Tourism Law in Europe

23 contract signed between the hotel owners and their clients, since he determined that the general provisions pertaining to leases or sales suffice to govern the relationships arising from hospitality contracts. VI.3. Time-Sharing Contract In Greece, the time-sharing contract is governed in principle by Law No. 1652/1986 and JMD Ζ1–130/22-01-2011, which transposed Directive 2008/122/EC into national legislation. A time-sharing contract is defined as a contract that extends for a duration greater than a year and by which the consumer acquires, for a price, the right to use one or more accommodation establishments for overnight stays in more than one period of use (Article 2(1)(a) JMD Ζ1–130/22-01-2011). In return, the contract involves a right to use, for consideration, one or more accommodation establishments for an overnight stay. The time-sharing contract is not exclusively linked to fixed property anymore; therefore, it encompasses accommodation contracts in movable property, such as recreational crafts, riverboats and caravans. The sole requirement is for the establishment to be used for the purposes of (overnight) stays. Contracts that do not involve stays, e.g. the lease of space for parking trailers, do not fall under the umbrella of time-sharing. Moreover, time- sharing does not include booking seats to attend cultural or sports activities or events, since attendance does not constitute the (overnight) stay requirement. Time-sharing contracting parties enter into the contract for a period of one (1) up to sixty (60) years 25 . VI.4. Package Travel Contract The term “travel contract”, which had been used, particularly in the past, in Greek theory and jurisprudence, may well be identical in content to the term “package travel contract”, but it did not exist nor exists in EU (previous and current Directives) or national (previous 25 For more on the time-sharing contract, see Kotronis, S. (2008). Χρονομεριστική μίσθωση [Time-Sharing]. In Douvlis, B., & Mbolos, A. (Eds.). Δίκαιο Προστασίας Καταναλωτών [Consumer Protection Law], Vol Ι. Athens-Thessaloniki: Sakkoulas Publications, pp. 851 et seq .; Kotronis, S. (2011). Η χρονομεριστική μίσθωση και συναφείς συμβάσεις διακοπών στην Οδηγία 2008/122/ΕΚ [The time-sharing contract and pertinent holiday contracts in Directive 2008/122/EC]. Εφαρμογές Αστικού Δικαίου & Πολιτικής Δικονομίας [Applications of Civil Law & Civil Procedure], Vol. 1. Athens: Sakkoulas Publications, pp. 25 et seq .