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“the 2004 Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91(2);
“the 2010 Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004(4);
“the Act” means the Consumer Rights Act 2015;
“the Carriage by Air Conventions” are—
the Warsaw Convention;
the Warsaw Convention, as amended at the Hague, 1955;
the Warsaw Convention, as amended by Additional Protocol No.1 of Montreal, 1975;
the Warsaw Convention, as amended at the Hague, 1955, and by Additional Protocol No.2 of Montreal, 1975;
the Warsaw Convention, as amended at the Hague, 1955, and by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975;
the Convention supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier, signed at Guadalajara, 18th September 1961; and
the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, signed at Montreal 28th May 1999;
“consumer transport service” means—
a rail passenger service;
carriage by air to which the 2004 Regulation or the Carriage by Air Conventions or enactments giving effect to the provisions of those Conventions apply; and
sea and inland waterway transport to which the 2010 Regulation applies;
“rail passenger service” means any rail passenger service supplied by any undertaking other than those specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of article 2(2) of Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21st November 2012 establishing a single European railway area (recast)(5);
“the Warsaw Convention” means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the International Carriage by Air, signed at Warsaw 12th October 1929.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2015, see art. 1
OJ No L 046, 17.02.2004, p1.
OJ No L 036, 08.02.1991, p5.
OJ No L 334, 17.12.2010, p1.
OJ No L 364, 09.12.2004, p1.
OJ No L 343, 14.12.2012, p32.
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