CELEX: 62006CJ0264
Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 16(3)
Compensation and assistance to passengers
Measures necessary

Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations – Failure to adopt the measures necessary to comply with Article 16(3) 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 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1) – Adoption of effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions.
Operative part
The Court:

Declares that, by not laying down sanctions for infringements 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, the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg has failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 16(3) of that regulation;

Orders the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to pay the costs.