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by Marco Sposini
Laywer, Milan Bar Association
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The ECJ on jurisdiction under the second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of the Regulation Brussels I bis in compensation proceedings against an air carrier
11 October 2025
The Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment ECLI:EU:C:2025:771, dated 9 October 2025, in Case C‑551/24 – in proceedings between Deutsche Lufthansa AG and AirHelp Germany GmbH, companies which have their seat in Germany, before a Polish court, concerning a claim for payment brought by AirHelp, the assignee of a passenger’s claim for compensation, against Lufthansa, following the delay of a flight – ruled that the second indent of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that a court of one Member State has jurisdiction, in accordance with that provision, to hear a dispute relating to a claim for compensation brought against an air carrier, established on the territory of another Member State, by a company which is the assignee of a passenger’s claim arising from the performance of a contract of carriage concluded with that carrier, so long as that court is the court for the place where, under that contract, the services were provided or should have been provided.
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