Originally Posted by
WorldLux
OP is quite clear on his itinerary being PNH-DOH-CDG being operated by QR. The exact itinerary would be PNH-SGN-DOH-CDG and since all none of those flights depart in the EU or are operated by an EU airline to a destination within the EU, EU air passenger rights are inapplicable. And I don't think that there's any other law out there that is as comprehensive as 261/04.
Because most countries would say that anybody who is dependent on the largesse of an air carrier for a sandwich across an extended connection ought to insure the risk rather than having the government enforce it. The EC believed that the US, Canada, Japan, and Australia would follow suit in short order. None did.