Air carrier liability in case of air accidents
1995/0359(SYN)
In adopting the report by Mr Isidoro SANCHEZ GARCIA (ARE, E), Parliament amended
the proposal for a Council Regulation on air carrier liability in case of
accidents. In its amendments Parliament:
- sought to improve the arrangements for passenger protection and the making of
prompt advance payments to injured passengers or their next-of-kin: the air
carrier would make, within a period of 10 days, the advance payments needed to
meet the immediate costs;
- proposed increasing the strict liability of the air carrier from ECU 100 000
to ECU 120 000;
- called for better information for passengers and hoped that negotiations would
make it possible to extend such arrangements to third country air carriers.
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