Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 549 3. FOLLOW-UP As follow-up to this report and in preparation of the general report on the application of the Package Travel Directive scheduled for 2021, the Commission will: – further assess linked online booking processes that lead to a combination of travel services in order to obtain a clearer picture of the offer of ‘click- -through’ packages and linked travel arrangements on the market; – complete its assessment of national measures transposing the Directive; – raise awareness of travellers about their rights under the Directive in the framework of a broad communication campaign targeted at consumers to start before the end of 2019; – continue to interact with relevant stakeholders through the expert group in order to collect information about problems with the application of the Directive’s provisions and, to the extent possible, find appropriate solutions; – facilitate coordination and cooperation between the authorities in charge of enforcement of the Directive through the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) network and between the central contact points of Member States to facilitate the administrative cooperation and supervision of organisers operating in different Member States. Targeted coordinated compliance assessments could be launched in the forthcoming months as part of the activities of the CPC network.