Case C-261/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vredegerecht te Ieper (Belgium) lodged on 1 June 2015 — Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV v Gregory Demey
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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vredegerecht te Ieper (Belgium) lodged on 1 June 2015 — Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV v Gregory Demey
(Case C-261/15)2015/C 270/21Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Vredegerecht te Ieper
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen NV
Defendant: Gregory Demey
Question referred
Does Article 6(2), in fine, of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 ( 1 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations preclude the Belgian national penalty provisions, …, under which a train passenger without a ticket — and in the absence of regularisation within the periods laid down in the relevant regulations — commits a criminal offence, which excludes any contractual relationship between the transport company and the train passenger, with the consequence that the benefit of the legal protection provisions under European and Belgian national law which are based on that (exclusive) contractual relationship with that consumer, …, is also denied to the train passenger?
( 1 ) OJ 2007 L 315, p. 14.
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