Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 19 July 2012

ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln

Transport — Air transport — Common rules for the operation of air services in the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 — Obligation on the person selling air travel to ensure that the customer’s acceptance of optional price supplements is on an opt-in basis — Concept of ‘optional price supplements’ — Price of flight cancellation insurance provided by an independent insurance company and forming part of the overall price

Case C‑112/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
14/09/2012 ebookers.com Deutschland
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:487
19/07/2012 ebookers.com Deutschland
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2012:487
19/07/2012 ebookers.com Deutschland
Application (OJ)
20/05/2011 ebookers.com Deutschland
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:117
01/03/2012 ebookers.com Deutschland
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.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/03/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 01/03/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/07/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 173 from 11.06.2011, p.5

Judgment: OJ C 295 from 29.09.2012, p.9

Name of the parties

ebookers.com Deutschland

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Castellaneta, Marina: Per il cliente deve esprimere il consenso dell'acquisto dell'assicurazione, viaggi aerei: nel supplemento opzionale di prezzo rientra la copertura per l'annullamento del volo. La trasparenza, Guida al Diritto 2012 nº 32 p.106-108 (IT)
  2. Roset, Sébastien: Transports aériens : champs d'application matériel du règlement (CE) nº 1008/2008, Europe 2012 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.47 (FR)
  3. Mathonnière, Chloé: Information des consommateurs, Revue Lamy droit des affaires 2012 nº 75 p.40 (FR)
  4. Frenz, Walter ; Müggenborg, Hans-Jürgen: Europäischer Verbraucherschutz auch bei Flugbuchungen!, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.681-682 (DE)
  5. De Coninck, Hans: Luchtvaartsupplementen: uitspraak door het H.v.J. (zaak nr. C-112/11), Droit de la consommation 2012 p.151-152 (NL)
  6. Ofner, Helmut: "Fakultative Zusatzleistungen" bei Luftverkehrsdiensten, Zeitschrift für Europarecht, internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung 2012 p.193 (DE)
  7. A., I.: Evropeyski praven pregled 2011 nº 4 p.171-173 (BG)
  8. Bochon, Anthony: Case ebookers.com Deutschland: Opt-in procedure and price transparency of optional supplements in the air sector, Revue européenne de droit de la consommation 2013 p.101-111 (EN)
  9. Luzak, J.A.: De zoektocht naar transparantie van vluchtprijzen om een geïnformeerde keuze van passagiers te ondersteunen, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2013 p.233-238 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Köln - Germany

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

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Arestis

Advocate General

Mazák

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English