The closing of Chapter 14 of the Transport Policy, which will harmonize the Montenegrin transport system with the European Union, is expected soon, announced the head of the negotiating working group, Nikola Veljović, adding that the rights of passengers in all modes of transport are harmonized with European ones.
“Transport policy is one of the most complex and complex negotiation chapters because it concerns several types of transport, namely maritime, rail, road and air. Our goal with this chapter was to harmonize our legal acquis and transport system with the transport system of the European Union. We are actively working on it,” said Veljović in an interview with the Mina-business agency.
He stated that in the previous period, a large number of legal and sub-legal solutions were adopted that are in accordance with the EU legislation, and a prerequisite was made for the implementation of social policy, the protection of the rights of passengers, as well as the provision of conditions for domestic carriers.
“The key thing is that we have almost brought the process to an end and we expect to close this chapter soon,” Veljović added.
He stated that one of the final standards of the chapter refers to the rights of passengers, which is harmonized with European regulations.
“That was voted in the Assembly, i.e. all solutions concerning the rights of passengers, namely the laws on contracts in rail transport, road transport and the Law on the rights of passengers in maritime transport. The key thing is that our citizens will have the same rights as passengers and citizens in the EU,” Veljović said.
He said that if the bus is delayed for a few hours, the passenger will have the right to compensation, that is, the carrier will have to offer them an alternative form of transportation or compensate them for the damage caused and refund the ticket.
“In case of deaths, families have an extremely large compensation for damages, which will be regulated by secondary legal acts,” Veljović added.
He reminded that the rights in air transport have long been harmonized with the European ones, and in the event that a flight is late, passengers have the right to compensation and refund.
“Now it is in all types of traffic in Montenegro, both in road and rail traffic,” said Veljović.
