62020CO0137_INF
Order of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 –SATA International
(Case C‑137/20) (
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(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Air transport – Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – Article 5(3) – Compensation to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights – Scope – Exemption from the obligation to pay compensation – Concept of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ – Lack of sufficient details concerning the factual and regulatory famework of the main proceedings and the reasons justifying the need to reply to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Manifest inadmissibility)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Questions referred lacking sufficient information regarding the factual and legislative context and the reasons justifying the need for an answer to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Questions submitted in a context which precludes a useful answer – Manifest inadmissibility
(Art. 267 TFEU; Statute of the Court of Justice, Art. 23; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Arts 53(2) and 94)
(see paras 11-21, operative part.)
Operative part
The request for a preliminary ruling made by the Tribunal Judicial da Comarca dos Açores (Azores District Court, Portugal), by decision of 10 January 2020, is manifestly inadmissible.
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