Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 8 July 2021 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln — Germany) — KA

(Case C-937/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 - Article 1(5)(d) - Article 8 - International carriage of goods by road from one Member State to another Member State - Cabotage operations following that international carriage in the territory of the latter Member State - Restrictions - Requirement of a Community licence and, where appropriate, a carriage authorisation - Exemptions - Cabotage operations following an international carriage on one’s own account - Conditions)

(2021/C 338/05)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Amtsgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings

KA

Interveners: Staatsanwaltschaft Köln, Bundesamt für Güterverkehr

Operative part of the judgment

Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market must be interpreted as meaning that a haulier who has carried out an international carriage of goods on its own account, for the purposes of Article 1(5)(d) of that regulation, from one Member State to another Member State, is permitted, under Article 8(6) of that regulation, to carry out cabotage operations following that international carriage within the territory of the latter Member State, subject, nevertheless, to compliance with the conditions laid down in Article 8(2) to (4) of that regulation.

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(1)  OJ C 95, 23.3.2020.