Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 4 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 21 March 2024 – Felicísima v Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, Sociedad Anónima Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal
(Case C-218/24, Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 4 de Madrid
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Felicísima
Defendant: Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, Sociedad Anónima Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal
Question referred
Must Article 17(2) of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, signed by the European Community on 9 December 1999 and adopted on its behalf by Council Decision 2001/539/EC of 5 April 2001, 1 read in conjunction with Article 22(2) of that convention, be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘baggage’, either checked or unchecked, does not apply to pets?
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1 Council Decision of 5 April 2001 on the conclusion by the European Community of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention) (OJ 2001 L 194, p. 38).