20 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2012/2067(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and to the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (A7-0263/2011),
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is of the opinion that the common criteria (non-discrimination, equal treatment, physical and ICT accessibility, the requirements of ‘design for all’, fulfilment of the transport contract, exact and accessible information in good time, and appropriate assistance without delay in the event of problems), together with the ten specific passenger rights listed in the Commission communication, form a core of rights cutting across modes;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points to the need for the forthcoming initiatives of the European Commission concerning passenger rights to tackle what is missing between the fragmented existing Regulations: a seamless travel chain for all passengers across all modes of transport. In the upcoming reviews of the EU passenger rights rules (in air, rail, waterborne and road transport), the improved convergence between the four legislations should be considered as a priority and amendments made accordingly;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is aware that there are structural differences within individual transport modes and that a single cross-cutting regulation on passenger rights as a whole cannot betherefore work must start as soon as possible on drawning up at present, because the single cross-cutting regulations on passenger rights in waterborne and bus which will enable all Europeand coach transport have not yet entered into forceitizens equally to exercise their right to transport;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on carriers to make greater efforts to inform passengers more fully; considers that information must be provided in time and be readily understandable, accessible to everyone, exact, and complete, and that, as regards possible travel problems, passengers must be made aware of their rights at the outset, when they book a trip;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that the rights and obligations of passengers and of other relevant stakeholders (e.g.: transport operators, infrastructure managers, persons accompanying disabled passengers), as well as all pre-journey travel information (including websites), reservation systems, real-time travel information and on-line services, must be provided to passengers in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or reduced mobility;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s new smartphone application, which provides information about passenger rights in several languages and in a format accessible to passengers with disabilities; calls on the Member States and carriers to press ahead with the development and use of similar modern technologies (including SMS and the use of social networks, video- based sign language services and text- based services to ensure the inclusion of deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech- disabled users);
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that adequately staffed info points and help desks which are physically and ICT-accessible be set up at places of departure and arrival (airports, railway stations, bus terminals, and ports) and that both carriers and the operators of the above facilities provide more comprehensive assistance to passengers in the event of massive travel disruption;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to produce a standard EU-wide complaint form, to be translated into all EU languages and, which is accessible for the blind and can be used for all modes, which should be given to passengers when they make a reservation; believes that a fixed maximum time limit for handling complaints should be laid down for all modes;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls for a European-level Passenger Rights Monitoring System which would further ensure proper implementation and monitoring of all passenger rights legislations at European level across all modes of transport. Such a System could also assist in cases where the language of the complainant is different from the official language(s) of the Member State in which the complaint has been filled;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the European Commission to set up harmonized minimum rules across modes on the minimum level of care to be provided in case of long delay at the transport terminal/station or on the vehicle/train/boat/plane. Accommodation or alternative transport arrangements for persons with disabilities must be accessible and adequate assistance must be provided;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Requests the Commission to deal with the matter of liability for damage to baggage and specifically to mobility or assistive devices, given that the cost of replacing these frequently exceeds the maximum amount of reimbursement permitted by international law;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on carriers to give the utmost attention to passenger safety and train their staff to cope with emergencies, including maintaining contact with persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities; stresses that such training must be carried out in cooperation with representative organisations of persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on carriers, together with industry and representative organisations of persons with disabilities, to devise comprehensible standard notification procedures and, if possible, set up coordinated notification systems, so as to make travel easier for people with disabilities or reduced mobility and enable them to communicate their assistance needs in advance;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Maintains that the transport infrastructure must be such as to enable people with disabilities or reduced mobility to have access which is without discrimination and complies with the requirements of ‘design for all’ to all means of transport; as regards the cases in which unaccompanied people with disabilities are denied boarding on account of safety regulations, draws attention to the judgment handed down by a French court in January 2012;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to review, in cooperation with the carriers, the safety standards relating to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility in order to produce a single standard applicable to the various transport sectors, primarily air transport.1 __________________ 1 Recent experience shows, for example, a discrepancy in the maximum number of deaf people allowed by different air carriers, the justifications for which are unclear. See the relevant written question to the Commission: E-005530/12.
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Maintains that carriers must improve the quality of assistance to people with disabilities or reduced mobility and train their staff to be more aware of the needs of people in those categories, including maintaining contact with persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities; stresses that such training must be carried out in cooperation with representative organisations of persons with reduced mobility and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Is of the opinion that in case where a disabled passenger must travel accompanied by a person, the accompanying person should travel free of charge as this is what the passenger needs to travel;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Maintains that in case of travel disruption, information regarding delays or cancellations, hotel accommodations, alternative transport arrangements, reimbursement schemes, continuation or re-routing options must be communicated in accessible formats for persons with disabilities or reduced mobility;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the industry to develop a clear systeminfrastructure which is ICT-accessible to everyone for ‘through tickets’ (i.e. transport contracts for several legs of a journey using the same mode) and integrated tickets (i.e. contacts for intermodal transport chains); draws attention in this connection to the Rail Regulation, which requires computer- assisted information and reservation systems to be adapted to common standards so as to enable travel information and ticketing services to be organised on an EU-wide basis;