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Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 17 September 2015

C. van der Lans v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Passengers’ rights in the event of delay or cancellation of a flight — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Denied boarding and cancellation — Long flight delay — Compensation and assistance to passengers — Extraordinary circumstances

Case C-257/14

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

23/10/2015

van der Lans

Transport

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:618

17/09/2015

van der Lans

Transport

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:618

17/09/2015

van der Lans

Transport

Application (OJ)

22/08/2014

van der Lans

Transport

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

3 Legal proceedings
3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice

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

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

TFEU, Article 267 : paragraph 32
Regulation 261/2004 : paragraphs 1, 24, 28, 29
Regulation 261/2004 -A03P1LB : paragraphs 1, 4, 19, 21, 22, 27
Regulation 261/2004 -A05P1LCPT3 : paragraphs 5, 18
Regulation 261/2004 -A05P3 : paragraphs 1, 5, 18, 33 - 37, 44, 45, 48, 49
Regulation 261/2004 -A13 : paragraphs 7, 46, 47
Regulation 261/2004 -C1 : paragraphs 1, 26
Regulation 261/2004 -C2 : paragraphs 1, 3, 26
Regulation 261/2004 -C14 : paragraphs 1, 3, 18, 36
Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/07 : paragraph 18
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 : paragraph 18
Court of Justice - Judgment C -344/04 -N69 : paragraph 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -173/07 -N35 : paragraph 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/07 -N68 : paragraph 46
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 : paragraphs 15, 17
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 -N20 : paragraph 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 -N23 : paragraph 36
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 -N24 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 -N25 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -549/07 -N26 : paragraph 38
Court of Justice - Judgment C -484/08 -N19 : paragraph 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -510/10 -N45 : paragraph 25
Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/12 -N40 : paragraph 25
Court of Justice - Judgment C -151/13 -N25 : paragraph 32

Operative part

Interprets : Regulation 261/2004 -A05P3

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

28/05/2014

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/09/2015

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 371 from 09.11.2015, p.11

Application: OJ C 303 from 08.09.2014, p.12

Name of the parties

van der Lans

Notes on Academic Writings

Skubic, Zoran: Tudi nepričakovane tehnične težave niso opravičljiv razlog za odpoved leta, Pravna praksa 2015 nº 39-40 p.37-38 (SL)
Tosi-Dupriet, Isabelle: Transport aérien, retard et sources du droit, Gazette du Palais 2015 nº 336 à 337 Jur. p.20-21 (FR)
Lentzis, Dimosthenis: Aeroporikes metafores, Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2015 p.351-356 (EL)
Michel, Valérie: Retard de vol et exonération du transporteur, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.31 (FR)
Correia, Vincent: Cour de justice, 9e ch., 17 septembre 2015, Corina van der Lans c/ Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, aff. C-257/14, ECLI:EU:C:2015:618, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.801-806 (FR)
Michel, Valérie: Retard de vol et exonération du transporteur, Europe 2015 Novembre Comm. nº 11 p.31 (FR)
van der WIJNGAART, Tom: Case Note: van der Lans v. KLM and ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’, Air and Space Law 2016 p.59-62 (EN)
Prassl, Jeremias: Exceptionally Unexceptional: EUGH Aktenzeichen C-257/14 Corina van der Lans v Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV and the end of Regulation 261/2004’s Exceptional Circumstances Defence, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law 2016 p.136-137 (EN)
Loos, M.B.M.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2016 Afl.36 p.4498-4500 (NL)
Degert-Ribeiro, Clarisse: Les arrêts en interprétation rendus à titre préjudiciel en transport aérien : bilan et perspectives, Gazette du Palais 2016 nº 29 Jur. p.16-18 (FR)
Correia, Vincent: XX. Transports - Cour de justice, 9e ch., 17 septembre 2015, Corina van der Lans c/ Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV, aff. C-257/14, ECLI:EU:C:2015:618, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 801-806 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Rechtbank Amsterdam - Netherlands

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

neuvième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available