7 Amendments of Brian SIMPSON related to 2011/2150(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the legal framework protecting passenger rights needs to guarantee a minimum standard of consumer protection that withstands the evolving commercial practices of airlines;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that Member States must ensure the provision of independent enforcement bodies (hereinafter referred as ‘EBs’) to sanction infringements and to resolve disputes between passengers and industry; and that all EBs shall fully investigate all complaints received.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that air carriers should ensure the presence of contact personnel at each airport they operate from who can take immediate decisions in case of disruption, in particular with regard to assistance, reimbursement, rerouting and rebooking, lost or delayed baggage, and with whom complaints can be lodged;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to examine measures that would provide protection for arriving as well as departing passengers, to ensure that passengers are properly compensated in the event of loss of or unacceptably long delays to baggage.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of the existing legislation on price transparency and to require that the advertised price is a fairn accurate reflection of the final price;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to address the proliferation of unfair terms in air carrier contracts such as the non-transferability of tickets; unreasonably high surcharges for payment by credit and debit cards, checked in luggage, online and at the gate check in fees; unreasonable restrictions on carry on luggage purchased at the airport; and the unfair requirement that passengers must use the outgoing part of a return ticket in order to be able to use the return part;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Commission to revise compensation criteria, levels and mechanisms; stresses that the currently applicable compensation levels should in no way be weakened, and that particular equal treattmention should be given to every passenger who has experienced long delays, irrespective of the cause in order to take fully into account the damages he has suffered both departing and arriving passengers to ensure arriving passengers are not subject to undue delay;