The Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations Regulations 2010
This instrument makes provision for the effective implementation, in Great Britain (see regulation 2), of Regulation (EC) No. 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2007 on rail passengers' rights and obligations (“the European Regulation”). The European Regulation harmonises, across the European Union, the rules regarding the rights and obligations of rail passengers. The European Regulation applies to all train journeys and services, whether international or domestic, licensed under Directive 95/18/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 19th June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings (OJ No. L143, 27.6.1995, p.70). The European Regulation reproduces large parts of the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9th May 1980 (Cm 4873) (COTIF), as amended by a Protocol signed at Vilnius on 3rd June 1999. In the UK, COTIF is implemented by the Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092) (“the COTIF Regulations”).