CELEX: 62019CA0356
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-356/19: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy w Warszawie — Poland) — Delfly sp. z o.o. v Smartwings Poland sp. z o.o., formerly Travel Service Polska sp. z o.o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — Article 7 — Right to compensation in the event of delay or cancellation of a flight — Compensation procedure — Claim expressed in national currency — National provision prohibiting the creditor from choosing the currency)

9.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 378/12
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 3 September 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy w Warszawie — Poland) — Delfly sp. z o.o. v Smartwings Poland sp. z o.o., formerly Travel Service Polska sp. z o.o.
      (Case C-356/19) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Air transport - Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 - Article 7 - Right to compensation in the event of delay or cancellation of a flight - Compensation procedure - Claim expressed in national currency - National provision prohibiting the creditor from choosing the currency)
      (2020/C 378/14)
      Language of the case: Polish
      
         Referring court
      
      Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy w Warszawie
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Delfly sp. z o.o.
      
         Defendant: Smartwings Poland sp. z o.o., formerly Travel Service Polska sp. z o.o.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      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, and in particular Article 7(1) thereof, is to be interpreted as meaning that passengers whose flights have been cancelled or subject to a long delay or their legal successors may demand payment of the amount of the compensation referred to in that provision in the national currency of their place of residence, so that that provision precludes a Member State’s legislation or case-law which results in the dismissal of an action brought for that purpose by such passengers or their legal successors on the sole ground that the claim was expressed in that national currency.
      
         (1)  OJ C 280, 19.8.2019.