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"en.20111115.27.2-434-876"2
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"The accession to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea is a long-standing issue followed up by the EU and by the Parliament.
The convention itself dates back to 1974 with the safety of passenger ships and passenger rights lying at its heart. It was, however, considered insufficient, and there is therefore a need to incorporate changes into it relating, above all, to carriers’ liability, compulsory insurance, a limit for liability for death and personal injury, or for loss of or damage to luggage and vehicles. The Protocol, which was adopted on 1 November 2002, amended the Athens Convention in a way that it also satisfied these key elements.
Considering that most of the desirable elements were then covered by the Protocol, the Commission proposed in 2003 that the EU, together with the Member States, became contracting parties to the Protocol. The Union now has exclusive competence to accede to the Athens Protocol as far as the matters covered by the regulation are concerned, and all other aspects of the Protocol which are not covered by the regulation belong to the competence of Member States. Taking into account the process applied in the case of international agreements, the accession to the Protocol is submitted to Parliament for consent and, in my opinion, it is also right for the Committee on Transport and Tourism to issue a positive opinion on the conclusion of this agreement."@en1
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