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22.05.2025
Judgment
ÖBB-Infrastruktur and WESTbahn Management
Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber)22 May 2025 (*)( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EU – Levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure – Establishing, determining and collecting charges – Article 29 – Exceptions to charging principles – Article 32 – Mark-ups – Modalities for calculation and publication – Article 56 – Functions of the regulatory body – Authorisation procedure for mark-ups, provided for by national law – Con...
Provisional text JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Second Chamber)22 May 2025 (*)( Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EU – Levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure – Establishing, determining and collecting charges – Article 29 – Exceptions to charging principles – Article 32 – Mark-ups – Modalities for calculation and publication – Article 56 – Functions of the regulatory body – Authorisation procedure for mark-ups, provided for by national law – Conditions )In Case C‑538/23,REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court, Austria), made by decision of 21 August 2023, received at the Court on 22 August 2023, in the proceedings ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG,WESTbahn Management Gmb Hv Schienen-Control Kommission,THE COURT (Second Chamber),composed of K. Jürimäe, President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts, President of the Court, acting as Judge of the Second Chamber, M. Gavalec, Z. Csehi (Rapporteur) and F. Schalin, Judges,Advocate General: T. Ćapeta,Registrar: A. Calot Escobar,having regard to the written procedure,after considering the observations submitted on behalf of:– ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, by K. Retter, Rechtsanwalt,– WESTbahn Management Gmb H, by E. Lichtenberger, Rechtsanwalt,– Schienen-Control Kommission, by R. Streller, Chairman,– the Austrian Government, by A. Posch, J. Schmoll and G. Kunnert, acting as Agents,– the Netherlands...
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