Request for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato (Italy) lodged on 16 January 2019 — Ryanair Ltd, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ‒ Antitrust v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ‒ Antitrust and Others

(Case C-28/19)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Consiglio di Stato

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Ryanair Ltd, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ‒ Antitrust

Respondents: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ‒ Antitrust, Ryanair Ltd, Ryanair DAC

Questions referred

Is the second sentence of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community ¹ to be interpreted as meaning that an online check-in fee and an ‘administration fee’ for credit card purchases, which are additional to the price of the ticket, and the VAT applied to air fares and to optional supplements for national flights, fall within the category of unavoidable, foreseeable or optional price supplements?

Is the fourth sentence of Article 23(1) of Regulation No 1008/2008 to be interpreted in the sense that the word ‘optional’ covers price supplements which the majority of consumers are able to avoid?

____________

¹     Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community (Recast) (OJ 2008 L 293, p. 3).