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Case C-671/21, ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Single European railway area — Directive 2012/34/EU — Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity — Article 45 — Scheduling — Article 46 — Coordination process — Article 47 — Congested infrastructure — Prioritisation of specific services — Priority criteria — National legislation providing for priority rules linked to the intensity of the use of the infrastructure)
Case C-671/21, ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Single European railway area — Directive 2012/34/EU — Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity — Article 45 — Scheduling — Article 46 — Coordination process — Article 47 — Congested infrastructure — Prioritisation of specific services — Priority criteria — National legislation providing for priority rules linked to the intensity of the use of the infrastructure)
Case C-671/21, ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Single European railway area — Directive 2012/34/EU — Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity — Article 45 — Scheduling — Article 46 — Coordination process — Article 47 — Congested infrastructure — Prioritisation of specific services — Priority criteria — National legislation providing for priority rules linked to the intensity of the use of the infrastructure)
OJ C, C/2023/725, 20.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/725/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
EN Series C |
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C/2023/725 |
20.11.2023 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 September 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas — Lithuania) — ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB
(Case C-671/21, (1) ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Single European railway area - Directive 2012/34/EU - Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity - Article 45 - Scheduling - Article 46 - Coordination process - Article 47 - Congested infrastructure - Prioritisation of specific services - Priority criteria - National legislation providing for priority rules linked to the intensity of the use of the infrastructure)
(C/2023/725)
Language of the case: Lithuanian
Referring court
Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB
other parties to the proceedings: Lietuvos transporto saugos administracija, Lietuvos Respublikos ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba, ‘LTG Infra’ AB
Operative part of the judgment
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Articles 45 and 46 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area must be interpreted as meaning that, within the scheduling process and the coordination process referred to in those articles, the infrastructure manager:
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Article 47(3) and (4) of Directive 2012/34 must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which, for the purpose of allocating infrastructure capacity in the event of congested infrastructure, provides for the application of a priority criterion based on the planned use of that capacity, unless that criterion has safeguards to ensure that it is not applied to the detriment of new entrants. |
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/725/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)