Regulation No. 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 does not define the actual “arrival time”. That being the case, the need for a uniform application of EU law and the principle of equal treatment requires that the terms of a provision of EU law which makes no express reference to the law of the Member States for the purpose of determining its meaning and scope must normally be given an independent interpretation throughout the European Union. Read more