Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2016:657
Date: 2016-09-08
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Subject matter: Provisions governing the Institutions
Procedure: Request for an Opinion - agreement compatible

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Hannover (Germany) lodged on 8 January 2015 — Alexandra Stück v Swiss International Air Lines AG (Case C-3/15) Language of the case: German Referring court Amtsgericht Hannover Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Alexandra Stück Defendant: Swiss International Air Lines AG Question referred Is the Agreement on air transport between the Swiss Confederation and the European Community 1 of 21 June 1999, as amended by Decision No 2/2010 of the Community/Switzerland Air Transport Committee 2 of 26 November 2010, to be interpreted as meaning that 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 3 [‘the Air Passenger Rights Regulation’] is applicable, in accordance with Article 3(1)(b), also to passengers departing from an airport located in a third country to an airport in Switzerland with a Swiss air carrier? ____________ ____________ 1 OJ 2002 L 114, p. 73. 2 Decision No 2/2010 of the Joint Community/Switzerland Air Transport Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport of 26 November 2010 replacing the Annex to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Air Transport, OJ 2010 L 347, p. 54. 3 OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1.