Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-07-02-Speech-3-292"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-07-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Compensation and assistance to air passengers2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030702.9.3-292"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-07-02-Speech-3-2932
lpv:speaker	lp:Herman Vermeer2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ELDR (2001-11-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (2001-11-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur, ladies and gentlemen, better passenger protection is an issue particularly close to my heart. Nevertheless, I have had considerable reservations about this proposal for a long time now. I have endeavoured to translate these into amendments, both now and at first reading. It does indeed signify a great improvement for the European air passenger, but this is not the whole story. I do not think that it wins any prizes as a model for clear legislation. The thing that causes me great concern is that the whole aviation sector is being lumped together. No account is taken of the differences and the business practices of the various aviation niches in the European market. Line carriers, regional airlines, tour operators and low-cost airlines are all boxed together. In addition, I find it particularly regrettable that the European Commission has not carried out any serious feasibility study into the implications of the measures to be introduced. This is very strange given that the administrative burden will be enormous. As a Liberal, I am very much in favour of liberalisation of the internal market. Most of the companies participating in this are low-cost carriers, and it is precisely these that this regime will probably hit the hardest. Passengers do not deserve that – as it is they that will ultimately foot the bill. The sum of compensation ought to be proportional to the final amount paid for the ticket. Compensation must be paid where flights are cancelled. The extent seems to me to be particularly limited: only 10% of cancelled fights are eligible for compensation in actual fact. I hope that we will be able to give consumers crystal-clear information, so that they know who is responsible for which compensation. In the event of flight cancellations, passengers have the right to know when they are entitled to compensation and when they are not. That is my main objection at the moment."@en1

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