Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 March 2018

flightright GmbH v Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA, Roland Becker v Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd and Mohamed Barkan and Others v Air Nostrum, Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Düsseldorf and the Bundesgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of Freedom, Security and Justice — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 5(1) — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 7(1) — Concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ — Contract for the provision of services — Connecting flight operated by different air carriers — Concept of ‘place of performance’ — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Right of air passengers to compensation for denied boarding and for the long delay of a flight — Action for compensation brought against an operating air carrier not domiciled in the territory of a Member State or with which the passengers do not have contractual relations

Joined Cases C-274/16, C-447/16 and C-448/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
20/04/2018 flightright
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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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:160		 07/03/2018 flightright
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:2018:160		 07/03/2018 flightright
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)
02/09/2016 flightright
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:2017:787		 19/10/2017 flightright
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
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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
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.00 General
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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
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 13/05/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 19/10/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/03/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 161 from 07.05.2018, p.6

Application: OJ C 343 from 19.09.2016, p.22

Name of the parties

flightright

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Nourissat, Cyril: Compétence en matière d'indemnisation pour cause de retard d'un vol aérien, Procédures 2018 nº 5 p.19 (FR)
  2. Augros, Valérie: La CJUE, gardienne d'un droit à l'accès au tribunal pour les pasagers aériens, Gazette du Palais 2018 n°15 p.22-25 (FR)
  3. Ktorza, Ronny: Compétence territoriale en matière d'application des dispositions du règlement 261/2004: le rappel superfétatoire de la CJUE, Énergie - Environnement - Infrastructures 2018 nº6 p.58-59 (FR)
  4. Zahn, Bastian: Der Ausgleichsanspruch der Fluggastrechte-Verordnung zwischen Vertrag und Delikt - Zugleich eine Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 7.3.2018 - C-274/16, C-447/16 und C-448/16 (flightright u.a.), Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2018 p.250-258 (DE)
  5. Poesen, Michiel: Jurisdiction over "matters relating to a contract" under the Brussels I (Recast) Regulation : No direct contractual relationship required, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2018 Volume 25, N°4 p.516-523 (EN)
  6. Idot, Laurence: RÈGLEMENTS « BRUXELLES I » ET « BRUXELLES I BIS » - Matière contractuelle et transports aériens, Europe 2018, Mai nº 5, Comm. 213 (FR)
  7. Antonopoulou, Georgia: Code-sharing agreements under the Brussels Ibis regulation and the notion of "matters relating to a contract", Journal of European Consumer and Market Law 2019 N°2 p.89-92 (EN)
  8. Haftel, Bernard: Le contrat complexe ou l'ubiquité du lieu d'exécution du contrat de transport, Revue des contrats 2019 p.90-91 (FR)
  9. Lobach, Quincy C.: Internationale Zuständigkeit der Gerichte am Erfüllungsort des Beförderungsvertrags für Ausgleichsansprüche des Fluggasts aus der Fluggastrechte-VO gegen einen vertragsfremden Teilstreckenbeförderer, Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts 2019 p.391-397 (DE)
  10. Correia, Vincent: XX. Droit des transports - Cour de justice, 3e ch., 7 mars 2018, flightright GmbH, aff. C-274/16, C-447/16 et C-448/16, ECLI:EU:C:2018:160, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2018. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2019, p. 876-882 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Amtsgericht Düsseldorf - Germany

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

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English