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

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)

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.