CELEX: 62016CA0530
Language: en
Date: 2018-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-530/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 June 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Railway safety — Directive 2004/49/EC — Failure to adopt to provisions necessary to ensure the independence of the investigating body)

201807200562013262018/C 276/035302016CJC27620180806EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL201806132322Case C-530/16: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 June 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Railway safety — Directive 2004/49/EC — Failure to adopt to provisions necessary to ensure the independence of the investigating body)
 ---documentbreak--- C2762018EN220120180613EN00032232Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 13 June 2018 — European Commission v Republic of Poland
   (Case C-530/16) (
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   ‛(Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Railway safety — Directive 2004/49/EC — Failure to adopt to provisions necessary to ensure the independence of the investigating body)’2018/C 276/03Language of the case: Polish
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: European Commission (represented by: W. Mölls and J. Hottiaux, acting as Agents)
   
      Defendant: Republic of Poland (represented by: B. Majczyna and K. Majcher, acting as Agents, and by T. Warchol, ekspert)
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Declares that, by failing to adopt the measures necessary to ensure that the investigating body is independent, in terms of its organisation and decision-making, of railway undertakings and rail infrastructure managers controlled by the Minister for Transport, the Republic of Poland has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 21(1) of Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community’s railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive).
         
      
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            Orders the Republic of Poland to pay the costs.
         
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      )	OJ C 14, 16.1.2017.