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INTERACTIVE AVIATION MAP: EUROPE

HFW would like to extend thanks to our correspondents from across Europe who have assisted in the compilation of information contained within this guide.

THANK YOU TO

  • Denmark: Kromann Reumert
  • Finland: HPP Attorneys Ltd
  • Germany: Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner
  • Greece: PPT Legal
  • Ireland: CCK Law
  • Italy: Studio Legale Pierallini e Associati
  • Netherlands: Van Traa
  • Norway: Wikborg Rein

  • Portugal: Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa
  • Romania: Bogaru Braun Noviello & Associates
  • Russia: Sokolov Maslov & Partners
  • Serbia: Ninkovic Law Office
  • Scotland: Burness Paull
  • Spain: Airsea Abogados
  • Turkey: Erçin Bilgin Bektaşoğlu
  • Ukraine: Ilyashev & Partners

SCOTLAND

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

OTHER TORTIOUS CLAIMS (PERSONAL INJURY)
3 years


IRELAND

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years


ENGLAND & WALES

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

OTHER TORTIOUS CLAIMS (PERSONAL INJURY)
3 years


NORWAY

NORWEGIAN AVIATION ACT
2 years


DENMARK

DANISH AVIATION ACT (PERSONAL INJURY TO PAX, BAGGAGE AND DELAYS) 
2 years

OTHER CLAIMS (PERSONAL INJURY TO PAX OUTSIDE AIRCRAFT OR CLAIMS GOVERNED BY OTHER LEGISLATION E.G. EC REG 261/2004) 
3 years


FINLAND

CONVENTION CLAIM
2 years


NETHERLANDS

DUTCH NATIONAL LAW (PERSONAL INJURY TO PAX, BAGGAGE AND DELAYS)
2 years

OTHER CLAIMS (PERSONAL INJURY TO PAX OUTSIDE AIRCRAFT OR CLAIMS GOVERNED BY OTHER LEGISLATION E.G. EC REC 261/2004) 
2 years


BELGIUM

CONTRACTUAL CLAIMS
10 years

TORTIOUS CLAIM
5 years
(from the date that the party that suffered the harm became aware of the damage and the identity of the person causing the damage)

CONVENTION CLAIM
2 years


FRANCE

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years


GERMANY

CONVENTION CLAIMS 
2 years

GERMAN AIR TRAFFIC ACT
2 year


RUSSIA

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

TORT AND INSURANCE CLAIMS
3 years for personal injury and relevant liability insurance; 2 years for other types of insurance

CONTRACTUAL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF CONTRACT FOR CARRIAGE
1 year


PORTUGAL

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

EC REG 2027/97
2 years

NATIONAL DECREE LAW
3 years
for tort liability and 20 years for contractual liability


SPAIN

SPANISH AIR NAVIGATION ACT
6 months
(limitation period/prescripción)

WARSAW SYSTEM
2 years
(Condition precedent/caducidad)

MONTREAL CONVENTION 1999
2 years
(No consensus as to whether this is a limitation period/prescripción or a condition precedent/caducidad)


SWITZERLAND

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years


ITALY

INTERNATIONAL OR INTRA-COMMUNITY AIR CARRIAGE
2 years

NATIONAL AIR CARRIAGE – NAVIGATION CODE
2 years


SERBIA

SERBIAN AVIATION OBLIGATIONS CODE
2 years.


ROMANIA

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

ROMANIAN AIR TRAFFIC ACT
2 years

CLAIMS AS PER THE ROMANIAN CIVIL CODE (OTHER TORTIOUS CLAIMS WHICH EXCEED THE CONVENTION LIMITS)
3 years


UKRAINE

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years
No time limit if death/personal injury


GREECE

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years

OTHER APPLICABLE LOCAL LEGISLATION
2 years


TURKEY

CONVENTION CLAIMS
2 years
NB for domestic carriage 2 year period starts to run from the date that the Aircraft Accident Report is published on the Official Gazette




HFW AEROSPACE EUROPE

The team at HFW handles a range of aviation claims, including major and other significant losses, across Europe. Our experience extends across the full spectrum of dispute resolution, as well as regulatory and transactional work in the aviation and aerospace sector.

We have offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas, and our lawyers work seamlessly together to provide a 24/7 service.

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© HFW LLP 2018 Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (No. 509977). The information provided is intended to give general information, as at 1 October 2018, about certain legal topics and is not a complete statement of the law. It must not be relied upon or act as a substitute for legal advice in relation to particular circumstances. Accordingly, neither we nor our correspondents accept any liability for any loss which may arise from reliance upon the information it contains. Rates of exchange are as at September 2018.