Collective Commentary about the New Package Travel Directive

Article 25 Penalties Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. F. Javier Melgosa Arcos 1 I. Introduction; II. General principles of the power to impose sanctions; III. Tourist discipline in tourism laws of the Autonomous Communities; Bibliography. I. INTRODUCTION The purpose of Directive 2015/2302 /EU of 25 November on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC, is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market and to the achievement of a high and as uniform as possible level of consumer protection by approximating certain aspects of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States in respect of contracts between travellers and traders relating to package travel and linked travel arrangements. Article 24 provides that Member States shall ensure that adequate and effective means exist to ensure compliance with this Directive and Article 25, entitled “Penalties”, provides that Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this 1 Professor of Administrative Law. Director of the Inland Tourism Master. University of Salamanca.