At the end of June, the European Parliament considered amendments to the Package Travel Directive, with the aim of simplifying and adapting it to current travel trends. The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted an improved draft proposal on this occasion, which will be put to a plenary vote in the next step \u2013 although the exact date is not yet known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The European Travel Agents' and Tour Operators' Associations (ECTAA) reacted positively to the proposal, particularly due to the exemption of business travel from the scope of the directive. In ECTAA's opinion, this removes administrative burdens that are unnecessary for services intended for business clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECTAA also supports the abolition of the \u201eLinked Travel Arrangements\u201d (LTA) concept, which has proven to be confusing for consumers and difficult to implement for service providers in practice. However, the newly proposed solution \u2013 the application of new rules for package deals booked within 24 hours \u2013 raises concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to ECTAA, the new rules could reintroduce legal uncertainty as they erase the clear boundary between package travel and individual services. This could lead to misunderstandings between organisers and travellers, undesirable changes in contractual obligations, pricing issues, and misinterpretation of offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore, ECTAA calls on European lawmakers to ensure that any replacement for the LTA concept provides greater legal clarity and practical enforceability, rather than reintroducing legal ambiguity under a new name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tragento will continue to monitor the development of the situation and provide timely information for all tourism professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Ectaa.org<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Krajem lipnja Europski parlament razmatrao je izmjene Direktive o paket-aran\u017emanima, s ciljem pojednostavljenja i prilagodbe aktualnim trendovima putovanja. Odbor za unutarnje tr\u017ei\u0161te i za\u0161titu potro\u0161a\u010da (IMCO) tom je prigodom usvojio pobolj\u0161ani nacrt prijedloga, koji \u0107e u sljede\u0107em koraku biti iznesen na plenarno glasovanje \u2013 iako…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,81,251,106,143,89],"tags":[148,117,201],"class_list":["post-5407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agencije","category-osvrti","category-rentacar","category-touroperatori","category-turistickaindustrija","category-vijesti","tag-ectaa","tag-touroperatori","tag-zakoni"],"yoast_head":"\n