Contents
Foreword xiii
About the I BA xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgements xix
List of Contributors xxi
Table of Treaties and Conventions xxiii
Table of Council Decisions xxiv
Table ol’ EC Directives xxv
'fable of Proposed Directives and Recommendations xxv
Table of Cases xxvi
Table of European Legislation xxvi
Table of National Legislation xxvii
'Table of Statutory Instruments xxxii
PART I - EC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL PROVISIONS 1
Zahd Yaqub
(1) Introduction
(2) Tourism and the Community
(3) Freedom to provide services by tour guides or managers
(4) Right of establishment by Lour guides or managers
( 5) Right of establishment and freedom to provide services bv travel agencies ((}) Free movement of tourists
(7) “Maastricht 2” a
2. THE PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE
Zahd Yaqub
(1) Introduction
(2) Article T. Purpose of the Directive
(3) Article 2: Essential definitions
(4) Article 3: Descriptive matter
(5 ) Article 4: Terms of the contract
(6) Article 5: Performance of services
(7) Article 6: Complaints
(8) Article 7: Insurance and Guatantee Fund 56
(9) Article 8: More stringent provisions 56
(10) Article 9: Implementation 56
(11) Omissions ol the Directive 56
(12) Overbooking 57
(13.) Recommendations and resolutions 58
(14) Questions lor determination by the European Court of Justice 59
(15) Direct effect /'applicability of EC Directives 61
Zaiul Yaqt/h
(1) Introduction 73
(2) Measures to assist tourists 74
(3) Legal measures 82
(4) Consumer access to justice 91
(5) Appendix 99
Pin) Wilde Ids
(1) Legal structure of travel and tourism law 115
(2) The nature ol the services of the travel agenev 123
(3) Damages 125
(4) The tour operator and air transport. 128
(5) Package travel 136
(6) Conclusion 138
Ur Mario A Kakabad.se
(1) Introduction 141
(2; Result-' of the Lruguas Round: from GATT to WTO 141
i3) Services in international trade 142
H) The General Agreement on Trade in Services 143
(5) l iberalisation of tourism services in the Uruguay Round:
the s< hedule of services 149
(6) Future outlook 150
PART i! - TRAVEL LAW IN THE MEMBER STATES 153
Cedric Guyol
(1) Reguiatorv authorities 157
(2) Travel contracts 158