Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 11 June 2020

LE v Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa - Juízo Local Cível de Lisboa – Juiz 18

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 5(3) — Article 7(1) — Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights — Exemption — Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ — Unruly passengers — Possibility of relying on the occurrence of an extraordinary circumstance in respect of a flight not affected by that circumstance– Concept of ‘reasonable measures’

Case C-74/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
31/07/2020 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:460
11/06/2020 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2020:460
11/06/2020 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Application (OJ)
05/04/2019 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Request for a preliminary ruling
31/01/2019 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:135
27/02/2020 Transportes Aéreos Portugueses
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
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport
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
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport
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
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport
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
  4.07 Transport
    4.07.05 Air transport
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.09 Air passenger rights
      4.18.09.03 Delays


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 31/01/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/02/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

11/06/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

Transportes Aéreos Portugueses

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Heger, Alexander: Fluggastrechte: Randale an Bord als außergewöhnlicher Umstand : Anmerkung, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2020 p. 612-622 (DE)
  2. Michel, Valérie: Transports - Transports aériens, Europe 2020, n° 8-9 Août, Comm. 260 (FR)
  3. Luzak, Joasia A.: HvJ EU 11-06-2020, C-74/19 : noot, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2020 p. 341-344 (EN)
  4. Correia, Vincent: XX. Droit des transports - Cour de justice, 4e ch., 11 juin 2020, Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SA, aff. C-74/19, ECLI:EU:C:2020:460, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2020. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2021, p. 1027-1036 (FR)
  5. Grard, Loïc: Chronique Droit européen des transports - « Passagers perturbateurs », « retard dominos », « circonstances extraordinaires », « diligence raisonnable », Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2021, n° 2, p. 449 (FR)
  6. Pazos, Ricardo: El pasajero aéreo conflictivo como circunstancia extraordinaria en el Reglamento (CE) nº 261/2004, Estudios sobre jurisprudencia europea 2023 nº IV p. 482-497 (ES)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal Judicial da Comarca de Lisboa - Juízo Local Cível de Lisboa - Juiz 18 - Portugal

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

Quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Šváby

Advocate General

Pikamäe

Language(s) of the Case

  • Portuguese

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French