%A Sousa Ferro, Miguel %D 2022 %T DB Station (C-721/20): How to Reconcile It with Fundamental Rights, Direct Effect and Hierarchy of Norms? %! DB Station (C-721/20): How to Reconcile It with Fundamental Rights, Direct Effect and Hierarchy of Norms? %X <p>Case C-721/20 <italic>DB Station &amp; Service AG v ODEG Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH,</italic> Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) of 27 October 2022 The right to damages arising from an infringement of Article 102 TFEU, which may also infringe the railway infrastructure Directive, can only be exercised after using the railway regulator’s appeal procedure. But what happens if the two sets of rules lead to different outcomes? Must the national court follow the regulator’s decision? Are competition authorities similarly prevented from acting? What if the regulator’s decision is not adopted, does not become <italic>res judicata</italic> or takes too long? And can this case-law be extended to other regulated activities?</p> %U https://doi.org/10.21552/core/2022/4/13 %0 Journal Article %R 10.21552/core/2022/4/13 %J European Competition and Regulatory Law Review %V 6 %N 4