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Madam President, Mr Twigg, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Evans once again for his excellent work and I would also like to thank the Committee on Transport and Tourism. The amendments proposed enhance the Commission’s objectives. They enable us to put the emphasis firmly on the need to prevent any discrimination against people with reduced mobility and on the need to assist them when they travel by air, throughout Europe. These amendments serve to clarify the text by reaching a compromise that is positive for everyone, and I would also like, Mr Twigg, to thank the Council for having enabled us to reach an agreement at first reading.
The Commission accepts all of the amendments in this compromise. It also adds a statement, enabling it to confirm its commitment to look into the possibility of extending the rights of passengers with reduced mobility to compensation if their wheelchairs, the equipment enabling them to be mobile, is damaged, destroyed or lost when being transported.
I would like to thank Parliament one last time for its support and I must say that the text you are going to adopt will have a practical impact on more than 40 million people with reduced mobility in Europe, a figure taken from the communication that Commissioner Špidla has just published. That is all I have to say, Madam President, and I would add that it is now up to the Commission and to the Commissioner responsible for transport to ensure that this text is properly implemented. I do indeed commit to doing so following the excellent work done by Parliament and the Council."@en1
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