3 Amendments of Dominique RIQUET related to 2008/0237(COD)
Amendment 43 #
Council position – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Taking into account the specific characteristics of urban, suburban and regional and intercity regular services, Member States should be granted the right to exempt these types of transport from the application of a significant part of this Regulation. In order to identify urban, suburban and regional and intercity regular services, Member States should take into account criteria such as division of administrative authority, geographical location, distance, frequency of services, number of scheduled stops, type of buses or coaches employed, ticketing schemes, fluctuations in passenger numbers between services in peak and off-peak periods, bus codes and timetables.
Amendment 60 #
Council position – amending act
Article 2 - paragraph 4
Article 2 - paragraph 4
(4). With the exception of Articles 4(2), 9 and, 10(1), 20, 25 and 26, Member States may exempt urban, suburban and regional and intercity regular services, including cross-border services of that type, from the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 94 #
Council position – amending act
Article 21
Article 21
1. For a journey of a scheduled duration of more than three hours the carrier shall, in case of cancellation or delay in departure from a terminal of more than two hours, offer the passenger free of charge: (a) snacks, meals or refreshments in reasonable relation to the waiting time or delay, provided they are available on the bus or in the terminal, or can reasonably be supplied; (b) assistance to find a hotel room or other accommodation as well as assistance to arrange transport between the terminal and the place of accommodation in cases where a stay of one or more nights becomes necessary. 2. In the event of late arrival where the delay is the result of - negligence or an error on the part of the driver or - a vehicle breakdown: (a) passengers shall be entitled to compensation equivalent to 25% of the price of the ticket in the event of a delay exceeding one hour and to 50% of the price of the ticket in the event of a delay exceeding two hours. The price of the ticket shall be the full price paid by the passenger for the part of the journey which gave rise to the delay. The compensation must be paid within one month following receipt of the application; (b) passengers must be offered the assistance described in paragraph 1. 3. An undertaking shall be relieved of that liability if the cancellation or delay can be attributed to one of the following causes: - outside circumstances not connected with the operation of the service and which the carrier, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent; - fault or negligence on the part of a passenger; or - behaviour by a third party which the carrier, in spite of having taken the care required in the particular circumstances of the case, could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent.