La liberalización del sector ferroviario¿una política congruente con el derecho comunitario de la competencia?

  1. Miren Igone Altzelai Uliondo 1
  1. 1 Universidad del Pa
Journal:
Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo

ISSN: 1138-4026

Year of publication: 2017

Year: 21

Issue: 58

Pages: 941-975

Type: Article

DOI: 10.18042/CEPC/RDCE.58.04 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

The Forth Railway Package approved in 2016 in order to remove remaining obstacles to complete the Single European Rail Area aims, inter alia, to boost competition by adapting the system of governance between railway infrastructure managers and service operators. However, in this respect, reality shows us a scenario away from those objectives and dominated by a few operators. This paper aims to analyze the causes of this situation and to propose ways of improvement. To this end, it focuses on a key aspect of the liberalization process of the sector, such as the area of market relations between railway infrastructure managers and transport service operators. The study is approached from the perspective of EC Competition law, with particular reference to rules applicable to merger control.

Funding information

Véase a este respecto la Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia Comisión/Alemania, C-482/14, EU:C:2017:499, sobre el recurso por incumplimiento interpuesto por la Comisión Europea, parte demandante, contra la República Federal de Alemania, parte demandada, apoyada por la República Italiana y la República de Letonia, partes coadyuvantes. Miren Igone ALTZELAI ULIONDO, «El cuarto paquete ferroviario: luces y som-bras», en María Victoria PETIT LAVALL y Achim PUETZ (dirs.), La eficacia del transporte como objetivo de la actuación de los poderes públicos: liberalización y responsa-bilidad, Marcial Pons, Madrid, 2015, pp. 673-691.