FinlandTransport Services Act, s. 150 a, accessibility information on passenger transport services and stations, terminals and ports under the EU passenger rights regulations
Laki liikenteen palveluista (320/2017), 150 a §
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Disclosure
What it requires
- If you carry passengers by air, rail, sea, inland waterway or bus under the EU passenger rights regulations, or manage a station, terminal or port those regulations cover, provide, each for your part, the information you hold on the accessibility of the vehicles used, the accessibility of the infrastructure and built environment around the services, assistance for disabled persons, smart ticketing systems, real-time travel information and additional information on use of the service, from (s. 150 a(1)).
- Offer that information electronically on your websites and in your mobile applications and meet chapter 3a of the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019) for it (s. 150 a(2)).
- Correct a breach of the Act when the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) so orders; the order may be backed by a conditional fine, a threat of discontinuation or a threat that the omitted measure is carried out at your expense (s. 255).
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Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto, Traficom), the general supervisory authority under section 178 of the Act
What this law does
Section 150 a requires the carriers of air, rail, maritime, inland waterway and bus passenger transport services under the EU passenger rights regulations, and the managers of the stations, terminals and ports those regulations cover, each for its part, to provide the information they hold on six matters.
The six matters are the accessibility of the vehicles used, of the infrastructure and built environment around the services, assistance for disabled persons, smart ticketing systems, real-time travel information and additional information on use of the service. Section 150 a requires the information to be offered electronically on websites and in mobile applications in line with chapter 3a of the Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019).
Act 107/2023 added section 150 a, entered into force on and applies from . Act 107/2023 was made at Helsinki on . Article 5 of the Directive deems services that comply with the accessible information requirements of the EU passenger rights regulations to comply with the corresponding requirements of the Directive. Section 178 gives the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) the general supervision of the Act.
Section 255 lets Traficom oblige a person who breaches the Act to correct the failure, and back the decision with a conditional fine or the threat that the activity is suspended or the omitted measure is carried out at the defaulter's cost.
When LexLint raises it
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