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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

Basic information

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

Date of publication:

December 14, 2012

Date of effect:

December 15, 2012
- Entry into force - Date pub. +1 See Art 66

Date of transposition:

June 16, 2015
- At the latest See Art 64

Modified by

Corrected by:

March 12, 2015 - 32012L0034R(04)

Modified by:

Amendment proposed by:

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010

All documents based on this document:

Modifies

Modifies:

Repeal:

Directive 95/18/CE du Conseil, du 19 juin 1995, concernant les licences des entreprises ferroviaires
Directive 91/440/CEE du Conseil, du 29 juillet 1991, relative au développement de chemins de fer communautaires
2002/844/CE: Décision de la Commission du 23 octobre 2002 portant modification de la directive 2001/14/CE en ce qui concerne la date de changement de l'horaire de service pour les transports ferroviaires (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE) [notifiée sous le numéro C(2002) 3997]
Directive 2001/13/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 26 février 2001 modifiant la directive 95/18/CE du Conseil concernant les licences des entreprises ferroviaires
Directive 2001/14/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 26 février 2001 concernant la répartition des capacités d'infrastructure ferroviaire, la tarification de l'infrastructure ferroviaire et la certification en matière de sécurité
Directive 2001/12/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 26 février 2001 modifiant la directive 91/440/CEE du Conseil relative au développement de chemins de fer communautaires
DIRECTIVE 2004/51/CE DU PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN ET DU CONSEIL du 29 avril 2004 modifiant la directive 91/440/CEE du Conseil relative au développement de chemins de fer communautaires

Implicit repeal:

Directive 2007/58/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 octobre 2007 modifiant la directive 91/440/CEE du Conseil relative au développement de chemins de fer communautaires et la directive 2001/14/CE concernant la répartition des capacités d’infrastructure ferroviaire et la tarification de l’infrastructure ferroviaire

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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Technical and safety conditions
Provision of services
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Transport
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