CELEX: 62019CN0007
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-04 00:00:00
Title: Case C-7/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 4 January 2019 — QG v Germanwings GmbH

1.4.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 122/12
            
         
      Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 4 January 2019 — QG v Germanwings GmbH
      (Case C-7/19)
      (2019/C 122/13)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Referring court
      
      Amtsgericht Köln
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: QG
      
         Defendant: Germanwings GmbH
      
         Question referred:
      
      Does a regular strike under national law announced by a trade union and involving an operating air carrier’s own staff members 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).