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Case C-770/24, DB InfraGO and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 7 November 2024 – DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Case C-770/24, DB InfraGO and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 7 November 2024 – DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Case C-770/24, DB InfraGO and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 7 November 2024 – DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
OJ C, C/2025/1737, 31.3.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1737/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 C series |
C/2025/1737 |
31.3.2025 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 7 November 2024 – DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-770/24, DB InfraGO and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur)
(C/2025/1737)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Verwaltungsgericht Köln
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: DB InfraGO AG, DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Joined parties: DB Fernverkehr AG, DB Cargo AG, Land Berlin, Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH, Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe, Land Brandenburg, Land Baden-Württemberg, Land Sachsen-Anhalt, BBL Logistik GmbH, boxXpress.de GmbH, DeltaRail GmbH, Eisenbahngesellschaft Potsdam mbH, Havelländische Eisenbahn AG, HSL Logistik GmbH, Hupac Intermodal SA, ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH, Lineas NV, METRANS Rail (Deutschland) GmbH, Rheincargo GmbH & Co. KG, SBB Cargo Deutschland GmbH, TX Logistik AG, Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH, FlixTrain GmbH, Zweckverband go.Rheinland, RDC Autozug Sylt GmbH, BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Question referred
Are Article 4(2) and Article 29(1) of Directive 2012/34/EU (1) to be interpreted as precluding national provisions that require the infrastructure manager, in the area of short-distance rail passenger transport, to calculate the charges subject to approval by multiplying the average charges for the relevant transport services in a statutory base year by an annual dynamisation rate prescribed by law?
(1) Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast) (OJ 2012 L 343, p. 32), as amended by Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (OJ 2016 L 352, p. 1) and by Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2075 of 4 September 2017 replacing Annex VII to Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (consolidated version) (OJ 2017 L 295, p. 69).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1737/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)