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The recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 27 October 2022, issued in case C-721/20, confirms that the supervision carried out by the supervisory public authority of the railway sector in Germany certainly includes the railway infrastructure manager. The special activity carried out by the manager or its status as public entity does not alter the fact it must carry out administrative supervisory duties, even when it is conducting administrative acts. In author's view, this decision advises establishing an "administrative supervisory relationship" between the railway infrastructure manager and the supervisory public authority on the basis of which the latter may review the former's administrative acts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]