Activities of Robert EVANS related to 2008/0246(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway - Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In organising the provision of assistance to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, and the training of their personnel, carriers should have regard to the Recommendation of the International Maricooperate with representatimve Oorganisation on the Design and Operation of passenger ships to respond to elderly ands for disabled persons' needsople.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) "disabled person" or "person with reduced mobility" means any person whose mobility when using transport is reduced as a result of any physical disability (sensory or locomotor, permanent or temporary), intellectual or psychosocial disability or impairment, or any other cause of disability, or as a result of age, and whose situation needs appropriate attention and adaptation to his particular needs of the service made available to all passengers;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 3 – point r a (new)
Article 3 – point r a (new)
(ra) ‘accessible formats’ means that all passengers can access the same information using text, Braille, audio, video and/or electronic formats. Examples of accessible formats include, but are not limited to and may vary according to technological developments, pictograms, vocal announcement and subtitling.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 12 – point a
Article 12 – point a
(a) Assistance shall be provided on condition that the carrier, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 48 hours before the assistance is needed, unless a shorter notification period is agreed between the assistance provider and the passenger. Where the ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 12 – point b
Article 12 – point b
(b) carriers, ticket vendors and tour operators shall take all measures necessary for the request and reception of notifications of the need for assistance made by disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility. Thise passenger shall receive a confirmation, stating that the assistance needs have been notified. These obligations shall apply at all their points of sale, including sale by telephone and via the Internet;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 12 – point e – indent 2
Article 12 – point e – indent 2
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where necessary every effort shall be undertaken to rapidly provide replacement equipment, suitable to the needs of the passenger concerned.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The carrier or the managing body of the port shall ensure that passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility receive the information required under paragraphs 1 and 2 in accessible formats.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 29
Article 29
The Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all the measures necessary to ensure that those rules are implemented. The penalties provided for, which could include ordering the payment of compensation to the person concerned, must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex IV – part 2 – indent 3
Annex IV – part 2 – indent 3
– techniques for escorting blind and partially-sighted passengers and for the handling and carriage of recognised assistance animals;