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Document 62016CN0040

    Case C-40/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 25 January 2016 — Irene Uhden v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines N.V.

    OJ C 175, 17.5.2016, p. 5–5 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    17.5.2016   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 175/5


    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 25 January 2016 — Irene Uhden v KLM Royal Dutch Airlines N.V.

    (Case C-40/16)

    (2016/C 175/03)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Landgericht Hamburg

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Irene Uhden

    Defendant: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines N.V.

    Question referred

    Is the second sentence of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (‘the air passenger rights regulation’) to be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘distance’ relates only to the direct distance between the point of departure and the last destination, regardless of the distance actually flown in the individual case?


    (1)  OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1.


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