Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

18 COLLECTIVE COMMENTARY ABOUT THE NEW PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE Article 18, Mutual recognition of insolvency protection and administrative cooperation Laurence Jégouzo 412 “Article 18 of the Presidential Decree of 20 December 2017 on Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements”; I – The European Commission wanted to strengthen the traveller’s protection; II – A difficult Implementation of Article 18 of the European Directive. Patricia Benavides Velasco 417 I. Introduction; II. The removal of obstacles in the market of services and the need for cooperation between the Member States; III. Administrative cooperation between national authorities of the Member States and the European Commission; 3.1. General aspects on administrative cooperation; 3.2. Information exchange; 3.3. The obligation of an administrative cooperation with regards to the insolvency of the travel packages organiser under Spanish regulation; IV. Bibliography. CHAPTER VI LINKED TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS Article 19, Insolvency protection and information requirements for linked travel arrangements Stephen Mason 430 A. Background; B. What are the points to note about Article 19? Patricia Benavides Velasco 434 I. Introduction; II. Protection against insolvency of the traders or facilitators of linked travel arrangements;