Case C‑353/20

Skeyes

v

Ryanair DAC

(Request for a preliminary ruling
from the Tribunal de l’entreprise du Hainaut, division de Charleroi)

Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 2 June 2022

(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 549/2004 – Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 – Air traffic services provider – Decision to close airspace – Exercise of the powers of a public authority – Airspace user – Airlines – Right of appeal against a decision to close airspace – Article 58 TFEU – Freedom to provide services in the field of transport – Articles 16 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Freedom to conduct a business – Right to an effective remedy)

1. Fundamental rights – Right to effective judicial protection – Right to an effective remedy – Decision to close airspace taken by an air traffic services provider – Right of appeal against such a decision

   (Art. 19(1), second subpara., TEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; European Parliament and Council Regulations No 549/2004, Recital 3 and Art. 2(4), No 550/2004, as amended by Regulation No 1070/2009, Recitals 10 and 22 and Arts 1(1), 7(3), (4) and (7), 8 and 15, and No 1008/2008, Art. 19(1))

   (see paragraphs 37-51, 57, operative part 1)

2. Member States – Obligations – Provision of remedies sufficient to ensure effective legal protection – Principle of procedural autonomy – National legislation providing for the jurisdiction of the civil and administrative courts – Whether permissible – Conditions

   (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47; European Parliament and Council Regulations No 549/2004, Art. 2(4), and No 550/2004, as amended by Regulation No 1070/2009, Art. 8)

   (see paragraphs 52, 54-56)

3. Transport – Air transport – Regulation No 550/2004 – Provision of air navigation services in the single European sky – Provision of air navigation services connected with the exercise of the powers of a public authority – Application of the FEU Treaty rules on competition – Precluded

   (Art. 58(1) TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 16; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 550/2004, as amended by Regulation No 1070/2009, Recitals 5 and 13)

   (see paragraphs 61-68, operative part 2)

See the text of the decision.