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Qatar Airways isn't an EU airline so EU 261 wouldn't seem to cover that leg, so aren't you supposed to use the CPH-KEF distance instead of the DOH-KEF distance?
For a trip from outside the EEA to the EEA on non-EEA carrier, isn't the starting point the first EU layover airport?
What with the situation where you fly from a to d on one PNR with flight changes at b and c. The leg b to c is just 1 hour and you have a 6 hour layover in c. By coincident the flight b to c gets canceled and you are rebooked on another flight which will bring you to c with a 5 hour delay, which means you will still be able to catch your last flight and arrive at your final destination on time. Do you think it would be fair to claim compensation for the delay on the b to c leg?
This is not a theoretic example. It happened to me a couple of years ago, and no I didn't bother claiming compensation.