7 Amendments of Spyros DANELLIS related to 2008/0237(COD)
Amendment 44 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Passengers and, as a minimum, persons whom the passenger had, or would have had, a legal duty to maintain should enjoy adequate protection in the event of accidents arising out of the use of the bus or coachshould enjoy protection in the event of accidents arising out of the use of the bus or coach, equal to that laid down in respect of other modes of transport in the event of accidents resulting in death or injury, taking into account Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability.
Amendment 46 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Passengers should, in addition to compensation in accordance with applicable national law in the event of death or personal injury or loss of or damage to luggage due to accidents arising out of the use of the bus or coach, be entitled to assistance with regard to their immediate practical and financial needs following an accident. Such assistance cshould include, where necessary, first aid, accommodation, food, clothes and, transport and funeral expenses.
Amendment 47 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In the event of death or injury, the carrier should have drawn up a crisis plan which provides for a financial sum for each passenger, which can be paid in advance as soon as possible after the accident, to cover immediate financial needs, proportional to the damage suffered. The remaining amount of the expenses incurred in covering those needs should be paid immediately once the transport undertaking is proved to be culpable.
Amendment 49 #
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 possibleithout exception and as an essential condition, take into account the needs of disabled persons 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 55 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Inconvenience experienced by passengers due to cancellation or long delay of their journey should be reduced. To this end, passengers departing from terminals should be adequately looked after and informed. Passengers should also be able to cancel their journey and have their tickets reimbursed or to continue their journey or to obtain re-routing under satisfactory conditions. Where carriers do not provide passengers with the necessary assistance, passengers should be entitled to financial compensation proportional to the inconvenience they have suffered. The above provisions should not apply in the event of force majeure, such as severe weather conditions endangering passengers' safety.
Amendment 78 #
Council position – amending act
Article 8
Article 8
Immediate practical and financial needs of passengers 1. 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 notSuch assistance should include, where necessary, first aid, accommodation, food, clothes, transport and funeral expenses. 2. In the event of death or injury, the carrier shall pay a financial sum to each passenger, which shall be paid in advance as soon as possible after the accident, to cover immediate financial needs, proportional to the damage suffered. The remaining amount of the expenses incurred in covering those needs should be paid immediately once the transport undertaking is proved to be culpable. No payment made in advance or assistance provided shall constitute recognition of liability.
Amendment 99 #
Council position – amending act
Article 24 - paragraph 1
Article 24 - paragraph 1
(1) Carriers and terminal managing bodies shall, within their respective areas of competence, ensure that passengers are provided with appropriate and comprehensible information regarding their rights under this Regulation at the latest on departure. The information shall be provided at terminals and where applicable, on the Internet. At the request of a disabled person or person with reduced mobility the information shall be provided in an accessible formain a format accessible to all, whether users of modern information media or not, at terminals and where applicable, on the Internet. This information shall include contact details of the enforcement body or bodies designated by the Member State pursuant to Article 27(1).