28In addition, so far as concerns the context in which the concept of ‘transport services’ is used and the objectives pursued by the directive, it is established, as the Advocate General noted in points 39 to 41 of her Opinion, that the intention of the legislature was to institute protection for the interests of consumers who use means of distance communication, but also protection for the interests of suppliers of certain services, in order that the latter should not suffer the disproportionate consequences arising from the cancellation at no expense and with no explanation of services which have given rise to a booking. In that regard, easyCar rightly maintains, without, moreover, being contradicted on this point either by the governments which submitted observations to the Court or by the Commission, that Article 3(2) of the directive is aimed at exempting suppliers of services in certain sectors on the ground that the requirements of the directive could affect those suppliers disproportionately, in particular where a service has given rise to a booking and that booking is cancelled by the consumer at short notice before the date specified for the provision of that service.
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