Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast) Text with EEA relevance
- In force
- CELEX number: 32012L0034
- Official Journal: JOL_2012_343_R_0032_01
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 2010/0253(COD), 2010/0253/COD
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Dates
Date of document: - November 21, 2012
- December 14, 2012
- December 15, 2012
- Entry into force - Date pub. +1 See Art 66
- June 16, 2015
- At the latest See Art 64
Modified by
Corrected by:
- March 12, 2015 - 32012L0034R(04)
Modified by:
- Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2075 of 4 September 2017 replacing Annex VII to Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (Text with EEA relevance. ) - detail
- Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (Text with EEA relevance ) - detail
All documents based on this document:
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 869/2014 of 11 August 2014 on new rail passenger services Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 870/2014 of 11 August 2014 on criteria for applicants for rail infrastructure capacity Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/10 of 6 January 2015 on criteria for applicants for rail infrastructure capacity and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 870/2014 Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/171 of 4 February 2015 on certain aspects of the procedure of licensing railway undertakings Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/429 of 13 March 2015 setting out the modalities to be followed for the application of the charging for the cost of noise effects Text with EEA relevance
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/909 of 12 June 2015 on the modalities for the calculation of the cost that is directly incurred as a result of operating the train service (Text with EEA relevance)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1100 of 7 July 2015 on the reporting obligations of the Member States in the framework of rail market monitoring (Text with EEA relevance)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/545 of 7 April 2016 on procedures and criteria concerning framework agreements for the allocation of rail infrastructure capacity (Text with EEA relevance)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2177 of 22 November 2017 on access to service facilities and rail-related services (Text with EEA relevance. )
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1795 of 20 November 2018 laying down procedure and criteria for the application of the economic equilibrium test pursuant to Article 11 of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/327 of 19 January 2024 repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/429 setting out the modalities to be followed for the application of the charging for the cost of noise effects
Modifies
Modifies:
- DIRECTIVE 2004/49/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive)
- Council Directive 2006/103/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of transport policy, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
- Directive 2007/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community’s railways and Directive 2001/14/EC on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure
Repeal:
- Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings
- Council Directive 91/440/EEC of 29 July 1991 on the development of the Community's railways
- 2002/844/EC: Commission Decision of 23 October 2002 amending Directive 2001/14/EC in respect of the date for changing the working timetable for rail transport (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3997)
- Directive 2001/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings
- 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
- Directive 2001/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2001 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways
- DIRECTIVE 2004/51/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2004 amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 28 February 2019. Konkurrensverket v SJ AB. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Public procurement procedures in the transport sector — Directive 2004/17/EC — Scope — Article 5 — Activities relating to the provision or operation of networks to provide a service to the public in the field of transport by railways — Award, by a public national railway undertaking providing transport services, of cleaning service contracts for trains belonging to that undertaking — No prior publication. Case C-388/17.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 28 September 2023. UAB „Gargždų geležinkelis“ v Lietuvos transporto saugos administracija and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Single European railway area – Directive 2012/34/EU – Allocation of railway infrastructure capacity – Article 45 – Scheduling – Article 46 – Coordination process – Article 47 – Congested infrastructure – Prioritisation of specific services – Priority criteria – National legislation providing for priority rules linked to the intensity of the use of the infrastructure. Case C-671/21.
- A47P3
- A46
- A47P4
- A45
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 24 June 2021. DB Netz AG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – International rail freight corridors – Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 – Article 13(1) – Establishment of a one-stop shop for each freight corridor – Article 14 – Nature of the framework laid down by the executive board for the allocation of the infrastructure capacity on the freight corridor – Article 20 – Regulatory bodies – Directive 2012/34/EU – Article 27 – Procedure for submitting applications for infrastructure capacity – Role of infrastructure managers – Articles 56 and 57 – Functions of the regulatory body and cooperation between regulatory bodies. Case C-12/20.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 September 2021. AS „LatRailNet” and „Latvijas dzelzceļš” VAS v Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EU – Articles 32 and 56 – Railway infrastructure charging – Independence of the infrastructure manager – Functions of the regulatory body – Concept of ‘optimal competitiveness of rail market segments’ – Exclusive right on a rail segment – Public service operator. Case C-144/20.
