4 Amendments of Josef WEIDENHOLZER related to 2013/0072(COD)
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Where flights are cancelled or delayed because of extraordinary circumstances, air carriers should be obliged to provide evidence, within two weeks, of what the extraordinary circumstances were and of what action was taken to prevent the cancellations or delays.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) To ensure legal certainty, Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 should explicitly confirm that the changing of flight schedules has a similar impact on passengers to long delays and cancellations and should therefore give rise to similar rights.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
An operating air carrier shall not be obliged to pay compensation in accordance with Article 7 if it can prove that the cancellation is caused by extraordinary circumstances and that the cancellation could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. Such extraordinary circumstances can only be invoked insofar they affect the flight concerned or the previous flight operated by the same aircraft. Should the operating air carrier not provide evidence, within two weeks, of what the specific extraordinary circumstances outside its area of responsibility were and that all necessary action was taken to prevent the flight from being cancelled or delayed, the passenger shall receive, without delay, the compensation provided for by this Regulation.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
If the operating air carrier can prove that the cancellation, delay or change of schedule is caused by extraordinary circumstances and that the cancellation, delay or change of schedule could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken, it may limit the total cost of accommodation provided according to paragraph 1(b) to EUR 10250 per night and per passenger and to a maximum of 3 nights. If the operating air carrier chooses to apply this limitation, it shall nevertheless provide the passengers with information about available accommodation after the three nights, in addition to the continued obligations for information specified in Article 14.