CELEX: 62012CN0316
Language: en
Date: 2012-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-316/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany) lodged on 29 June 2012 — J. Sebastian Guevara Kamm v TAM Airlines S.A./TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.

29.9.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 295/18
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (Germany) lodged on 29 June 2012 — J. Sebastian Guevara Kamm v TAM Airlines S.A./TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.
   (Case C-316/12)
   2012/C 295/30
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landgericht Frankfurt am Main
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: J. Sebastian Guevara Kamm
   
      Defendant: TAM Airlines S.A./TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.
   
      Question referred
   
   Is Article 2(j) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 (1) to be interpreted, with regard to the ‘reasonable grounds’ mentioned therein, to the effect that ‘reasonable grounds’ can only be grounds pertaining to the person of the passenger which jeopardise the safety of air transport or of other passengers or which affect other public or contractual interests, or can ‘reasonable grounds’ also be other grounds not pertaining to the person of the passenger, in particular cases of force majeure?
   
      (1)  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 (OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1).