Press Release: Regulation on ship passengers’ rights adopted, Luxembourg, 11 October 2010

Ship passengers will benefit from enhanced rights to compensation and assistance when their journey is cancelled or delayed. Passengers with disabilities or reduced mobility will be protected against discrimination when booking a journey and will receive appropriate assistance at embarkation and disembarkation as well as on board. Those are the main elements of the new regulation adopted on 11 October 2010 by the Council.