Directive 2012/34/EU recognises the right of Member States not to apply the rules on railway infrastructure capacity allocation to certain parts of the rail network or to certain rail services, where such an exclusion from the scope of Union law would not affect the functioning of the single European railway area. Such exclusions, in strictly limited and duly justified cases, should continue to apply and Member States should retain the right to request them in the future also in relation to this Regulation.
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