CELEX: 62017CN0501
Language: en
Date: 2017-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Case C-501/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 18 August 2017 — Germanwings GmbH v Wolfgang Pauels

20.11.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 392/13
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 18 August 2017 — Germanwings GmbH v Wolfgang Pauels
   (Case C-501/17)
   (2017/C 392/18)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landgericht Köln
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant: Germanwings GmbH
   
      Respondent: Wolfgang Pauels
   
      Question referred
   
   Is the damage to an aircraft tyre caused by a screw lying on the take-off or landing runway (foreign object damage/FOD) 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.