January 2012), pp. 92-93.Also note that there is also a private rail company in Estonia, Edelaraudtee AS, which also has a separate infrastructure manager (Edelaraudtee Infrastruktuuri AS). See: http://www.edel.ee/firmast_footer/1/