Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

CONTENTS 17 Article 16, Obligation to provide assistance Valérie Augros 373 I. A binding contractual obligation to provide assistance to travellers in difficulty; II. Conditions and extent of the obligation to provide assistance; III. Burden of the costs for assisting travellers in difficulty; Conclusions. CHAPTER V INSOLVENCY PROTECTION Article 17, Effectiveness and scope of insolvency protection Patricia Benavides Velasco 384 I. Introduction; II. Adaptation of the regulatory framework on the insolvency of the travel packages organisers; 1. Directive 90/314/EEC, on travel packages; 2. A terminological issue: consumer or traveller; 3. Directive (EU) 2015/2392, on package travel and linked travel arrangements; III. Protection against the travel packages organisers’ insolvency; 1. Some remarks on the insolvency of tourist operators; 2. Effectiveness and approach of the protection against travel packages organisers’ insolvency; 3. The duty to provide insurance in cases of the organiser’s insolvency under the Spanish regulation; 4. Doubts about the moment in which the insurance provided for the travel packages organisers’ insolvency must be activated; IV. Bibliography.