Browsing Tag compensation
Air transport. The Court of Justice rules on the compensation of air passengers informed in advance that boarding would be denied
An operating air carrier which has informed a passenger in advance that, against the latter’s will, it is going to deny him or her boarding in respect of a flight for which he or she has a confirmed reservation, must compensate that passenger even if he or she did not present him or herself for boarding under the conditions set in Article 3(2) of Regulation 261/2004
Insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles. The Court of Justice rules on the possibility of making the payment of compensation subject to certain conditions
Article 18 of Directive 2009/103/EC precludes rules for the calculation of the monetary compensation and conditions relating to its payment, in so far as they would have the effect, in the context of a direct action, of excluding or limiting the insurer’s obligation to cover all the compensation which the person responsible must provide to the injured party in respect of the damage he/she suffered
Connecting flights and reservation through a travel agency. The Court of Justice rules on the compensation for air passengers in the event of a long delay to a flight
The concept of a “connecting flight” covers a transport operation made up of a number of flights, operated by separate air carriers which do not have a specific legal relationship, where those flights have been combined by a travel agency which has charged an overall price and issued a single ticket for that operation
Public passenger transport services by rail and by road. The Court of Justice rules on the obligation for the competent authority to grant public service compensation to operators
The competent authorities are required to compensate undertakings providing in the territory of the Member State concerned a public transport service by road and by rail for the net financial effect on costs incurred and revenues generated in complying with the obligation for those undertakings, established through a general rule, to carry certain categories of traveller free of charge