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Package travel (until 2018)
Package travel (until 2018)
Package travel (until 2018)
This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See 'Package travel – consumer rights (from 2018)' for an updated information about the subject.
Package travel (until 2018)
SUMMARY OF:
Directive 90/314/EEC on package travel, package holidays and package tours
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?
KEY POINTS
A package is a combination of at least two different types of travel services (transport, accommodation or other tourist services) which meets the following two conditions:
Consumer information
Changes to the contract
Cancellation or failure to perform the contract
New rules from July 2018
Directive 90/314/EEC will be repealed and replaced by Directive (EU) 2015/2302 from 1 July 2018. The new directive will extend protection beyond traditional package holidays organised by tour operators. It will protect consumers who book other forms of combined travel, e.g. a combination of a flight plus hotel or car rental put together on a website.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
It has applied since 18 June 1990. EU countries had to incorporate it into national law by 31 December 1992.
BACKGROUND
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* KEY TERMS
Force majeur: an event that cannot be anticipated or which, if anticipated, is too strong to be controlled, i.e.it cannot be evaded through the exercise of due care such as a natural disaster.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Council Directive 90/314/EEC of 13 June 1990 on package travel, package holidays and package tours (OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, pp. 59–64)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, pp. 22-39)
Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, pp. 1–33)
last update 27.03.2017