Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt, within the period prescribed, the provisions necessary to comply with Article 6(3) of and Annex II to Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community’s railways (OJ 1991 L 237, p. 25) and Article 6 (2) to (5) of Directive 2001/14/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (OJ 2001 L 75, p. 29).

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 91/440 -A06P3 : paragraphs 1, 3, 41, 45, 46, 49, 50, 53
• Directive 91/440 -N2 : paragraphs 1, 4, 46, 47, 55, 90
• Directive 2001/14 -A03P1 : paragraph 6
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P1 : paragraphs 7, 77, 84
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P2 : paragraphs 77 - 79, 81, 83
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P3 : paragraphs 1, 78, 88
• Directive 2001/14 -A07 : paragraph 84
• Directive 2001/14 -A07P3 : paragraphs 8, 86
• Directive 2001/14 -A08 : paragraph 84
• Directive 2001/14 -A08P1 : paragraphs 9, 86
• Directive 2001/14 -A11 : paragraphs 1, 10, 68, 69, 71, 72, 74, 88
• Directive 2001/14 -A14P2 : paragraphs 1, 11, 39, 48, 49, 52, 53, 88
• Directive 2001/14 -C11 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/14 -C40 : paragraph 5
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -9/07 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/10 : paragraph 43
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -483/10 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -556/10 : paragraphs 82 - 84

Operative part

• Reference : Directive 91/440 -A06P3
• Reference : Directive 91/440 -N2
• Reference : Directive 2001/14 -A11
• Reference : Directive 2001/14 -A14P2

Opinion

• Directive 91/440 -A06 : point 39
  
• Directive 91/440 -A06P3 : points 31, 35, 39, 41 - 43
  
• Directive 91/440 -N2 : point 31
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P1 : point 68
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P2 : points 63, 64, 68
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A06P3 : point 64
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A08P1 : point 68
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A11 : points 61, 62, 69
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A14 : point 39
  
• Directive 2001/14 -A14P2 : points 39 - 42
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/01 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -333/01 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -518/07 : point 45
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -483/10 : point 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -512/10 : points 38, 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -545/10 : point 58
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -555/10 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -556/10 : points 38, 59, 66, 67
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -614/10 : point 45
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 29/12/2010

Date of the Opinion

• 13/12/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/04/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 103 from 02.04.2011, p.12

Judgment: OJ C 164 from 08.06.2013, p.2

Name of the parties

Commission v France

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. Infrastructure ferroviaire - Indépendance du gestionnaire, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2013 p.1163
2. Guillaume, Emmanuel ; Daboussy, Simon: Transport ferroviaire : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne condamne la France pour manquement à ses obligations découlant du droit de l’Union dans le domaine du transport ferroviaire (République française), Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2013 nº 3 p.161-162
3. Guillaume, Emmanuel ; Daboussy, Simon: Manquement d’Etat : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne condamne la France en manquement pour ne pas avoir assuré l’indépendance complète entre l’entité chargée des "fonctions essentielles" relatives à l’infrastructure ferroviaire et l’entreprise fournissant les services de transport, Concurrences : revue des droits de la concurrence 2013 nº 3 p.168-169

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Transport
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : application granted
  
• Action for a declaration of failure to fulfil obligations : dismissal on substantive grounds
  

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

Jääskinen

Language(s) of the Case

• French
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French