Title 7A
in forcePackage travel contract and linked travel arrangement
Section 1
Definitions and scope of application
For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply:
This Title applies to package travels and linked travel arrangements.
Section 2
Information obligations and content of the package travel contract
The organiser and, if the package travel is purchased through a retailer, also the retailer, shall provide the traveller, before the traveller is…
The information provided to the traveller pursuant to Article 502, paragraph 1, parts a, c, d, e and g shall form part of the package travel contract…
The package travel contract shall be drafted in plain and intelligible language and, in so far as it is in writing, shall be legible. At the…
The burden of proof for compliance with the information requirements laid down in Articles 502, 503 and 504 shall rest with the trader.
Section 3
Amendment of the package travel contract before the start of the package travel
Travellers may transfer the legal relationship with the organiser arising from the package travel contract to a person who satisfies all conditions…
Prices may be increased after the conclusion of the package travel contract only if the contract expressly provides therefor, states how the price…
The organiser may not unilaterally change the terms of the package travel contract, with the exception of price changes in accordance with Article…
The traveller may terminate the package travel contract at any time before the start of the package travel. Upon termination of the package travel…
Section 4
Performance of the package travel
The organiser is responsible for the performance of the travel services to which the package travel contract relates, regardless of whether these…
The traveller is entitled to an appropriate price reduction for any period during which there was non-conformity, unless the organiser proves that…
The traveller may address messages, petitions or complaints in connection with the performance of the package travel directly to the retailer from…
The organiser is obliged to provide help and assistance to the traveller without delay if the traveller is in difficulties, including the…
Section 5
Protection in case of insolvency
The organiser shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, where he is unable or no longer able to fulfil his obligations towards the traveller…
Section 6
Linked travel arrangements
The trader facilitating linked travel arrangements shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, insofar as a travel service forming part of a…
Section 7
Final provisions
Unless booking errors are attributable to the traveller or are caused by unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, a trader may not exclude or…
No derogation from the provisions of this Title may be made to the prejudice of the traveler.