Reports of Cases
published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)
Subject-matter
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Verwaltungsgerichtshof – Interpretation of Article 17 and the first subparagraph of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (OJ 2007 L 315, p. 14) – Conditions governing compensation – Whether an exclusion of compensation is permissible in cases of force majeure – Whether the body responsible for the enforcement of that regulation may replace the contractual terms which do not conform to the criteria laid down by that regulation with terms which do conform
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.07 Transport
4.07.01 Common transport policy
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.07 Transport
4.07.01 Common transport policy
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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TEU, Article 4
-P3 : paragraph 64
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Regulation 261/2004
: paragraphs 27, 46
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Regulation 1371/2007
: paragraphs 31, 43, 64
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A03 : paragraph 8
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A06 : paragraph 9
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A11 : paragraph 10
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A15 : paragraphs 11, 32, 40
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A16 : paragraphs 32, 44
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17 : paragraphs 1, 12, 27, 28, 36, 38 - 40, 42, 44, 50 - 54, 66
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P1 : paragraphs 29, 31
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P1L2 : paragraph 55
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P1L5 : paragraph 30
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P4 : paragraph 30
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A18 : paragraph 32
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A18P1 : paragraph 13
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A18P3 : paragraph 13
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30 : paragraphs 1, 14
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P1 : paragraphs 56, 59, 62
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P1L1 : paragraphs 27, 53, 63, 66
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P1L3 : paragraph 61
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A32 : paragraph 15
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C1 : paragraphs 5, 51, 65
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C2 : paragraphs 51, 65
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C3 : paragraphs 5, 51, 65
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C6 : paragraph 6
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C13 : paragraph 6
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C14 : paragraphs 6, 33
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C22 : paragraph 7
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C23 : paragraph 7
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1 : paragraphs 16, 41, 43
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32 : paragraphs 17, 32, 37
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P1 : paragraphs 34, 38 - 40
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P2 : paragraphs 27, 28, 35, 36, 42, 44, 45, 52
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P3 : paragraph 40
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Regulation 1177/2010
: paragraph 46
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Regulation 181/2011
: paragraph 46
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/09
: paragraphs 57, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/11
: paragraph 47
Operative part
Opinion
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47
: point 71
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49
: point 47
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TFEU, Article 264
: point 78
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TFEU, Article 266
: point 78
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TFEU, Article 268
: point 78
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TFEU, Article 278
: point 78
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TFEU, Article 279
: point 78
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TFEU, Article 340
-L2 : point 78
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TFEU, Article 340
-L3 : point 78
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TFEU - Protocol No 3
-A45 : point 32
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TEU, Article 4
-P3 : point 68
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Regulation 2988/95
-A05 : points 47, 59
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Regulation 2988/95
-A07 : points 47, 59
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Regulation 261/2004
: point 20
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Regulation 261/2004
-A05P1LB : point 41
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Regulation 261/2004
-A05P3 : points 2, 23, 39
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Regulation 1371/2007
: points 1 - 5, 23, 24, 36, 41, 51, 52, 61 - 78
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A06 : point 35
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A06P1 : point 7
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A06P2 : point 7
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A15 : points 8, 28
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17 : points 2, 4, 9, 20 - 44, 55, 60 - 67, 72, 79
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P1 : point 27
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A17P4 : point 27
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30 : points 4, 10, 22, 47, 59, 64
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P1 : points 44, 45, 59, 60, 73, 79
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P1L1 : point 20
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A30P2 : points 53, 73
