Traduction de «Conférence Européenne des Tarifs Voyageurs » (Français → Anglais) :

16. Notes that existing commercial practices (such as check-in fees, priority boarding fees, excessive credit card-payment fees especially when buying more than 1 ticket, luggage fees, fees for complying with EU legislation or the blocking of double the amount of the price of the ticket from the passenger’s bank account for a certain period of time) lead to substantive differences between the advertised and the final price thus misleading consumers about the components making up final air fares and therefore stresses the need to ensur ...[+++]e price transparency, similarly to the provisions on passenger transport services in the recently adopted Consumer Rights Directive which states that before the consumer is bound by any contract or ay offer, the trader shall provide the consumer with the total price inclusive of taxes; insists that the advertised price must fairly reflect the final price, urges the Commission for an increased control of advertised and final air fares, especially on the airlines’ websites;

Furthermore, to enable citizens of the Member States, including travellers and disabled users, ║ to reach certain services by using the same recognisable numbers at similar prices in all Member States, the powers of the Commission to adopt technical implementing measures should also cover, where necessary, the applicable tariff principle or mechanism, as well as the establishment of a single EU front-up call number ensuring user-friendly access to those services .

Bearing in mind recent EU case law which rules that vessel supply management is permitted only on condition that it does not create artificial demand in conjunction with freight rate increases and the power of conferences to fix freight rates is restricted to a significant extent, it may be said that the four cumulative criteria of Article 81(3) of the Treaty have been met, if only partially.

9. Concludes, on the basis of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Community (the TACA case), that the regulation of vessel capacity is permissible only if no artificial demand is created along with increases in freight rates and only if the power of conferences to fix freight rates has been significantly limited, the four cumulative conditions laid down in Article 81 of the Treaty thus being fulfilled, if only part ...[+++]ially;

1. In accordance with the mandate given to it by the Council on 7 December 1995 the Commission negotiated a community agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus with third countries in Central and Eastern Europe which are members of the Conference of Ministers of Transport.

The Green Paper has been widely welcomed. This positive response has allowed the rapid preparation of a first series of follow-up actions, including a strict time schedule with the following main points : - the complete opening of terminal equipment markets by 31 December 1990 : a proposal on this subject will be submitted before end- March 1988; - progressive opening of the market for telecommunications services from 1989 onwards; - full mutual recognition of type approvals : a draft directive will be submitted before the end of 1988; - full opening of the receiving antenna market (Receive Only Satellite antennas - ROS) before 31 December 1989, except where they are connected to public networks; - the setting up of a ...[+++]European Telecommunications Standards Institute : agreement with the European Conference of Postal ad Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) has been reached; CEPT has already taken the basic decision to establish such an institute by April 1988; - progressive implementation of cost-oriented telecommunication tariffs; - application of VAT to telecommunications (the 18th VAT directive is currently under discussion by the Council); - full application of EC competition rules to the sector; the Commission intends to draw up corresponding guidelines; - ensuring independence of procurement decisions of telecommunications administrations and the opening of public procurement. - 2 - On certain other issues discussions will continue over the weeks and months to come.