Case C-112/11: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln — Germany) — ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV (Transport — Air transport — Common rules for the operation of air services in the European Union — Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 — Obligation on the person selling air travel to ensure that the customer’s acceptance of optional price supplements is on an opt-in basis — Concept of ‘optional price supplements’ — Price of flight cancellation insurance provided by an independent insurance company and forming part of the overall price)
Date: 2012-07-19
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, air freight rate, airline, transport insurance








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29.9.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 295/9





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 19 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Köln — Germany) — ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV
(Case C-112/11) (1)

(Transport - Air transport - Common rules for the operation of air services in the European Union - Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 - Obligation on the person selling air travel to ensure that the customer’s acceptance of optional price supplements is on an opt-in basis - Concept of ‘optional price supplements’ - Price of flight cancellation insurance provided by an independent insurance company and forming part of the overall price)
2012/C 295/14
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht Köln

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: ebookers.com Deutschland GmbH

Defendant: Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände — Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband eV

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Oberlandesgericht Köln — Interpretation of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community (Recast) (OJ 2008 L 293, p. 3) — Obligation on the seller of the air travel to ensure that the customer’s acceptance of the optional price supplements is on an opt-in basis — Concept of ‘optional price supplements’ — Price of cancellation insurance provided by an independent insurance company, forming part of the overall price and charged to the passenger at the same time as the price of the flight

Operative part of the judgment

The concept of ‘optional price supplements’, referred to in the last sentence of Article 23(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community, must be interpreted as meaning that it covers costs, connected with the air travel, arising from services, such as the flight cancellation insurance at issue in the main proceedings, supplied by a party other than the air carrier and charged to the customer by the person selling that travel, together with the air fare, as part of a total price.


(1)  OJ C 173, 11.6.2011.