Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

Article 6 Binding character of pre-contractual information and conclusion of the package travel contract 1. Member States shall ensure that the information provided to the traveller pursuant to points (a), (c), (d), (e) and (g) of the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) shall form an integral part of the package travel contract and shall not be altered unless the contracting parties expressly agree otherwise.The organiser and, where applicable, the retailer shall communicate all changes to the pre-contractual information to the traveller in a clear, comprehensible and prominent manner before the conclusion of the package travel contract. 2. If the organiser and, where applicable, the retailer has not complied with the information requirements on additional fees, charges or other costs as referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 5(1) before the conclusion of the package travel contract, the traveller shall not bear those fees, charges or other costs. Josep Maria Bech Serrat 1 1. The binding character of pre-contractual information; 2. Sanctions for failing to comply with information requirements. 1 University of Girona, Spain.