Parliament supports Commission's agenda for better protection of passengers
23/10/2012
The European Parliament adopted today a report by MEP Georges Bach calling for more EU action to strengthen passenger rights.
The report stresses the need to make passenger rights easily understandable to all citizens, to facilitate their implementation and enforcement, and to ensure a similar approach for all modes of transport. The work of the European Parliament in the area of passenger rights, including the report it adopted on air passenger rights on 29 March 2012, gives support to the Commission’s ambitious agenda to promote better protection for passengers facing travel disruptions whether they travel by air, rail, waterborne or road transport.
Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for transport, said: "Today's vote is extremely important for all EU citizens, as it promotes the most appropriate protection when travelling, regardless of which mode of transport is chosen. The Commission will keep working to make sure that EU legislation on passenger rights is properly and effectively applied".
