CELEX: 62021CN0012
Language: en
Date: 2021-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Case C-12/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 8 January 2021 — Deutsche Lufthansa AG v FL

15.3.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 88/22
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 8 January 2021 — Deutsche Lufthansa AG v FL
      (Case C-12/21)
      (2021/C 88/30)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Landgericht Köln
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellant: Deutsche Lufthansa AG
      
         Respondent: FL
      
         Question referred
      
      Does a strike by the air carrier’s own employees that is called by a trade union constitute an extraordinary circumstance within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004? (1)
      
      
         (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).