US EditionIn the doghouse: flying canines count as cargo, EU court rules
- On Thursday, the European Court of Justice ruled pets are not excluded from the concept of ‘baggage’ in a 2019 case of a passenger from Buenos Aires with Spanish carrier Iberia.
- Legally, the Montreal Convention sets Iberia's baggage liability cap at about €1,870, covering both material and non-material damage, the ECJ ruled.
- Claiming a €5,000 value, the passenger demanded compensation after the dog escaped while being carried to the plane and could not be recovered following check-in procedures.
- As a result of the ECJ judgment, claimants can expect no more than the statutory compensation limit, since the European Court of Justice applied the Montreal Convention liability framework to pets.
- The ruling comes amid a Brussels row over passenger rights, with inter-institutional talks this week leaving room for the issue to surface in broader negotiations between the European Parliament and European governments.
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On Thursday, October 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that pets can be considered “luggage”. This decision limits the liability of airlines in cases where animals are lost during international flights. The article Pet, considered “luggage” by the EU Supreme Court! What does this mean for airlines appears first on Romania TV.
Pets only count as baggage, EU court rules after distraught plane passenger’s beloved dog goes missing in transit
European Union Court Of Justice (ECJ) ruled that pets in the cargo hold can be classified as luggage following a 2019 incident in which a pooch escaped an Iberia airlines plane in Buenos Aires, Argentina and was never seen again.
The EU Court of Justice ruled that a dog is in the same category as suitcases and bags during flight transport.
The European Court of Justice still considers dogs as checked baggage as compensation. Animal advocates call for a modernisation of this interpretation. - For the Court of Justice of the European Union, a dog in the hold is a baggage like any other (social matters).
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