Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 4 May 2017

Marcela Pešková and Jiří Peška v Travel Service a.s.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Obvodní soud pro Prahu 6

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Scope — Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation — Collision between an aircraft and a bird — Notion of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Notion of ‘reasonable measures’ to avoid extraordinary circumstances or the consequences thereof

Case C-315/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/06/2017 Pešková and Peška
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:342
04/05/2017 Pešková and Peška
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:342
04/05/2017 Pešková and Peška
Application (OJ)
27/11/2015 Pešková and Peška
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:623
28/07/2016 Pešková and Peška
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

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.02 Cancellations
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.02 Cancellations
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.02 Cancellations
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.02 Cancellations
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 26/06/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 28/07/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

04/05/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 213 from 03.07.2017, p.7

Application: OJ C 414 from 14.12.2015, p.12

Name of the parties

Pešková and Peška

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Berlin, Dominique: L'oiseau a bon dos !, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2017 nº 21 p.992 (FR)
  2. Novak, Janez: Stavka in pravice tretjih oseb, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 24-25 p.17-20 (SL)
  3. Wienbracke, Mike: Verbraucherrecht: Ausgleichsleistungen bei Flugverspätung nach Kollision des Flugzeugs mit einem Vogel, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.575-580 (DE)
  4. Visscher, L.T.: Over vogels, vliegtuigen en vertragingsschade, Aansprakelijkheid en verzekering - A & V 2017 p.118-122 (NL)
  5. Kompare, Neža: Trk letala s ptico, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 26 p.27-28 (SL)
  6. Politis, Antonios: Ausgleichsleistungen bei Flugverspätung nach Kollision des Flugzeugs mit einem Vogel, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2017 p.2669 (DE)
  7. Michel, Valérie: Avion vs oiseau : 1/0 – Consommateurs vs transporteur : 0/1 : vers un assouplissement de la jurisprudence de la Cour ?, Europe 2017 Juillet Comm. nº 271 p.38-39 (FR)
  8. De Smet, Vincent: HvJ (3e k.) 4 mei 2017 - Pešková-Peška/Travel Service - C-315/15, Tijdschrft voor Internationale Handel en Transportrecht 2017 n°3 p.373-374 (NL)
  9. De Coninck, Hans: Vluchtvertraging wegens "birdstrike": belangrijk arrest van het EHJ, Droit de la consommation 2017 p.91-93 (NL)
  10. Loos, M.B.M.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2018 nº 10/11 p.1198-1200 (NL)
  11. Audenaert, Nicola: NOOT - Birdstrike : doos van Pandora of storm in een glas water ?, Rechtskundig weekblad 2018 - 03 p.105-109 (NL)
  12. Correia, Vincent: XX. Droit des transports - Cour de justice, 3e ch., 4 mai 2017, Pešková et Peška, aff. C-315/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:342, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 905-913 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Obvodní soud pro Prahu 6 - Czech Republic

Subject-matter

  • Transport

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
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Czech

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French