6 Amendments of Knut FLECKENSTEIN related to 2013/0072(COD)
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to increase legal certainty for air carriers and passengers, a more precise definition of the concept of “extraordinary circumstances” is needed, which takes into account the judgement of the European Court of Justice in the case C-549/07 (Wallentin-Hermann). Such a definition should be further clarified via a non- exhaustivefinal list of circumstances that are clearly identified as extraordinary or not.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 2 – point n
Article 2 – point n
«flight» means an air transport operation between two airports; intermediate stops for technical and operational purposes only shall not be taken into consideration;
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) 261/2004
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
In Article 4(4), the following paragraph shall be inserted: 4a. Where the ticket includes more than two flights (outbound and return) and the passenger is denied boarding on the grounds that carriage is not used on all individual flights or not used in the agreed sequence this shall not be treated as denial of boarding within the meaning of paragraph 4. If a passenger cannot take one or more of the flights on such a ticket through no fault of his/her own, he/she may board the remaining flights at no additional cost provided that, no later than at the time of boarding for the subsequent flight, he/she informs the airline of the circumstances.
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Where passengers choose the option referred to in paragraph 1(b), they shall, subject to availability, have the right to re- routing via another air carrier or another mode of transport where the operating air carrier cannot transport the passenger on its own services and in time to arrive at the final destination within 12 hours of the scheduled arrival time. The air carrier shall inform the passenger, within five hours of the scheduled departure time, whether it will transport the passenger on its own services within the time limit. Notwithstanding Article 22(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/200823, the other air carrier or other transport operator shall not charge the contracting carrier a price that goes beyond the average price paid by its own passengers for equivalent services in the last three months. __________________ 23 OJ L 293, 31.10.2008, p. 3.
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 2027/97
Article 6d – paragraph 1
Article 6d – paragraph 1
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1
Annex 1
Regulation (EC) 261/2004
Annex 1 – introductory part
Annex 1 – introductory part
'Annex: non-exhaustive list of circumstances considered as extraordinary circumstances for the purposes of this Regulation