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CIV Working Group focuses on developments in EU legislation and on international level
CIV Working Group focuses on developments in EU legislation and on international level
The CIV Working Group met on 19 and 20 February in-person in Bern and online. The highlights of the meeting, chaired by Oliver Hirschfeld (DB), were discussions on developments in EU legislation such as the proposed Regulation on passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys as well as a survey on a possible revision of the CIV Uniform Rules.
Proposal of the European Commission on multimodal passenger rights and review of the Passenger Rights Framework - Proposed amendments to Rail PRR 2021
The CIV Working Group was updated on the latest developments concerning the proposal on multimodal passenger rights and the review of the Passenger Rights Framework. After the proposals were made by the European Commission, the Council reached a General Approach on the draft texts. The proposals are now being discussed within the Parliament.
Important developments in the field of the Telematics TSI
In addition, participants in the CIV Working Group were given an overview of the status of the TSI revision; the key points of the text proposal were presented. The importance of the Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) was once more emphasized and that CIT is advocating for its inclusion in the TSI.
OTIF consultation on a possible revision to COTIF and its appendices
One other important topic was the discussion on a survey launched by the OTIF Secretariat concerning a potential revision to COTIF itself and its appendices on railway contract law such as the CIV Uniform Rules (“CIV”) etc.
During the last meeting of the CIV Working Group, members already discussed the replies to the survey and which amendments to the CIV might be necessary. The answer to the survey was submitted to OTIF in January this year. The CIV Working Group considered it important to ask whether the definition of carrier in the CIV corresponds to market needs and what the role of carriers as ticket vending entities in the CIV is. These topics were further discussed during the meeting in February.
Court cases and legal questions on the Rail PRR
Also discussed were interesting court cases such as a preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on data protection and ticketing which can be found here of this edition of CIT News.
Other passenger rights issues were subsequently discussed, especially that of extended ticket booking horizons in connection with passenger rights.
Finally, the CIV Working Group also honoured Jan Svensson at the session. Jan has made an enormous contribution to the work of the CIT CIV Working Group in various roles, as SJ representative, as chair and of course as a member of the CIT team. The CIV WG and the entire CIT team would like to thank Jan once again for his many years of cooperation and extraordinary support.
