Since 1952, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ensured the observance and correct application of EU law in the Member States. Over the years, it has delivered judgments which have reinforced European integration while granting citizens, and in particular young people, rights which are ever more far-reaching. Several prominent judgments by the Court are set out over the following pages, according to topic.

Since 1952, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ensured that EU law is respected and correctly applied in the Member States. Over the years, it has delivered judgments which have reinforced European integration while granting citizens, and in particular consumers, ever more extensive rights. The following pages present a selection of notable judgments of the Court, classified on a thematic basis. In each of the cases mentioned in the present brochure, the Court did not create the rights in question itself; it derived them or clarified them by interpreting EU regulations or directives.

Since 1952, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ensured that EU law is complied with and that it is properly applied in the Member States. Over the course of time, it has delivered judgments that have strengthened European integration while conferring ever more extensive rights on citizens. The following pages set out a number of leading Court judgments on the rights of air passengers.