Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

CONTENTS 23 The provisions of explicit tax relevance within the Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel Lorenzo del Federico and Caterina del Federico 625 – Foreword; 1. The articles of the Directive containing tax-related provisions; 2. The transfer of the tourist package contract; 3. The revision of the price; 3.1. Cases of price increases; 4. The problem of VAT in the tourism sector; 4.1. The lack of uniformity; 4.2. The need for action to reorganize the system of VAT rates; 4.3. The European Commission´s initiative; – Conclusions. International Convention on Travel Contracts (CCV) – Solutions for Coronavirus on the 50th Anniversary of its Approval: Rise and Fall Claudia Lima Marques 641 Introduction; I. Rise of a Uniform Convention CVV and its Solutions to COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak; I.1. Origins and Shape of the CVV Convention; I.2. The CVV Convention’s Solutions for COVID-19 Pandemic Outbreak; II. Fall of Global Substantive Uniform Solutions and New International Efforts on Tourist Protection; II.1. The Rise of Consumer Law, the Changes in the Global Mass Tourism and the Decline of Travel Agencies; II.2. New International Efforts On Tourist Protection; III. Final Comments.