CELEX: 62020CN0445
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-445/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Nürnberg (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2020 — PN and LM v Ryanair Designated Activity Company

14.12.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 433/24
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Nürnberg (Germany) lodged on 21 September 2020 — PN and LM v Ryanair Designated Activity Company
      (Case C-445/20)
      (2020/C 433/29)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Amtsgericht Nürnberg
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: PN, LM
      
         Defendant: Ryanair Designated Activity Company
      
         Questions referred
      
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Does a trade union-organised strike by an operating air carrier’s own staff constitute ‘extraordinary circumstances’ within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Regulation No 261/2004 (1)?
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Is it of any significance that the strike was held in connection with staff demands not previously agreed by contract between the staff and the operating air carrier?
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Is it of any significance that the strike in question was triggered by the operating air carrier’s conduct during negotiations with the trade union?
               
            
         (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).