Date: 2025-07-21Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1502 of 16 July 2025 on the request for registration, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the European citizens’ initiative entitled Save your right, save your flight! (notified under document C(2025) 4754)
Executive Summary:
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2025/1502, dated 16 July 2025, concerns the registration of the European citizens' initiative "Save your right, save your flight." The initiative aims to reverse changes to passenger rights that organizers believe will weaken traveller protections. The Commission has determined that the initiative meets the requirements for registration under Regulation EU 2019/788.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Initiative Overview:**
* The initiative, "Save your right, save your flight," was submitted on 18 June 2025.
* Organizers seek to maintain current compensation eligibility thresholds for passenger rights.
* They oppose changes that could lead to a loss of time, money, and rights for travellers.
* **Commission Assessment:**
* The Commission considers that it could adopt a proposal for a regulation on passenger rights based on Articles 91(1) and 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
* The Commission has the power to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties.
* The initiative is not manifestly abusive, frivolous, or vexatious, and it does not contravene Union values or fundamental rights.
* **Decision and Responsibility:**
* The European citizens' initiative "Save your right, save your flight" is registered.
* The group of organisers of the initiative is solely responsible for the factual correctness of the content of the initiative.
* The content of the initiative only expresses the views of the group of organisers, and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Commission.
* The Decision is addressed to the group of organisers, represented by Marian Edward FILA and NinaRaluca BUCTARU.
Impact Analysis:
* **Organizers of the "Save your right, save your flight" Initiative:**
* *Impact:* Their initiative has been officially registered by the European Commission.
* *Action Required:* Continue to manage and promote their initiative, bearing sole responsibility for its content.
* **European Commission:**
* *Impact:* The Commission is acknowledging the registration of the initiative.
* *Action Required:* The Commission will consider the initiative but is under no obligation to adopt its proposals.
* **European Citizens/Travellers:**
* *Impact:* The initiative aims to safeguard their existing passenger rights and compensation eligibility.
* *Action Required:* Stay informed about the progress of the initiative and potential changes to passenger rights legislation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union comprising government ministers from each member state.
European Commission: An executive branch of the European Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Save your right, save your flight: A European citizens initiative regarding passenger rights.
Regulation EU 2019/788: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European citizens initiative.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union.
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, located in Belgium.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1502 21.7.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION(EU) 2025/1502
of 16 July 2025
on the request for registration, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament
and of the Council, of the European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’
(notified under document C(2025) 4754)
(Only the English text is authentic)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the
European citizens’ initiative(1), and in particular Article 6(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) A request for registration of a European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’ was submitted to
the Commission on 18 June 2025.
(2) The organisers of the initiative refer to ‘changes to passenger rights that will water down protections travellers have
relied on for two decades’. They consider that those changes will result in a loss of time, money and rights when
compared to the level of protection offered by current legislation. The aim of the initiative, as expressed by the
organisers, is to call for the reversal of ‘passenger-hostile changes’ and the preservation of the ‘current compensation
eligibility thresholds’.
(3) An annex to the initiative provides further details on its background, its subject matter and its objectives. It refers to
Council proposals related to the introduction of ‘a deadline for processing compensation claims (up to 14 days)’,
guaranteeing consumers’ ‘right to information about the causes of delay’ and the establishment of ‘a definitive list of
cases eligible for compensation, based on established case law of the CJEU’.
(4) The Commission considers that it could adopt a proposal for a regulation on passenger rights in the Union on the
basis of Article 91(1) and Article 100(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
(5) For that reason, the Commission considers that none of the parts of the initiative manifestly falls outside the
framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of
implementing the Treaties.
(6) That conclusion does not affect the assessment of whether the concrete substantive conditions required for the
Commission to act, including compliance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and compatibility
with fundamental rights, would be met in this case.
(7) The group of organisers has provided appropriate evidence that it fulfils the requirements laid down in Article 5(1)
and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 and has designated the contact persons in accordance with Article 5(3), first
subparagraph, of that Regulation.
(8) The initiative is not manifestly abusive, frivolous or vexatious, nor is it manifestly contrary to the values of the Union
as set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union or to the rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union.
(9) The initiative entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’ should therefore be registered.
(1) OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 55, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/788/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1502/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 21.7.2025
(10) The conclusion that the conditions for registration under Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/788 are fulfilled does
not imply that the Commission in any way confirms the factual correctness of the content of the initiative, which is
the sole responsibility of the group of organisers of the initiative. The content of the initiative only expresses the
views of the group of organisers, and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the Commission,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The European citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’ shall be registered.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the group of organisers of the citizens’ initiative entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’,
represented by Marian Edward FILA and Nina-Raluca BUCᾸTARU acting as contact persons.
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2025.
For the Commission
Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ
Member of the Commission
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1502/oj