PRAVNI ZAPISI • Year II • No. 1 • pp. 114-134
NEW TRAVELLERS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN EU RAILWAY CARRIAGE LAW
Prof. dr Damnjanović Katarina
Vanredna profesorka, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta Union u Beogradu
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Pravni zapisi, no. 1/2011, pp. 114-134
Review Article
KEY WORDS
common transport policy; rail transport; rail passengers’ rights; railway companies; persons operating railway stations; persons with disabilities and limited mobility; rail transport contract; direct road
ABSTRACT
In December 2009 within the framework of the Third Railway Package a new European Parliament and Council Regulation no. 1371/2007 on International Rail Passenger’s Rights and Obligations entered into force. The main goal of this Regulation was to regulate provisions for several essential problems: information of passengers, question concerning ticketing, care of passengers with handicaps and restricted mobility, definition and control of quality standards, liability for personal injury, for loss and damage to baggage and for delays. Those new rules had to be adopted in accordance with existing international law on carriage by rail, namely CIV Uniform Rules of Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF Convention) which last revision entered into force mid-2006. This article analysis the essential solutions of the mentioned Regulation in attempt to point up especially new rights of passengers with handicaps and restricted mobility and pay attention to the high standards that Serbia must fulfill in the process of integration in EU in this domain.