4 Amendments of Othmar KARAS related to 2013/0246(COD)
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Other tourist services, such as admission to concerts, sport events, excursions or event parks are services that, in combination with either carriage of passengers, accommodation and/or car rental, should be considered as capable of constituting a package or an assisted travel arrangement. However, such packages should only fall within the scope of this Directive if the relevant tourist service accounts for a significant proportion of the package. Generally, the tourist service should be considered as a significant proportion of the package if it accounts for more than 250% of the total price or otherwise represents an essential feature of the trip or holiday. Ancillary services, such as travel insurance, transport of luggage, transfer between the accommodation and the station, spa services booked on site, bicycle hire, meals and cleaning provided as part of accommodation, should not be considered as tourist services in their own right.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) packages where not more than one travel service as referred to in points (a), (b), and (c) of Article 3(1) is combined with a travel services as referred to in point (d) of Article 3(1) if thisese services does not account for a significant proportion of the package; or
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point 8
Article 3 – point 8
(8) The 'organiser' means a trader who is defined as a trader or other person who combines and sells or/ offers for sale packages, either directly or through another trader or /together with another trader;. where more than one trader meets any of the criteria referred to in point (b) of paragraph 2, all of those traders are considered as organisers, unless one of them is designated as organiser and the traveller is informed accordingly;
Amendment 304 #
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 of unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances occurring at or on the way to the place of destination or in its immediate vicinity and significantly affecting the package which mean that the organiser has to make significant alterations to essential elements of the package travel contract.