They draw particular attention to the new challenges posed by intermodal travel and the associated information and reservation systems for both passengers and travel companies, underling the need to adapt travellers rights and operators obligations, in the field of package travel, to reflect the current state of affairs. [...] Transparency: Members call on the Commission to: · oblige Member States to gather and analyse statistical data on infringements of passenger rights and ways of dealing with all complaints, on the number and length of delays, and on lost, delayed or damaged baggage; · enable the current legislation on price transparency and unfair commercial practices to be implemented an. [...] Application and enforcement: the committee notes that EU passenger rights law is still not being applied and enforced in the same way in all transport modes and in all parts of the EU, and urges the Commission to provide a clear set of rules for the establishment of national enforcement bodies, and ensure that the latter work more closely together, adopt more uniform working methods, and exchange. [...] Intermodality: the report recognises that, with the entry into force of the Waterborne and Bus Regulations in December 2012 and March 2013 respectively, the EU will have established the first integrated area of passenger rights for all modes of transport in the world. [...] The Commission is strongly urged to continue its efforts to develop a European multimodal travel planner, considered as a key element of the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems, in order to provide passengers with door-to-door information covering both cost and duration of journeys, and calls on the Member States, together with the Commission, to remove the obstacles now existing to access.
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