Case C‑186/22

Sad Trasporto Locale SpA

v

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato)

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 October 2023

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Transport – Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 – Public passenger transport services by rail and by road – Scope – Article 1(2) – Cableway installations – Direct award of a transport public service contract by a competent local authority to an internal operator – Transfer of the operating risk – Public service compensation)

1. Transport – Public passenger transport services by rail and by road – Regulation No 1370/2007 – Direct award of public service contracts – Scope – Award of a mixed service contract for multimodal public passenger transport services, comprising transport by tramway, funicular railway and cableway – Not included

   (Art. 108(3) TFEU, Arts 1(2) and 9, European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1370/2007)

   (see paragraphs 22, 23, 31, operative part 1)

2. Aid granted by a Member State – Meaning – Measures designed to compensate for the cost of public service missions undertaken by an undertaking – Not included – Conditions set out in the Altmark judgment

   (Art. 107(1) TFEU)

   (see paragraphs 36, 37)

3. Aid granted by a Member State – Meaning – Measures designed to compensate for the cost of public service missions undertaken by an undertaking – Public service compensation paid to an internal operator in the context of a direct award of a public service contract for the transport of passengers – Determination of the compensation on the basis of the historical costs of the service provided by the outgoing operator and of the previous award, or that of a typical undertaking in the sector concerned – Not included

   (Art. 107(1) TFEU)

   (see paragraph 45, operative part 2)

See the text of the decision.