30.3.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 103/7 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 12 August 2019 — Flightright GmbH v IBERIA LAE SA Operadora Unipersonal
(Case C-606/19)
(2020/C 103/09)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Amtsgericht Hamburg
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Flightright GmbH
Defendant: IBERIA LAE SA Operadora Unipersonal
By order of 13 February 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (Sixth Chamber) ruled that the second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (1) must be interpreted as meaning that the ‘place of performance’, within the meaning of that provision, in respect of a flight consisting of a confirmed single booking for the entire journey and divided into several legs, can be the place of departure of the first leg of the journey where transport on those legs of the journey is performed by two separate air carriers and the claim for compensation brought on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 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, (2) arises from the cancellation of the final leg of the journey and is brought against the air carrier in charge of that last leg.