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- (1) ‘travel service’ means:
- (2) ‘package’ means a combination of at least two different ty…1 change
- (3) ‘package travel contract’ means a contract on the package…
- (4) ‘start of the package’ means the beginning of the performa…
- (5) ‘linked travel arrangement’ means at least two different t…1 change
- (6) ‘traveller’ means any person who is seeking to conclude a…
- (7) ‘trader’ means any natural person or any legal person, irr…1 change
- (8) ‘organiser’ means a trader who combines and sells or offer…
- (9) ‘retailer’ means a trader other than the organiser who sel…
- (10) ‘establishment’ means establishment as defined in point 5…
- (11) ‘durable medium’ means any instrument which enables the tr…
- (12) ‘unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances’ means a situ…1 change
- (13) ‘lack of conformity’ means a failure to perform or imprope…
- (14) ‘minor’ means a person below the age of 18 years;
- (15) ‘point of sale’ means any retail premises, whether movable…
- (16) ‘repatriation’ means the traveller's return to the place o…
(2)‘package’ means a combination of at least two different types of travel services for the purpose of the same trip or holiday, if:
(b)irrespective of whether separate contracts are concluded with individual travel service providers, those services are:
(i)purchased from a single point of sale and those services have been selected before the traveller agrees to pay,
(ii)offered, sold or charged at an inclusive or total price,
(iii)advertised or sold under the term ‘package’ or under a similar term,
(v)purchased from separate traders through linked online booking processes where the traveller's name, payment details and e-mail address are transmitted from the trader with whom the first contract is concluded to another trader or traders and a contract with the latter trader or traders is concluded at the latest 24 hours after the confirmation of the booking of the first travel service.
(a)do not account for a significant proportion of the value of the combination and are not advertised as and do not otherwise represent an essential feature of the combination; or
(b)are selected and purchased only after the performance of a travel service as referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of point 1 has started;
A combination of travel services where not more than one type of travel service as referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of point 1 is combined with one or more tourist services as referred to in point (d) of point 1 is not a package if the latter services:
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