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by Marco Sposini
Laywer, Milan Bar Association
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The Court of Justice on Article 17(1) of the Montreal Convention of 28 May 1999
6 July 2023
The Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment ECLI:EU:C:2023:550, dated 6 July 2023, in Case C-510/21 – in proceedings between DB and Austrian Airlines AG, an air carrier, concerning a claim brought by DB for compensation for damage caused by the first aid administered to him on board an aircraft during a flight operated by that carrier – ruled that Article 17(1) of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, concluded in Montreal on 28 May 1999, signed by the European Community on 9 December 1999 and approved on its behalf by Council Decision 2001/539/EC of 5 April 2001, must be interpreted as meaning that the inadequate first aid administered on board an aircraft to a passenger, which aggravated the bodily injuries caused by an ‘accident’, within the meaning of that provision, must be regarded as forming part of that accident.
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