But sometimes there are long delays in notification, maybe because flight plans weren't properly filed or an aircraft is reported overdue long after it's supposed to have arrived.

The office of departure shall notify the arrival to the originally declared office of destination using the “Forwarded Arrival Advice” message.

2. Where the transit operation ends in an office other than that declared initially in the transit declaration, the new office of destination shall notify the arrival to the office of departure using the “Arrival Advice” message.

Where the new office of destination comes under the jurisdiction of a Contracting Party other than the one having jurisdiction over the office originally designated, the new office of destination shall request an “Anticipated Arrival Record” message from the office of departure.

The case finally reached the Tribunal de grande Instance (Regional Court) in Lille which then asked the Court of Justice of the European Community for a preliminary ruling on the following question: "Does the requirement that a person wishing to exercise a gainful occupation as a trainer with a sports team (Article 43 of the French Law of 16 July 1984) must hold a French diploma recognized thereto by a committee whose rulings do not state the reasons on which they are based and against whose decisions no specific legal remedy is available constitute a restriction on freedom of movement for workers as defined by Articles 48 to 51 of the E ...[+++]EC Treaty, in the absence of any Directive applicable to that occupation?".