information, travel warnings, disabled persons, persons with reduced mobiliy, non-discrimination, tickets, service quality standards, compliance, national enforcement bodies, disruption, delay, cancellation, enforcement, simplification, clarification, sustainability, liability. INTRODUCTION The so called “Passenger Mobility Package” introduced by the EU Commission in November 2023, basically comprises of four parts: a revision of the Package Travel Directive 2015,2 a number of amendments to the ‘Passenger Rights Regulations’,3 a proposal for a new Regulation on Multimodal Journeys and a revision of the Multimodal Travel Information Service (MMTIS). The article gives an overview of the Commisson’s respective proposals and takes a closer look at those aspects that the author considers to be particularly well-done or particularly problematic. I. REVISION OF THE PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE4 With regard to the Package Travel Directive, the proposal aims for an even more effective protection of package travellers, in particular, during crisis situations, learning the lessons from the Covid19 pandemic and the Thomas Cook insolvency.5 The title of the proposal also indicates a simplification and clarification of certain aspects of the Package Travel Directive 2015, some 2 Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (“PTD 2015”). 3 Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91; Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air; Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004; Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 ; Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations. 4 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive, COM(2023) 905 final (further referred to as CP 2023 PTD). 5 https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/passenger-mobility-package-2023-11-29_en. 2 MICHAEL WUKOSCHITZ
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