Judgment_paragraph 57 · Union fédérale des consommateurs - Que choisir (UFC - Que choisir) and Consommation, logement et cadre de vie (CLCV) v Premier ministre and Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance (C-407/21)

57Thus, it is not necessary for Member States to release, on the grounds of force majeure, even if only temporarily, package travel organisers from their reimbursement obligation laid down in Article 12(2) to (4) of Directive 2015/2302, since neither that provision nor any other provision of that directive provides for an exception to the imperative nature of that obligation on the grounds of force majeure (see, by analogy, judgment of 26 September 2013, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, C‑509/11, EU:C:2013:613, paragraphs 49 and 50).