The Council took note of a progress report on a proposal for a Regulation on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea and inland waterways in the event of accidents.
The report prepared by the German Presidency takes stock of discussions in Council's bodies so far and identifies the main outstanding issues that will need to be addressed in the coming months. The further work of the Council's bodies will focus in particular on the delimitation of the scope of the Regulation, the application of international conventions on the global limitation of liability simultaneously to the Athens Convention, the delayed entry into force in relation to carriage by sea within a single Member State and the adaptation of the Regulation in the case of amendments to the Athens Convention and/or the International Maritime Organisation.