Activities of Anna HEDH related to 2013/0246(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Package travel and assisted travel arrangements (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Since packages are often purchased a long time before their performance, unforeseen events may occur. Therefore the traveller should, under certain conditions, be entitled to transfer a package to another traveller. In such situations, the organiser should be able to recover his expenses, for instance if a sub-contractor requires a fee for changing the name of the traveller or for cancelling a transport ticket and issuing a new one. Travellers should also have the possibility of cancelling the contract at any time before the start of the package against paying appropriate compensation, as well as the right to terminate the contract without paying compensation where unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances like warfare, terrorism, political instability or a natural disaster will significantly affect the package. Unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances should in particular be deemed to exist where reliable and publicly available reports, such as recommendations issued by Member State authorities, advise against travelling to the place of destination.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point i
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point i
(i) purchased from a single point of sale within the same booking process,, or
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) offered or charged at an inclusive or total price, or
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point iii
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point iii
(iii) advertised or sold under the term 'package' or under a similar term, or
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point v
Article 3 – point 2 – point b – point v
(v) purchased from separate traders through linked online or offline booking processes where the traveller's name or particulars needed to conclude a booking transaction are transferred between the traders at the latest when the booking of the first service is confirmed;.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a traveller may, after giving the organiser or retailer reasonable notice on a durable medium before the start of the package, transfer the contract to a person who satisfies all the conditions applicable to that contract.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The price increase referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed 103% of the price of the package.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The price increase referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid only if the organiser notifies the traveller of it with a justification and calculation on a durable medium at the latest 240 days prior to the start of the package.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The traveller shall have the right to terminate the contract before the start of the package without compensation in the event off he/she experiences unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances such as illness, accident or death in the family or if such circumstances occurring at the place of destination or its immediate vicinity and significantly affecting the package.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the number of persons enrolled for the package is smaller than the minimum number stated in the contract and the organiser notifies the traveller of the termination within the period fixed in the contract and not later than 240 days before the start of the package; or
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. The prescription period for introducing claims under this Article shall not be shorter than onthree years.
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that organisers and retailers facilitating the procurement of package travel and assisted travel arrangements established in their territory obtain a security for the effective and prompt refund of all payments made by travellers and, insofar as carriage of passengers is included, for the travellers' effective and prompt repatriation in the event of insolvency.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19
Article 19
Member States shall ensure that a retailer who has agreed to arrange the booking of a package or assisted travel arrangements or who facilitates the booking of such services shall be liable for any errors occurring in the booking process, unless such errors are attributable to the traveller or to unavoidable. The traveller shall have the right to change a booking if andy extraordinary circumstancesrrors have occurred within 48 hours of the completion of the booking.