62020CJ0614_SUM
Case C‑614/20
Lux Express Estonia AS
v
Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tallinna Halduskohus)
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 8 September 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 – Public passenger transport services by rail and by road – Imposition by means of general rules of an obligation to carry certain categories of passenger free of charge – Obligation for the competent authority to grant public service compensation to operators – Calculation method)
Transport – Public passenger transport services by rail and by road – Regulation No 1370/2007 – Public service obligation – Concept
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1370/2007, Art. 1(1), Arts 2(b), (e) and (l), and 3)
(see paragraphs 41, 45-47, operative part 1)
Transport – Aid for transport – Regulation No 1370/2007 – Offsetting of the costs involved in the performance of public service obligations incurred by passenger transport undertakings – Imposition by means of general rules of an obligation to carry certain categories of passenger free of charge
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1370/2007, Arts 3(1) and (2) and 4(1)(b)(i))
(see paragraphs 55, 59-61, 71, 73-75, operative part 2)
Transport – Aid for transport – Regulation No 1370/2007 – Offsetting of the costs involved in the performance of public service obligations incurred by passenger transport undertakings – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1370/2007, Arts 3(2), 4 and 6 and Annex)
(see paragraphs 85-89, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.