5 Amendments of Renate SOMMER related to 2008/0237(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) European Union measures to improve barrier-free mobility should promote, as a matter of priority, barrier- free access to bus and coach terminals and stops.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall apply only to the international carriage of passengers by bus and/or coach undertakings by means of regular services.
Amendment 47 #
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 111 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A bus and/or coach undertaking shall not be liable pursuant to paragraph 1: (a) if the loss or damage has been caused by 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) to the extent that the loss or damage is the fault of the passenger or was caused by the passenger's negligence.
Amendment 114 #
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 events the passengers concerned shall at least: