62020CJ0721_SUM
Case C‑721/20
DB Station & Service AG
v
ODEG Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin)
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Article 102 TFEU – Abuse of a dominant position – Directive 2001/14/EC – Access to railway infrastructure – Article 30 – Railway regulatory body – Review of infrastructure charges – National courts – Review of charges in the light of competition law – Division of competence between the regulatory authority and the national courts)
Dominant position – Abuse – Prohibition – Direct effect – Right of individuals to claim compensation for damage suffered – Detailed rules governing the exercise thereof – Causal link
(Art. 102 TFEU)
(see paragraphs 45-49)
Transport – Rail transport – Directive 2001/14 – Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and levying of charges – Levying of charges for the use of infrastructure – Railway regulatory body having exclusive competence to review the legality of the charges for the use of the railway infrastructure – Jurisdiction of national courts to hear claims for reimbursement of an alleged overpayment of infrastructure charges under Article 102 TFEU and national competition law – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Directives 2001/14, recitals 5, 11, 40 and 46 and Arts 2(b) and 30(1), (2) and (5), and 2012/34, Art. 56(2), (6) and (9))
(see paragraphs 51-88, operative part)
See the text of the decision.