Case C-134/11

Jürgen Blödel-Pawlik

v

HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg)

‛Directive 90/314/EEC — Package travel, package holidays and package tours — Article 7 — Protection against the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the package organiser — Scope — Insolvency of the organiser on account of its fraudulent use of the funds transferred by consumers’

Summary of the Judgment

Approximation of laws — Package travel, package holidays and package tours — Directive 90/314 — Protection against the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the package organiser — Scope — Insolvency due to the fraudulent conduct of the organiser — Included

(Council Directive 90/314, Art. 7)

Article 7 of Directive 90/314 on package travel, package holidays and package tours is to be interpreted as covering a situation in which the insolvency of the travel organiser is attributable to its own fraudulent conduct.

(see para. 25, operative part)

Case C-134/11

Jürgen Blödel-Pawlik

v

HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG

(Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg)

‛Directive 90/314/EEC — Package travel, package holidays and package tours — Article 7 — Protection against the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the package organiser — Scope — Insolvency of the organiser on account of its fraudulent use of the funds transferred by consumers’

Summary of the Judgment

Approximation of laws — Package travel, package holidays and package tours — Directive 90/314 — Protection against the risk of insolvency or bankruptcy on the part of the package organiser — Scope — Insolvency due to the fraudulent conduct of the organiser — Included

(Council Directive 90/314, Art. 7)

Article 7 of Directive 90/314 on package travel, package holidays and package tours is to be interpreted as covering a situation in which the insolvency of the travel organiser is attributable to its own fraudulent conduct.

(see para. 25, operative part)