Canadian Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Regulations (SOR/95-275)

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Canadian Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Regulations

SOR/95-275

AERONAUTICS ACT

Registration 1995-06-06

Regulations Respecting Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Operated in Canada for the Purpose of Displaying or Selling Air Services

P.C. 1995-887 1995-06-06

Whereas the Government wishes to promote aeronautics, in accordance with the Aeronautics Act, by ensuring that air carriers offering passenger air services that are displayed or sold in Canada are guaranteed fair and neutral presentation of those services in any computer reservation system operated in Canada for the purpose of displaying or selling air services;

And Whereas the Government wishes to promote aeronautics by ensuring that travel agents and consumers have access to comprehensive, neutral information about passenger air services that are displayed or sold in Canada;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to subsection 4.3(2)Footnote * and section 4.9Footnote ** of the Aeronautics Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting computer reservation systems (CRS) operated in Canada for the purpose of displaying or selling air services.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Canadian Computer Reservation Systems (CRS) Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“affiliate”

“affiliate” means an entity, other than a charterer or a subscriber, that is owned by, controlled by or under common control with a carrier; (société affiliée)

“air service”

“air service” means a service for the transportation of passengers that is provided by means of an aircraft and that is publicly available; (service aérien)

“availability”

“availability” means information provided in a display with respect to the seats a carrier holds out as available for sale on a particular flight; (places disponibles)

“carrier”

“carrier” means an air carrier that provides an air service that is sold in Canada; (transporteur)

“charter air service”

“charter air service” means an air service that is made available by a carrier to a charterer and that excludes any other services not related to air transport; (service aérien affrété)

“charterer”

“charterer” means a travel organizer or wholesaler that has contracted with a carrier to charter all or part of the seating capacity of an aircraft and that makes that seating capacity publicly available for the transportation of passengers; (affréteur)

“consumer”

“consumer”[Repealed, SOR/2004-91, s. 1]

“default display”

“default display” means the display, selected by a subscriber, that appears automatically on the screen unless the subscriber has entered a request, specific to a transaction, for another display to appear; (affichage par défaut)

“discriminate”

“discriminate”, “discrimination” and “discriminatory” mean, respectively, to discriminate unjustly, unjust discrimination and unjustly discriminatory; (exercer une discrimination, discrimination and discriminatoire)

“display”

“display” means the presentation by a system of carrier schedules, fares, rules or availability to a subscriber by means of a video display terminal; (affichage)

“distribution facilities”

“distribution facilities” means facilities provided to subscribers by a system vendor for the provision of information about carrier schedules, fares, rules, availability and related services and for making reservations, issuing tickets or providing any other related services; (infrastructures de distribution)

“edit”

“edit” means to select and order air service options on the basis of service characteristics; (mettre en forme)

“elapsed journey time”

“elapsed journey time” means the time difference between the scheduled departure time from the point of origin and the scheduled arrival time at the point of destination in a given city-pair market; (durée totale du voyage)

“fare”

“fare” means the price to be paid for an air service and the terms and conditions under which that price applies; (tarif)

“hosted carrier”

“hosted carrier” means a carrier that has an agreement or arrangement with a system vendor for hosting services; (transporteur bénéficiaire)

“hosting services”

“hosting services” means services for the management of seat inventory, and ancillary computer services not directly related to displays, that are provided by a system vendor to a carrier in accordance with an agreement or arrangement; (services d’hébergement de données)

“intermediary”

“intermediary” means an organization that aggregates carrier information and data and transmits it to a system; (intermédiaire)

“obligated carrier”

“obligated carrier”[Repealed, SOR/2004-91, s. 1]

“participating carrier”

“participating carrier” means a carrier that has an agreement or arrangement with a system vendor for the display of its schedules, fares, rules or availability, or for the making of reservations or the issuing of tickets through a system; (transporteur participant)

“service enhancement”

“service enhancement” means any additional product or service related to air transportation that is offered by a system vendor to participating carriers and made available to subscribers in conjunction with a system, and may include access links providing last seat availability, seat selection and the issuing of boarding passes; (service supplémentaire)

“subscriber”

“subscriber” means a travel agent or other entity that holds itself out to the public as a source of information about the air service industry, that makes reservations or issues tickets for air services and that contracts with a system vendor to use a system; (abonné)

“system”

“system” means a computer reservation system that is offered by a system vendor to subscribers, that contains information about the schedules, fares, rules or availability of more than one carrier and that provides subscribers with the capability to make reservations or to issue tickets for air services; (système)

“system owner”

“system owner”[Repealed, SOR/2004-91, s. 1]

“system vendor”

“system vendor” means an entity that owns, controls, operates, markets or distributes a system; (serveur de système)

“tourism product”

“tourism product” means a pre-arranged combination of an air service and other services not related to air transportation that is offered for sale at an all-inclusive price. (produit de tourisme)

  • SOR/2004-91, s. 1.