DB InfraGO AG and DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C-770/24)

Judgment of 19 Mar 2026

law://eu/cjeu/2024/c-770-24/para_62@2026-11-13

62Accordingly, the Court has taken that step only in quite specific circumstances, notably where there was a risk of serious economic repercussions owing in particular to the large number of legal relationships entered into in good faith on the basis of rules considered to be validly in force and where it appeared that individuals and national authorities had been led to adopt practices which did not comply with EU law by reason of objective, significant uncertainty regarding the implications of provisions of EU law, to which the conduct of other Member States or the European Commission may even have contributed (judgment of 26 October 2021, PL Holdings, C‑109/20, EU:C:2021:875, paragraph 60).

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Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Case: C-770/24 · ECLI:EU:C:2026:218
Decided: 19 Mar 2026
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Verwaltungsgericht Köln (Administrative Court, Cologne, Germany)
Applicants: DB InfraGO AG; DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH
Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Interveners: DB Fernverkehr AG; DB Cargo AG and 24 more
Land Berlin; Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH; Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe; Land Brandenburg; Land Baden-Württemberg; Land Sachsen-Anhalt; BBL Logistik GmbH; boxXpress.de GmbH; DeltaRail GmbH; Eisenbahngesellschaft Potsdam mbH; Havelländische Eisenbahn AG; HSL Logistik GmbH; Hupac Intermodal SA; ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH; Lineas NV; METRANS Rail (Deutschland) GmbH; Rheincargo GmbH & Co. KG; SBB Cargo Deutschland GmbH; TX Logistik AG; Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH; FlixTrain GmbH; Zweckverband go.Rheinland; RDC Autozug Sylt GmbH; BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH
Rapporteur: A. Kornezov
Advocate General: M. Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Bench: 5 judges
I. Jarukaitis, M. Condinanzi, N. Jääskinen, R. Frendo, A. Kornezov
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62024CJ0770

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Interprets 1: Directive 2012/34/EU
Cited by 1: SU and Wild Ireland Defence CLG v An Coimisiún Pleanála and Others (C-27/25)
Cites 9: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Proceedings brought by B (C-439/19); Republiken Polen v PL Holdings Sàrl (C-109/20)2 provisions; European Commission v Kingdom of Spain (C-483/10); Erzeugerorganisation Tiefkühlgemüse eGen v Agrarmarkt Austria (C-516/16); État belge v LO and Others (C-413/20); AS „LatRailNet” and „Latvijas dzelzceļš” VAS v Valsts dzelzceļa administrācija (C-144/20); ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG and WESTbahn Management GmbH v Schienen-Control Kommission (C-538/23); Directive 2012/34/EU