Information;Order — ECLI:EU:C:2025:1026
Date: 2025-12-17
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Vice-President
Procedure: Application to intervene;Action for annulment;Appeal - unfounded
Origin: Czechia

Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 17 December 2025 – České dráhy v Commission (Case C‑545/25 P(I)) ( Appeal – Intervention – Competition – Agreements, decisions and concerted practices – Markets for the provision of domestic long-distance rail passenger transport services in the Czech Republic and for the provision of international long-distance rail passenger transport services between Austria and the Czech Republic on the Prague-Vienna route – Access to used railway wagons for long-distance passenger transport in those markets – European Commission decision establishing an infringement of Article 101 TFEU – Action for annulment – Co-perpetrator of that infringement – Interest in the result of the case – None ) 1. Judicial proceedings – Intervention – Admissibility criteria – Interest in the result of the case – Concept – Need for a direct and existing interest – Action for annulment brought against a Commission decision finding a cartel and imposing fines on several undertakings – Action brought by a fined undertaking disputing the duration of the infringement – Application to intervene submitted by other fined undertakings – No direct and existing interest (Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.) (see paragraphs 22-37, 40-43) 2. Fundamental rights – Right to effective judicial protection – Right to an effective remedy – Invocability (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 40, second para.) (see paragraphs 38, 39) Operative part 1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. České dráhy, a.s. shall bear its own costs relating to the appeal proceedings and pay those incurred by the European Commission.