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Document 62021CA0437

    Case C-437/21: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 October 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Liberty Lines SpA v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 — Articles 1 and 4 — Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 — Article 1 — Direct award of public service contracts — Public services for high-speed maritime passenger transport — Treatment like railway transport services provided by sea)

    OJ C 463, 5.12.2022, p. 12–13 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    5.12.2022   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 463/12


    Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 13 October 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Liberty Lines SpA v Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti

    (Case C-437/21) (1)

    (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Transport - Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 - Articles 1 and 4 - Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 - Article 1 - Direct award of public service contracts - Public services for high-speed maritime passenger transport - Treatment like railway transport services provided by sea)

    (2022/C 463/15)

    Language of the case: Italian

    Referring court

    Consiglio di Stato

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Liberty Lines SpA

    Defendant: Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti

    Intervening parties: Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA, Bluferries Srl

    Operative part of the judgment

    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage), in particular Article 1(1) and Article 4(1) thereof,

    must be interpreted as precluding national legislation whose purpose is to treat maritime transport services like rail transport services, where the effect of such treatment is to exclude the service in question from the application of the rules on public procurement applicable to it.


    (1)  OJ C 391, 27.9.2021.


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