Activities of Thomas ULMER related to 2008/0237(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 75 #
Council position – amending act
Article 3 - point r
Article 3 - point r
(r) "cancellation" means the non-operation of a regular service which was previously scheduled for which at least one reservation within the meaning of Article 2(n) has been made;
Amendment 81 #
Council position – amending act
Article 10 - paragraph 3
Article 10 - paragraph 3
(3) If a disabled person or a person with reduced mobility, who holds a reservation or has a ticket and has complied with the requirements of Article 14(1)(a), is nonetheless refused permission to board on the grounds of his disability or reduced mobility, that person and any accompanying person pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article shall be offered the choice between: (a) the right to reimbursement, and where relevant a return service free of charge to the first point of departure, as set out in the transport contract, at the earliest opportunity; (b) e. Except where not feasible, continuation ofthe bus and/or coach undertaking shall provide information about the possibilities for continuing the journey or re-routing by reasonable alternative transport services to the place of destination set out in the transport contract.
Amendment 91 #
Council position – amending act
Article 19 - paragraph 1
Article 19 - paragraph 1
(1) Where a carrier reasonably expects a regular service to be cancelled or delayed in departure from a terminal for more than 120 minutes, the passenger shall immediately be offered the choice between: (a) except where not feasible, continuation or re-routing to the final destination, under comparable conditions, as set out in the transport contract, at the earliest opportunity; (b) failing that, reimbursement of the ticket price, and, where relevant, a return service by bus or coach free of charge to the first point of departure, as set out in the transport contract, at the earliest opportunity.
Amendment 93 #
Council position – amending act
Article 19 - paragraph 2
Article 19 - paragraph 2
(2) Where aIf the cancellation or delay is the regsular service it of: (a) circumstances not connected with the operation of bus and coach transport services and which the bus cancelled or delayd/or coach undertaking could not have avoided, in departure from a bus stop for more than 120 minutes, passengers shall have the right to such continuation or re- routing orspite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, and the consequences of which it was unable to prevent; (b) passenger negligence; or (c) the actions of a third party 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 passengers shall have the right only to reimbursement of the ticket price from the carrier. .