Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 5 July 2018

AB ‘flyLAL-Lithunian Airlines’ v Starptautiskā lidosta ‘Rīga’ VAS and ‘Air Baltic Corporation’ AS

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Special jurisdiction — Article 5(3) — Tort, delict or quasi-delict — Place where the harmful event occurred — Place where the damage occurred and place of the event giving rise to the damage — Claim for compensation for damage allegedly caused by anticompetitive conduct committed in various Member States — Article 5(5) — Operations of a branch — Meaning

Case C-27/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
10/08/2018 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:533		 05/07/2018 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:533		 05/07/2018 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
17/03/2017 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:136		 28/02/2018 flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 19/01/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 28/02/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/07/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 301 from 27.08.2018, p.4

Application: OJ C 104 from 03.04.2017, p.35

Name of the parties

flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Krüger, Christian: Zur internationalen Zuständigkeit für Klage wegen Schäden aus wettbewerbsbeschränkender Vereinbarung („flyLAL“), Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.637-638 (DE)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Précisions importantes sur l'application des articles 5, point 3, et point 5, du règlement aux actions en réparation du fait de pratiques anticoncurrentielles., Europe 2018 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.63-64 (FR)
  3. Strikwerda, L.: Noot, Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2019 nº 1-13 p.8-10 (NL)
  4. Scraback, Bianca: Marktortanknüpfung bei Kartellen ?, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2019 N°2 p.69-73 (DE)
  5. Saarloos, Kees: De plaats van het schadebrengende feit bij inbreuken op het mededingingsrecht, Nederlands internationaal privaatrecht 2019 nº 37/2 (NL)
  6. Idot, Laurence: Le contentieux international des actions en réparation pour violation du droit de la concurrence : l'arrêt CDC revisité, Revue critique de droit international privé 2019 nº 3 p.786-816 (FR)
  7. Laazouzi, Malik: XXI. Compétence des juridictions et lois applicables - Cour de justice, 2e ch., 5 juillet 2018, AB flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines, aff. C-27/17, ECLI:EU:C:2018:533, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 959-962 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas - Lithuania

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Toader

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Lithuanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English