Court of Justice UE, january 19 2017, C-344/15 - National Roads Authority
Abstract:
In Ireland, the majority of toll roads was built and is now managed by private operators in the ambit of public-private partnership agreements reached with the National Roads Authority. In this ruling, the Court of Justice has excluded that the NRA can operate in competiveness with private operators, with which has a contractual relationships, also in cases where it manages the roads by itself, collecting the tolls.