10 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2017/0237(COD)
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In the light of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in order to give persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility opportunities for rail travel comparable to those of other citizens, rules for non-discrimination and assistance during their journey should be established. Persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, whether caused by disability, age or any other factor, have the same right as all other citizens to free movement and to non-discrimination. Inter alia, special attention should be given to the provision of accessible information to persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility concerning the accessibility of rail services, access conditions of rolling stock and the facilities on board. In order to provide passengers with sensory impairment with the best information on delays, visual and audible systems should be used, as which are appropriate and comprehensible to those passengers. Persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility should be enabled to buy tickets on board a train without extra charges. Staff should be adequately trained to respond to the needs of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, notably when providing assistance. To ensure equal travel conditions, such persons should be provided with assistance at stations and on board at all times when trains operate and not only at certain times of the day.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In the event of delay, passengers should be provided with continued or re- routed transport options under comparable transport conditions. The needs of and appropriate information for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility should be taken into account in such an event.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be provided in the most appropriate format including by using up-to-date communication technologies . Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that this information is accessible and comprehensible to persons with disabilities in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX and Regulation 454/2011 .
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. In applying paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, the operating railway undertaking shall pay particular attention to the needs of persons with disabilities and, persons with reduced mobility and, any accompanying persons and/or service animals.
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. In addition to the obligations on railway undertakings pursuant to Article 13a(3) of Directive 2012/34/EU, the station manager of a railway station handling at least 10 000 passengers per day on average over a year shall ensure that the operations of the station, the railway undertakings and the infrastructure manager are coordinated through a proper contingency plan in order to prepare for the possibility of major disruption and long delays leading to a considerable number of passengers being stranded in the station. The plan shall ensure that stranded passengers, including those with disabilities and/or reduced mobility, are provided with adequate assistance and information, including in accessible formats in accordance with the accessibility requirements laid down in Directive XXX. The plan shall also include requirements for the accessibility of alert and information systems. Upon request, the station manager shall make the plan, and any amendments to it, available to the national enforcement body or to any other body designated by a Member State. Station managers of railway stations handling fewer than 10 000 passengers per day on average over a year shall make all reasonable efforts to coordinate station users and to assist and inform stranded passengers in such situations.
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
(2) When a railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator exercises the derogation provided for in Article 20(2), it shall upon request inform in writing the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility concerned of its reasons for doing so within five working days of the refusal to make the reservation or to issue the ticket or the imposition of the condition of being accompanied. The railway undertaking, ticket vendor or tour operator shall make reasonable efforts tomust propose an alternative transport option to the person in question taking into account his or her accessibility needs.
Amendment 514 #
a) assistance shall be provided on condition that the railway undertaking, the station manager, the ticket vendor or the tour operator with which the ticket was purchased is notified of the person’s need for such assistance at least 482 hours before the assistance is needed. Where a ticket or season ticket permits multiple journeys, one notification shall be sufficient provided that adequate information on the timing of subsequent journeys is provided. Such notifications shall be forwarded to all other railway undertakings and station managers involved in the person’s journey;
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) assistance shall be provided on condition that the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility presents him or herself at the designated point at a time stipulated by the railway undertaking or station manager providing such assistance. Any time stipulated shall not be more than 60 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in. If no time is stipulated by which the person with disabilities or person with reduced mobility is required to present him or herself, the person shall present him or herself at the designated point at least 30 minutes before the published departure time or the time at which all passengers are asked to check in.
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
(1) Where railway undertakings and station managers lose or cause loss of, or damage to, wheelchairs, other mobility equipment or assistive devices and assistant dogs used by persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, they shall be liable for and compensate that loss or damage as soon as possible.
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure that, upon recruitment, all newactively engage and involve persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility, including employees receivewith disability-related training and that personnel attend regular refresher training coursesies or reduced mobility, and their representative organizations in the disability-related training of employees and staff.