Application of regulation 1177/2010 in Croatia ‒ What more can be done for passengers with disabilities and passengers with reduced mobility?
Application of regulation 1177/2010 in Croatia ‒ What more can be done for passengers with disabilities and passengers with reduced mobility?

Summary/Abstract: Persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility face discrimination every day. Although great effort has been made during the last decade towards improving their position, there is still room for progress. The European Union (EU) adopted Regulation 392/2009 and Regulation 1177/2010 in order to enhance the protection and rights of passengers while in transport by sea. Regulation 392/2009 incorporates the relevant provisions of the 2002 Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea 1974. It also contains some additional provisions aiming to obtain complete uniformity within the EU as well as to ensure suitable protection for passengers. Regulation 1177/2010, on the other hand, establishes rules for sea and inland waterway transport whose main goal is to achieve the non-discrimination of passengers with regard to transport conditions offered by carriers and non-discrimination and assistance for persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility. Bypassing these acts, the EU has provided comprehensive protection for passengers in carriage by sea, giving special consideration to persons with disabilities. The Republic of Croatia has harmonised Croatian legislation on the maritime carriage of passengers with Regulation 392/2009 by amending its Maritime Code in 2013, while solutions from Regulation 1177/2010 were incorporated in Croatian legislation through the Amendments to the Act on Transport in Liner and Occasional Coastal Shipping, also in 2013. At the end of 2019, new amendments to this Act were adopted, further improving the rights of persons with disabilities and persons with reduced mobility.

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