Activities of Philip BRADBOURN related to 2008/0237(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
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)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 42 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Taking into account the specific characteristics of urban, suburban and regional regular services, Member States should be granted the right to exempt these types of transport from the application of a significant part of this Regulation. In order to identify urban, and suburban and regional regular services, Member States should take into account criteria such as the administrative division, geographical situation, distance, frequency of services, number of scheduled stops, type of buses or coaches employed, ticketing schemes, fluctuations in passenger numbers between services in peak and off-peak periods, bus codes and timetables.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall apply to the international carriage of passengers by bus and/or coach undertakings by means of regular services.
Amendment 48 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In deciding on the design of new terminals, and as part of major refurbishments, terminal managing bodies should, where possible, take into account the needs of disabled pearsons and persons with reduced mobility. In any case, terminal managing bodies should designate points where such persons can notify their arrival and need for assistance.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with this Chapter, bus and/or coach undertakings shall be liable for the loss or damage resulting from the death of,r personal injury or mental harm to, passengers, caused by accidents arising out of the operation of bus and coach transport services and occurring while the passenger is in, entering or leaving the vehicle.
Amendment 61 #
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 andor 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 62 #
Council position – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 6
Article 2 - paragraph 6
(6) For a maximum period of five years after the expiry of their authorisation, Member States may, on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis, exempt from the application of this Regulation particular regular services because a significant part of the regular service, including at least one scheduled stop, is operated outside the Union. Such exemptions may be renewed.
Amendment 64 #
Council position – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 8
Article 2 - paragraph 8
(8) Nothing in this Regulation shall be understood asto constitutinge technical requirements imposing obligations on carriers or terminal managing bodies to modify or replace buses or coaches or infrastructure or equipment at bus stops and terminals.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. An advance payment shall not constitute recognition of liability and may be offset against any subsequent sums paid on the basis of this Regulation but it shall not be returnable, except in cases where the damage was caused by the negligence or fault of the passenger or where the person who received the advance payment was not the person entitled to compensation.
Amendment 77 #
Council position – amending act
Article 8
Article 8
In the event of an accident arising out of the use of the bus or coach, the carrier shall provide reasonable assistance with regard to the passengers' immediate practical needs following the accident. Any assistance shall not constitute recognition of liability.
Amendment 82 #
Council position – amending act
Article 10 - paragraph 4
Article 10 - paragraph 4
(4) Under the same conditions set out in paragraph 1(a)If a carrier, travel agent or tour operator refuses to accept a reservation from, to issue or otherwise provide a ticket to or to take on board a person on the grounds of disability or of reduced mobility for the reasons set out in paragraph 1 or if the crew of the vehicle concerned consists only of one person who drives the vehicle and who is not in a position to provide the disabled person or the person with reduced mobility with all the assistance as specified in Annex I b, a carrier, travel agent or tour operator may require that a disabled person or person with reduced mobility be accompanied by another person who is capable of providing the assistance required by the disabled person or person with reduced mobility, if this is strictly necessary. Such an accompanying person shall be transported free of charge and, where feasible, seated next to the disabled person or person with reduced mobility.
Amendment 84 #
Council position – amending act
Article 13 - paragraph 1
Article 13 - paragraph 1
(1) Subject to the access conditions provided for in Article 11(1), carriers and terminal managing bodies shall, within their respective areas of competence, at terminals designated by Member States, provide assistance free of charge to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility as, at least to the extent specified in part (a) of Annex I.
Amendment 85 #
Council position – amending act
Article 13 - paragraph 2
Article 13 - paragraph 2
(2) Subject to the access conditions provided for in Article 11(1), carriers shall, on board buses and coaches, provide assistance free of charge to disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility asat least to the extent specified in part (b) of Annex I.
Amendment 88 #
Council position – amending act
Article 16 - paragraph 2
Article 16 - paragraph 2
(2) A Member State may for a maximum period of two years from….+ grant an exemption from the application of paragraph(1)(b) with regard to training of driversrticle 18(1)(b) with regard to training of drivers shall apply with effect from 9 September 2015.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Terminal managing bodies and bus and/or coach undertakings shall ensure appropriate assistance to a disabled person or a person with reduced mobility as specified in Annex I free of charge before, during and after the journey.
Amendment 97 #
Council position – amending act
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a Carriers shall cooperate in order to adopt arrangements at national or European level with the involvement of stakeholders, professional associations and associations of customers, passengers and disabled persons.
Amendment 102 #
Council position – amending act
Article 25
Article 25
Carriers shall set up or have in place a complaint handling mechanism for the rights and obligations set out in Articles 4, 8, 9 and 9 to 24.
Amendment 105 #
Council position – amending act
Article 33
Article 33
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from…+.two years after publication.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. There shall be no limit to the amount of compensation payable pursuant to this Article shall be equivalent to the loss suffered.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex I – part b – indent 5
Annex I – part b – indent 5