5 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2008/0237(COD)
Amendment 45 #
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 needs following an accident. Such assistance couldmust, where necessary, include first aid, accommodation, food, clothes and, transport and burial costs.
Amendment 50 #
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, – without exception – take into account the needs of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, in accordance with ‘design for all’ requirements. In any case, terminal managing bodies should designate points where such persons can notify their arrival and need for assistance.
Amendment 56 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Inconvenience experienced by passengers due to cancellation or longsignificant delay of their journey should be reduced. To this end, passengers departing from terminals should be adequately looked after and informed in a way which is accessible to everyone. 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.
Amendment 58 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The Member States must promote the use of public transport and introduce interoperable IT systems which can handle all forms of transport to deal with information on timetables, prices and issuing tickets for more than one means of transport, in order to optimise the use and interoperability of different means of transport. These services must be accessible to disabled persons.
Amendment 65 #
Council position – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 8
Article 2 - paragraph 8
(8). Nothing in this Regulation shall be understood as constituting 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.