Case C‑12/20
DB Netz AG
v
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 June 2021
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – International rail freight corridors – Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 – Article 13(1) – Establishment of a one-stop shop for each freight corridor – Article 14 – Nature of the framework for the allocation of the infrastructure capacity on the freight corridor laid down by the executive board – Article 20 – Regulatory bodies – Directive 2012/34/EU – Article 27 – Procedure for submitting applications for infrastructure capacity – Role of infrastructure managers – Articles 56 and 57 – Functions of the regulatory bodies and cooperation between regulatory bodies)
1.        Transport – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34 – Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and levying of charges – Regulation No 913/2010 – International rail freight corridors – Request for infrastructure capacity
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 913/2010, recital 7, Arts 8(2) and (9), 12, 13(1), 14(2), (6) and (9), 16(1) and 18; European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/34, Arts 27(1) and (2), and 65 and Annex IV, point 3(a))
(see paragraphs 45, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 63, 65, 66, operative part 1)
2.        Transport – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34 – Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and levying of charges – Regulation No 913/2010 – International rail freight corridors – Request for infrastructure capacity – Rules relating to the procedure for submitting such applications to the one-stop shop
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 913/2010, recital 25 and Art. 20; European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/34, Art. 56(2))
(see paragraphs 70, 73, 75, 76, 77, operative part 2)
3.        Transport – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34 – Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and levying of charges – Regulation No 913/2010 – International rail freight corridors – Request for infrastructure capacity
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 913/2010, Arts 8(1) and 14(1); European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/34)
(see paragraphs 84, 86, 87, 88, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.