On Tuesday 2 December, the European Commission announced its decision to take Germany to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) for the exclusion of its regional rail networks from EU safety and interoperability requirements.
The Commission considered that the non-implementation of the Directives on safety on the Community’s railways (2004/49/EC) and on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (2008/57/EC) - which define these requirements - represents an obstacle to the...