Activities of Eva LICHTENBERGER related to 2008/0237(COD)
Plenary speeches (3)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (A6-0250/2009, Gabriele Albertini)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (debate)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) According to the conclusions of the COST 349 project, the Commission should propose action for accessible infrastructure, interoperable at a European level, at bus and coach terminals and stops.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Commission should devise a European standard for making public transport infrastructure accessible to wheel chairs, taking into account their safe carriage in public transport vehicles, including in buses and coaches.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
(3) barrier-free access, non-discrimination and mandatory assistance for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility travelling by bus or coach;
Amendment 52 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b). Member States should improve existing infrastructure and carriers should improve their vehicles, where this is necessary to ensure barrier-free access for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility as well as to provide appropriate assistance.
Amendment 103 #
Council position – amending act
Article 25
Article 25
Carriers shall set up or have in place a complaint mechanism for the rights and obligations set out in Articles 4, 8 and 9 to 24this Regulation. In addition Member States shall set up an independent mechanism, whereby complaints shall be solved in case of disagreement on the level of the carriers’ complaint mechanism.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 20 – point c a (new)
Article 20 – point c a (new)
(ca) in case of denied boarding, due to overbooking, have the right to compensation amounting to 200 % of the ticket price if the bus and/or coach undertaking fails to provide alternative services or information as referred to in point (a). The compensation shall be paid in cash if the passenger so requests, and at the latest within one month after submission of the request for compensation.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Bus and/or coach undertakingThe authorities of the Member States shall set up a complain independent handling mechanism, accessible for all passengers, including passengers with disabilities and passengers with reduced mobility, for rights and obligations covered by this Regulation.