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Regulation 1371/2007
-A32 : points 11, 73
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C1 : point 35
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C2 : point 35
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C3 : point 35
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C6 : points 6, 35
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C13 : point 6
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C14 : points 6, 28
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Regulation 1371/2007
-C15 : point 28
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1 : point 12
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32 : points 13, 24
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P1 : points 25, 26, 30
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P2 : points 2, 20, 23 - 30, 36
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A32P3 : point 29
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Regulation 1371/2007
-N1A44 : point 29
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Directive 2008/52
: point 67
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Regulation 1177/2010
: points 20, 41
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Regulation 1177/2010
-A20P4 : points 2, 23, 39
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Regulation 181/2011
: points 20, 41
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Regulation 181/2011
-23P2 : points 2, 23, 39
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -33/76
: points 70, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -45/76
: points 70, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -213/89
: points 71, 75
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -195/91
: point 32
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/92
: point 31
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General Court - Judgment T -374/94
: point 78
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/98
: point 78
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -167/99
: points 32, 40
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -253/00
: point 65
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/05
: points 70, 71, 75, 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -268/06
: points 68, 71, 77
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/07
: point 36
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07
: point 36
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -297/08
: point 40
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -439/08
: point 56
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -367/09
: point 47
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -240/09
: point 77
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/09
: point 67
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -367/09
: points 47, 59, 64
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/09
: points 48, 57, 77
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -69/10
: point 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -533/10
: point 32
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -12/11
: point 42
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -12/11
: point 36
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -97/11
: point 48
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -136/11
: point 50
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
26/09/2013
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 13 from 14.01.2012, p.4
Judgment: OJ C 344 from 23.11.2013, p.12
Name of the parties
ÖBB-Personenverkehr
Notes on Academic Writings
- Krüger, Markus: Die strenge Haftung für Verspätungen im Bahnverkehr und ihre Bewertung, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2013 p.3407-3409 (DE)
- Staudinger, Ansgar: Reiserecht: Kein Ausschluss von Entschädigung für Bahnreisende wegen Verspätung bei höherer Gewalt, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.908-910 (DE)
- Skubic, Zoran: Je pravica potnikov do znižanja cene vozovnice v primeru zamude vlaka res absolutna?, Pravna praksa 2013 nº 39 p.28-29 (SL)
- Paulin, Christophe: Droits des voyageurs ferroviaires et remboursement du prix du billet : responsabilité ou réfaction ?, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2013 nº 47 p.2129-2131 (FR)
- Staudinger, Ansgar: Fahrgastrechte von Pauschalreisekunden bei höherer Gewalt?, Reise-Recht aktuell : RRa : Zeitschrift für das Tourismusrecht 2013 p.261 (DE)
- Michel, Valérie: Protection des voyageurs ferroviaires. La conception européenne de la protection des voyageurs ferroviaires exclut toute exonération du transporteur pour cause de force majeure , Europe 2013 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.35 (FR)
- Hojnik, Janja: Povračilo cene vozovnice za vlak v primerih zamude zaradi višje sile, Davčno-finančna praksa : davki, finance, zavarovalnistvo 2013 n° 10 p.24-27 (SL)
- De Coninck, Hans: Treinvertraging wegens overmacht: recht op terugbetaling, Droit de la consommation 2014 p.135-136 (NL)
- Yang, Maximilian: Die Fahrgastrechte im Eisenbahnverkehr bei Verspätung, Ausfall oder Anschlussversäumnis – zugleich eine Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 26.09.2013, Rs. C-509/11 (Schienen-Control/ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG), Verbraucher und Recht 2014 p.201-204 (DE)
- Ducuing , Charlotte: Arrêt ÖBB : l'effet de la force majeure sur la responsabilité du transporteur dans le contrat de transport ferroviaire de voyageurs européens, European Journal of Consumer Law 2014 p.185-197 (FR)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
Verwaltungsgerichtshof - Austria
Subject-matter
Provisions of national law referred to
Bundesgesetz über Eisenbahnen, Schienenfahrzeuge auf Eisenbahnen und den Verkehr auf Eisenbahnen (Eisenbahngesetz 1957 - EisbG), 78b und 176 Eisenbahngesetz
Provisions of international law referred to
Information not available
Procedure and result
- Reference for a preliminary ruling
Formation of the Court
première chambre (Cour)
Judge-Rapporteur
Borg Barthet
Advocate General
Jääskinen
Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion