The European
Package Tours Directive – Revisited
By Klaus Tonner
Professor for Private Law and European Law at
the University of Rostock, Germany
1.
Introduction
2. Proposals
at the level of the European Union
2.1. Commission report of 1999
– pre-arranged combination: Extension of
applicability?
- Insolvency protection
- Unlimited liability
- Market control by member states
- No closed national systems of insolvency
cover
- No pre-payments by consumers for repatriation
in case of insolvency
2.2. Conclusion of Parliament
- Extension of Applicability
- More information duties
2.3. Conclusions of a round table of experts
- Regulation on cancellation fees and
cancellation on the ground of force majeur
- No relevance of the paper
2.4. Consumer protection strategy 2002-2006
- Review of the Directive necessary
- Total harmonisation instedad of minimum
harmonisation
3. Challenges by online bookings
- Gateways
- Dynamic packaging
4. Own Suggestions
- Improved coherence of European consumer law
- Terms of consumer and of business
- Applicability of Distance Selling Directive
- Extended applicability
- Inclusion of not pre-packed tours
- Coherent standards in transport contract law
and hospitality law
- More detailed regulations on insolvency
protection
- Unlimited liability
- Internal market for services of insolvency
insurers
- Obligation to take a license?
5. Final remark
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