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Rail Passenger Rights Regulation
The Rail Passenger Rights Regulation 2021 (EU2021/782gives railway passengers basic Passenger rights, rights in EU law to refunds and minimum levels of service. As a Regulation (European Union), regulation, it has mandatory application without the need for implementing legislation. Before this many countries, such as the UK enterprise law, United Kingdom, had no rights set in law for rail passengers. The Regulation creates minimum rights which every member state law, and every rail undertaking, may improve upon. A 2007 version of the Regulation was updated by Regulation (EU) No 2021/782, applicable from June 7, 2023. Contents The following is a summary of the Regulation's provisions: *article 3, definitions *art 4, transport contract conditions governed by Annex I *art 5, non-discriminatory contract conditions and tariffs on basis of nationality *art 6, enables bikes on trains if it does not adversely affect rail *art 7, obligations to passengers under this Regulation cannot b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India), with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024. Since 1979, the Parliament has been directly elected every five years by the citizens of the European Union through universal suffrage. Voter turnout in parliamentary elections decreased each time after 1979 until 2019, when voter turnout increased by eight percentage points, and rose above 50% for the first time since 1994. The voting age is 18 in all EU member states e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
