Tourism Law in Europe
20 provided under the contracts) – they do not form a package of tourism services in that case if these services do not make a major part of total value of services and is not advertised as the main part of travel of vacation or is not the main part of travel or vacation otherwise. In that case if other tourism services present 25 percentage or more of the value of tourism services, these services are considered to be a major part of the value of the package of tourism services. In the Law on Tourism it is determined that in the Republic of Lithuania services of travel organisation can be provided by the travel organiser established in other member state of the European Union, seller of the tourism package services owning ensurement of the fulfilment of obligations under the requirements of the member states of the European Union. If the travel organiser from the third country wants to provide tourism services, the travel agent, who sells or offers to sell organised travels in the Republic of Lithuania, has to be established in the Republic of Lithuania and has to meet the provisions determined in the Law on Tourism and applied to travel organiser and travel agent 3 . 4. Restaurants, Cafés and Legal Regulation of their Establishment The provision of catering services is one of the most popular business areas not only in Lithuania, but also in the world. However, in order to set up a cafe or restaurant, you need to carefully study not only the legal framework, but also assess your financial capabilities. The main legal acts regulating the provision of catering services are the following: Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania (2000); Law on Consumer Protection of the Republic of Lithuania (2007); Law on Product Safety of the Republic of Lithuania (2001); Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Rights of Patients and Compensation of the Damage to their Health (2009); Law on Advertising of the Republic of Lithuania (2002); Law on Food of the Republic of Lithuania (2000); Law on Alcohol Control of the Republic of Lithuania (2004) and Law on Tobacco Control of the Republic of Lithuania (2003); Law on Copyright and Related Rights of the 3 The legal acts regulating the supervision of tourism service providers and the orders of the Supreme Court of Lithuania on tourism services can be found in : https://vvtat.lt/vartojimo-paslaugos/turizmo-paslaugos/teises- aktai/126.
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