CELEX: 62021CN0221
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Case C-221/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obvodní soud pro Prahu 1 (Czech Republic) lodged on 26 March 2021 — Správa železnic, státní organizace v České dráhy a.s. and Others

21.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 242/11
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obvodní soud pro Prahu 1 (Czech Republic) lodged on 26 March 2021 — Správa železnic, státní organizace v České dráhy a.s. and Others
      (Case C-221/21)
      (2021/C 242/14)
      Language of the case: Czech
      
         Referring court
      
      Obvodní soud pro Prahu 1
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Správa železnic, státní organizace
      
         Defendants: České dráhy a.s.,
      PKP CARGO INTERNATIONAL, a.s.,
      PDV RAILWAY a.s.,
      KŽC Doprava, s.r.o.
      
         Questions referred
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Does national regulation in Part Five of Zákon č. 99/1963 Sb., občanský soudní řád (Law 99/1963, Code of Civil Procedure, as amended) (‘the Code of Civil Procedure’ or ‘CCP’) meet the requirements for judicial review of a decision of a regulatory body, pursuant to Article 56(10) of Directive 2012/34/EU (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (‘Directive 2012/34’)?
               
            
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                  If the response to the first question is in the affirmative, can Article 56(10) of Directive 2012/34 be interpreted such that judicial review of a decision of a regulatory body may be concluded by court settlement pursuant to Paragraph 99 CCP?
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  If the response to the first question is in the affirmative, do the requirements of the establishment of a single national regulatory body for the railway sector, pursuant to Article 55(1) of Directive 2012/34; of the functions of a regulatory body pursuant to Article 56(2), (6), (11), and (12) thereof; and of cooperation of regulatory bodies pursuant to Article 57(2) thereof, admit the possibility that the decisions of a regulatory body on the merits of the case can be substituted by judgments of individual courts of general jurisdiction, which are not bound by the regulatory body’s findings of fact?
               
            
         (1)  OJ 2012 L 343, p. 32.