23 3 Paragraph 36 of Ruijssenaars and Others, emphasis added.
24 4 See, to that effect, the Commission White Paper of 28 March 2011, entitled ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’ (COM(2011) 144 final), p. 23.
25 5 That is what distinguishes Regulation No 261/2004 from other regulations. For other modes of transport, the EU legislature requires the national body to be independent of the carrier or infrastructure manager in its organisation, funding decisions, legal structure and decision making. See, for example, the second subparagraph of Article 25(1) of Regulation No 1177/2010, Article 31(2) of Regulation 2021/782 and the second subparagraph of Article 28(1) of Regulation No 181/2011.
26 6 Ruijssenaars and Others (paragraph 31).
27 7 Irish Ferries (paragraph 118).
28 8 Ruijssenaars and Others (paragraph 32).
29 9 Ruijssenaars and Others (paragraph 30).
30 0 C‑354/18, EU:C:2019:637; ‘Rusu’ (paragraphs 28 and 34 and the case-law cited).
31 1 Irish Ferries (paragraph 118).
32 2 Rusu (paragraph 30 and the case-law cited).
33 3 In Rusu, the Court held that ‘neither Article 7(1) of Regulation No 261/2004 nor that regulation taken as whole provides for the compensation of individual damage, inherent in the reason for travelling of the passengers concerned, redress for which requires a case-by-case assessment of the extent of the damage caused and can consequently only be the subject of compensation granted subsequently on an individual basis’ (paragraph 31).
34 4 See Ruijssenaars and Others (paragraph 33) and Rusu (paragraph 26 and the case-law cited).
35 5 Rusu (paragraph 28 and the case-law cited).
36 6 Irish Ferries (paragraphs 152 and 154).
37 7 See Commission Notice – Interpretative Guidelines on Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and on Council Regulation (EC)
No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents as amended by Regulation (EC) No 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2016 C 214, p. 5) (Section 8 et seq.).