{"id":5894,"date":"2021-08-26T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:47:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:47:27","slug":"fmc-invites-comments-on-proposed-rule-addressing-cruise-line-non-performance-and-refunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/fmc-invites-comments-on-proposed-rule-addressing-cruise-line-non-performance-and-refunds\/","title":{"rendered":"FMC Invites Comments on Proposed Rule Addressing Cruise Line Non-Performance and Refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Maritime Commission seeks public comment on a proposed rule to amend its regulations governing non-performance by Passenger Vessel Operators (PVO\/cruise lines) and establishing new requirements for when cruise passengers should be provided refunds for cancelled or delayed voyages.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed changes are outlined in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fmc.gov\/readingroom\/docs\/20-15\/20-15_PVO_NPR.pdf\/\">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)<\/a> issued by the Commission.\u00a0 Specifically, the Commission proposes that non-performance be defined as cancelling a voyage or delaying a voyage by three or more calendar days if a passenger elects not to embark on delayed or substituted voyage offered by a PVO.\u00a0 The Commission also proposes to change its regulations to allow passengers of delayed or cancelled voyages to make direct claims against financial responsibility instruments, such as bonds, maintained by PVOs, subsequent to the passenger\u2019s unsuccessful attempt to receive a refund directly from the PVOs.\u00a0 Finally, the Commission is proposing that all fees, including ancillary fees, paid by a passenger to a PVO be eligible for a refund.<\/p>\n<p>Parties with comments relevant to the proposed changes have until October 25, 2021, to submit their comments to the Commission.\u00a0 The Commission will review and consider the comments it receives.\u00a0 The Commission will vote again to issue a Final Rule before any changes to its regulations take effect.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s NPRM is the product of recommendations made to the Commission in April 2020 by Commissioner Louis E. Sola resulting from his work as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/fact-finding-30\/\">Fact Finding Officer for Fact Finding 30 Investigation<\/a>, \u201cCOVID-19 Impact on Cruise Industry.\u201d\u00a0 In response, the Commission issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in October 2020 to obtain comments on Commissioner Sola\u2019s proposed changes.\u00a0 Today\u2019s NPRM incorporates some of the feedback the Commission received.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Maritime Commission seeks public comment on a proposed rule to amend its regulations governing non-performance by Passenger Vessel Operators (PVO\/cruise lines) and establishing new requirements for when cruise passengers should be provided refunds for cancelled or delayed voyages. The proposed changes are outlined in a Notice of Proposed... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"\/fmc-invites-comments-on-proposed-rule-addressing-cruise-line-non-performance-and-refunds\/\">Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[42],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5900,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5894\/revisions\/5900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmc.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}