62020CJ0500_SUM
Case C‑500/20
ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft
v
Lokomotion Gesellschaft für Schienentraktion mbH
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – International agreements – Rail transport – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) – Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of Use of Infrastructure in International Rail Traffic (CUI) – Article 4 – Mandatory law – Article 8 – Liability of the manager – Article 19 – Other actions – Jurisdiction of the Court – Damage to locomotives belonging to the carrier resulting from a derailment – Lease of replacement locomotives – Obligation on the infrastructure manager to reimburse leasing costs – Contract extending the parties’ liability by a reference to national law)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Interpretation of an international agreement concluded by the European Union and the Member States on the basis of shared competence – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail
(Arts 4(2)(g) and 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/34)
(see paragraphs 38-53, operative part 1)
International agreements – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail – Liability of the infrastructure manager to pay compensation for loss of or damage to property – Scope
(see paragraphs 57-62, 66, operative part 2)
International agreements – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail – Contract extending the contracting parties’ liability by a blanket reference to national law
(see paragraphs 68-78, operative part 3)
See the text of the decision.