Rehder v Air Baltic (Judgment of the European
Court of Justice, 9 July 2009 Case C-204/08).
Mr Rehder bought a return flight with Air Baltic (the registered
office of which is in Riga, Latvia) for travel from Germany to
Lithuania (Munich-Vilnius-Munich). Thirty minutes before departure
of the outbound flight from Munich, passengers were informed that
the flight had been cancelled. Mr Rehder brought a claim in the
German court having jurisdiction over Munich airport (Amtsgericht
Erding) seeking €250 compensation under the cancellation
provisions (Articles 5(1)(c) and 7(1)(a)) of the Passenger Rights
Regulation.
The EC Judgments Regulation Regulation
(EC) No 44/2001 lays down rules governing the jurisdiction of
the courts and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in
civil and commercial matters in the member states of the EU. The
objective of the regulation is to harmonise and make predictable
such rules. With respect to jurisdiction, the basic principle
