15 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2008/0237(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Member States should provide funding for the training and further training of qualified bus and coach crews so that they can deal correctly with disabled persons or persons with restricted mobility.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) European Union measures to improve the passengers' rights in the bus and coach transport sector should take account of the specific characteristics of this sector, which consists largely of small- and medium-sized undertakings.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may exemptThis Regulation shall not apply to urban, suburban and regional transport covered by public service contracts, if such contracts ensure a comparable level of passenger rights to that required in this Regulation.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) if the accident has been caused by circumstances not connected with the operation of bus and coach transport services and which the bus and/or coach undertakingcarrier could not have avoided, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, andor the consequences of which it was unable to prevent;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) if the accident is caused by the action of a third party which the carrier could not have avoided, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, and the consequences of which it was unable to prevent. Another bus and/or coach undertaking which uses the same bus and/or coach infrastructure shall not be regarded as a third party; rights to recover damages shall be unaffected.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. In the event of the death of, personal injury to, or any other physical or mental harm to, or injury to passengers, caused by an accident arising out of the operation of bus and coach transport services, the bus and/or coach undertaking shall without delay, and in any event not later thain fifteen days after establishment of the identity of the natural person entitled to compensation, make such advance payments as may be required to meet immediate economic needs on a basis proportional to the damage suffered.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where the sizedesign of vehicle makes the embarkation or carriage of the disabled person or person with reduced mobility physically or actually impossible.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) and subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) and subparagraph 2
(ba) if the vehicle or the infrastructure at the place of departure or arrival or on the route is not fitted out in such a way as to guarantee the safe transport of disabled persons or persons with reduced mobility. In the event of refusal to accept a reservation on the grounds referred to under points (a), (b) or (bc) of the first subparagraph, carriers, ticket vendors or tour operators shall make reasonable efforts to propose an acceptable alternative to the person in question.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. A disabled person or a person with reduced mobility who has been denied embarkation on the grounds of his disability or reduced mobility shall be offered the right to reimbursement andor reasonable alternative transport services to the place of destination in a comparable time frame.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 20 – introductory part
Article 20 – introductory part
Bus and/or coach undertakings shall be liable for cancellations and, where the scheduled duration of a trip exceeds three hours, for delays at departure of more than two hours. In such eventsBus and/or coach undertakings shall be liable only for cancellations and delays resulting from circumstances within their control. That liability shall not cover delays as a result of traffic congestion and border and/or vehicle checks. In all cases where undertakings are liable the passengers concerned shall at least:
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A bus and/or coach undertaking shall be exonerated from this liability if the cancellation or delay can be attributed to one of the following causes: (a) circumstances not connected with the operation of bus and coach transport services and which the bus and/or coach undertaking could not have avoided, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, and the consequences of which it was unable to prevent; (b) passenger negligence, or (c) the actions of a third party which the bus and/or coach undertaking could not have avoided, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, and the consequences of which it was unable to prevent.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3