- A32P1
- A56
- A07P1
- Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 July 2019. WESTbahn Management GmbH v ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schienen-Control Kommission. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Transport — Single European Railway Area — Directive 2012/34/EU — Article 3 — Concept of ‘railway infrastructure’ — Annex II — Minimum access — Inclusion of the use of passenger platforms. Case C-210/18.
- N2
- N1
- N2PT1LC
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 July 2021. „Latvijas dzelzceļš” VAS v Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Rail transport – Directive 2012/34/EU – Single European railway area – Article 13(2) and (6) – Access to service facilities and to rail-related services – Regulation (EU) 2017/2177 – Reconversion of facilities – Powers of the regulatory body. Case C-60/20.
- N2PT2A03PT11
- N2PT2
- A13P6
- A13P2
- Case C-210/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Schienen-Control Kommission (Austria) lodged on 23 March 2018 — WESTbahn Management GmbH v ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG
- annex II paragraph 2 point (a)
- annex I indent 2
- annex II paragraph 1 point (c)
- Case C-60/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā apgabaltiesa lodged on 5 February 2020 — VAS ‘Latvijas dzelzceļš’ v Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija
- article 13 paragraph 2
- article 13 paragraph 6
- Case C-221/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obvodní soud pro Prahu 1 (Czech Republic) lodged on 26 March 2021 — Správa železnic, státní organizace v České dráhy a.s. and Others
- article 55 paragraph 1
- article 57 paragraph 2
- article 56 paragraph 10
- article 56 paragraph 2
- article 56 paragraph 6
- article 56 paragraph 11
- article 56 paragraph 12
- Case C-671/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 9 November 2021 — ‘Gargždų geležinkelis’ UAB v Lietuvos transporto saugos administracija
- article 47 paragraph 4 sentence 2
- article 46
- article 49
- article 47 paragraph 1 sentence 1
- article 47 paragraph 4 sentence 1
- article 45 paragraph 2
- article 47
- article 45
- Case C-222/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obvodní soud pro Prahu 1 (Czech Republic) lodged on 22 March 2021 — České dráhy, a.s.
- article 56 paragraph 6
- article 56 paragraph 2
- article 55 paragraph 1
- article 56 paragraph 12
- article 56 paragraph 11
- article 56 paragraph 10
- article 57 paragraph 2
- Case C-582/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 2 September 2022 — Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB and Others v Federal Republic of Germany
- article 56 paragraph 9
- article 56 paragraph 1
- article 56 paragraph 6
- Case C-453/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Úřad pro přístup k dopravní infrastruktuře (Czech Republic) lodged on 23 September 2020 — CityRail a.s. v Správa železnic, státní organizace
- article 3 paragraph 3
- Case C-104/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Úřad pro přístup k dopravní infrastruktuře (Czech Republic) lodged on 19 February 2021 — RegioJet a.s. v České dráhy a.s.
- article 3 paragraph 11
- Case C-12/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberverwaltungsgericht für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany) lodged on 13 January 2020 — DB Netz AG v Federal Republic of Germany
- article 27 paragraph 1
- article 57 paragraph 1 sentence 2
- article 27 paragraph 2
- annex IV point 3 point (a)
- Case C-144/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Administratīvā rajona tiesa (Latvia) lodged on 27 March 2020 — AS LatRailNet, VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš v Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija
- article 32 paragraph 1
- article 7 paragraph 1
- article 56 paragraph 2
- Case C-388/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (Sweden) lodged on 29 June 2017 — Konkurrensverket v SJ AB
- Case C-538/23, ÖBB-Infrastruktur and WESTbahn Management: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Austria) lodged on 22 August 2023 — ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG and WESTbahn Management GmbH
- annex IV point 2
- article 32
- article 31 paragraph 3
- article 27 paragraph 2
- article 27 paragraph 4
- recital 34
- article 8 paragraph 4
- article 32 paragraph 1
- article 32 paragraph 6
Legal basis
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART SIX - INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS TITLE I - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Chapter 2 - Legal acts of the Union, adoption procedures and other provisions Section 2 - Procedures for the adoption of acts and other provisions Article 294 (ex Article 251 TEC)
- Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VI - Transport Article 91 (ex Article 71 TEC)
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