62021CJ0020_SUM
Case C‑20/21
JW and Others
v
LOT Polish Airlines
(Request for a preliminary rulingfrom the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main)
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 February 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Second indent of Article 7(1)(b) – Special jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Concept of ‘place of performance of the obligation in question’ – Contract for the provision of services – Air transport – Flight consisting of a confirmed single booking and performed in several legs by two separate air carriers – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights – Article 7 – Right to compensation – Delay on the first leg of the journey – Claim for compensation brought against the air carrier operating that first leg of the journey before the court for the place of arrival of that first flight)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Special jurisdiction – Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Concept
(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 261/2004 and No 1215/2012, Art. 7(1)(a); Council Regulation No 44/2001, Art. 5(1)(a))
(see paragraph 15)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Special jurisdiction – Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Courts for the place of performance of the contractual obligation in question
(European Parliament and Council Regulations No 261/2004 and No 1215/2012, Art. 7(1)(b), second indent)
(see paragraphs 17-19, 22, 23, 27, operative part)
See the text of the decision.