CELEX: 62016CA0190
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Case C-190/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht — Germany) — Werner Fries v Lufthansa CityLine GmbH (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Air transport — Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 — Annex I, point FCL.065(b) — Holders of a pilot’s licence who have attained the age of 65 prohibited from acting as pilots of aircraft engaged in commercial air transport — Validity — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 15 — Freedom of occupation — Article 21 — Equal treatment — Discrimination on grounds of age — Commercial air transport — Concept)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 5 July 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesarbeitsgericht — Germany) — Werner Fries v Lufthansa CityLine GmbH
   (Case C-190/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Air transport - Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 - Annex I, point FCL.065(b) - Holders of a pilot’s licence who have attained the age of 65 prohibited from acting as pilots of aircraft engaged in commercial air transport - Validity - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Article 15 - Freedom of occupation - Article 21 - Equal treatment - Discrimination on grounds of age - Commercial air transport - Concept))
   (2017/C 283/09)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bundesarbeitsgericht
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Werner Fries
   
      Defendant: Lufthansa CityLine GmbH
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Consideration of the first and second questions has revealed nothing that might affect the validity of point FCL.065(b) in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 of 3 November 2011 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to civil aviation aircrew pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the light of Article 15(1) or Article 21(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Point FCL.065(b) in Annex I to Regulation No 1178/2011 must be interpreted as prohibiting the holder of a pilot’s licence who has attained the age of 65 neither from acting as a pilot in ferry flights, operated by an air carrier carrying no passengers, cargo or mail, nor from working as an instructor and/or examiner on board an aircraft, without being part of the flight crew.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 222, 20.6.2016.