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Mr President, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mr Georges Bach, and the members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism for their work in taking the issue of passenger rights forward.
A constructive debate has taken place since the Commission presented its vision for a more coherent and effective implementation of EU passenger rights across all modes of transport in its communication at the end of last year.
I would like to make the following specific comments on the report: the Commission shares the objective of consolidating the current framework into a single cross-modal regulation, but in the medium term. The regulations on passengers’ rights in the field of coach and maritime transport have yet to come into force. There remain major differences between transport modes, and the convergence of passengers’ rights will inevitably be a gradual process.
The Commission agrees with the creation of an EU-wide complaint form for each transport mode. A complaint form already exists for aviation. The Commission intends to develop forms for the other modes, taking into account their specificities.
The Commission is also conscious of the impact that airline bankruptcy has on flight-only passengers. The recent failures of Spanair and Malev were collectively well managed, thanks to a proactive approach based on providing information and promoting other carriers’ cheap rescue fares. This proves that the current legislation makes adequate provision for dealing with bankruptcies. However, solutions are needed to ensure passengers are not left stranded and are quickly reimbursed.
The Commission therefore intends to come up, in late 2012, with these new solutions – which are not necessarily of a legislative nature – in order to ensure implementation that is as swift as possible.
Finally, the issue of price transparency in aviation is addressed in several pieces of legislation, most notably the Air Services Regulation. I would like to inform the honourable Members that this legislation is currently undergoing a fitness check to establish whether it is adequate for its original purpose and if it should be revised. The Commission will inform Parliament of the results in due course.
The work done by Parliament in the area of passenger rights is providing valuable guidance to the Commission, especially in view of the forthcoming revision of the Regulation on air passenger rights."@en1
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