Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

32 COLLECTIVE COMMENTARY ABOUT THE NEW PACKAGE TRAVEL DIRECTIVE 7.1.6. Travel Agents Acting as Retailers; 7.2. Article 18 – Mutual Recognition of Insolvency Protection and Administrative Cooperation; 7.2.1. Commission for Aviation Regulation’s Note for Travel Agents, Tour Operators, Retailers, Organisers and Facilitators of Linked Travel Arrangements; 7.2.1.1. Traders established in Ireland; 7.2.1.2. Traders established in a Member State; 7.2.1.3. Traders established outside of the European Union; 7.2.2. Article 18(2) – Designated central contact point; 8. Chapter VII– General Provisions; 8.1. Article 24 – Enforcement; 9. Concluding Comments. The new European Union regulation on package travel and linked travel arrangements within the Italian experience Italy, Francesco Morandi 901 1. The implementation of the Directive (UE) 2015/2302 in Italy; 2. The key innovations introduced in the Italian Tourism Code; 3. The notion of “package travel” and “linked travel arrangements”; 4. The form of the contract and information obligations; 5. Changes to the package travel contract; 6. The responsibility of the organizer; 7. The compensation for damages; 8. The “intermediate travel contract” and the responsibility of the retailer according to Italian law; 9. Liability duty of insurance and protection in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy; 10. Administrative protection; 11. A few brief concluding remarks. The application of the package travel rules by the Italian Competition Authority Italy, Rosaria Garozzo 951 1.Introduction; 2. ICA Decisions on tourist packages; 3. The main innovations of the reform; 4. Conclusions.