Case C‑500/20

ÖBB-Infrastruktur Aktiengesellschaft

v

Lokomotion Gesellschaft für Schienentraktion mbH

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof)

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 July 2022

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – International agreements – Rail transport – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) – Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of Use of Infrastructure in International Rail Traffic (CUI) – Article 4 – Mandatory law – Article 8 – Liability of the manager – Article 19 – Other actions – Jurisdiction of the Court – Damage to locomotives belonging to the carrier resulting from a derailment – Lease of replacement locomotives – Obligation on the infrastructure manager to reimburse leasing costs – Contract extending the parties’ liability by a reference to national law)

1. Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Jurisdiction of the Court – Interpretation of an international agreement concluded by the European Union and the Member States on the basis of shared competence – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail

   (Arts 4(2)(g) and 267 TFEU; European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/34)

   (see paragraphs 38-53, operative part 1)

2. International agreements – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail – Liability of the infrastructure manager to pay compensation for loss of or damage to property – Scope

   (see paragraphs 57-62, 66, operative part 2)

3. International agreements – Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail – Contract extending the contracting parties’ liability by a blanket reference to national law

   (see paragraphs 68-78, operative part 3)

See the text of the decision.