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Maritime lobby blocks rule on passenger rights
Date: 01 Apr 2009 00:00 Source: Lloyds ListAllies of Europe’s maritime industries in the European parliament have succeeded in watering down a Brussels regulation on passenger rights, writes Justin Stares in Brussels.
Euro MPs voted yesterday to exclude passenger carriers from the obligation to provide compensation following delays in case of force majeure, which was loosely defined.
The original version foresaw “free of charge hotel,” transport and meals in all cases if a delay led to an additional overnight stay.
“Compensation should not be conditional on unspecified material circumstances,” argued the law’s rapporteur, French Euro MP Michel Teychenné.
But MEPs in the parliament’s transport committee argued that ferry and cruise operators should not be responsible for delays beyond their control. Among those asking for changes were British MEP Timothy Kirkhope and Germany’s Georg Jarzembowski.
The calls led to a compromise amendment backed by all the major political groups defining force majeure as “extreme tidal conditions, strong winds, significant wave heights and ice formation”. The report was approved by 18 votes to none with 14 abstentions and now passes to the parliament plenary later in April.
In parallel, EU transport ministers also discussed the proposal, stating after their meeting that they hoped to reach agreement by June.
The regulation follows similar laws in aviation and land transport.
“We have no problem with the objectives of the law, but we hope that the specificities of the industry will be taken into account,” said European Community Shipowners’ Association secretary-general Alfons Guinier.
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