Sustainable Tourism Law

222 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM LAW and Annex III – Accommodation ) does not clash in any way with current European legislation. Provided that the draftConvention applies to all tourismaccommodation services, regardless of the quality of the service provider 65 , since hotel services in Europe are already heavily regulated, the new international convention should avoid additional legal costs to be borne by hotel-keepers and, at the same time, it should ensure that, all over the world, conditions apply fairly to all market operators 66 . V. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ANDWITH EUROPEAN REGULATION As a matter of fact, the draft Convention on the Protection of Tourists and on the Rights and Obligations of Tourism Service Providers overlaps in several areas with European legislation regarding the protection of travellers and package travel contracts, as well as with the international rules concerning accommodation contracts. Firstly, by considering their scope and contents, the new regulations for tourist assistance in the event of emergency situations and the uniform rules on travel contracts are part of a wider regulatory framework governed by Directive (EU) 2015/2302 67 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 November 65 According to HOTREC service providers should also be included in the so-called sharing economy, while business-to-business practices should be excluded. 66 For more details about the considerations proposed by the Association see the HOTREC position on the 8th draft of the UNWTO Convention on the Protection of Tourists and the Rights and Obligations of Tourism Service Providers , D-0916-232-AW. 67 For an analysis of the implications related to the transposition of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 in the various member countries of the European Union, see, above all, the studies published in the volume edited by V. Franceschelli – F. Morandi – C. Torres (ed.), The New Package Travel Directive , cit.; see also A. Asensi Meras, Contratación on line de servicios turísticos y paquetes dinámicos de turismo , in Investigaciones Turísticas , 12/2016, pp. 163-182; A. Batuecas Caletrío, La contratación de viajes vinculados , in Aranzadi civil-mercantil , 6/2016, p. 29; as well as J.M. Bech Serrat, Consumer travel law , in Research Handbook on EU Consumer and Contract Law , edited by C. Twigg-Flesner, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2016, p. 360 ss.; C. Berenguer-Albaladejo, Luces y sombras de la nueva Directiva (UE) 2015/2302 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 25 de noviembre de 2015, relativa a los viajes combinados y a los servicios de viaje vinculados , in International Journal of Scientific Management and Tourism , 2/2016, p. 33; I. González Cabrera, ¿Estamos ante el mismo producto si se adquiere en línea un viaje combinado o distintos servicios de viaje vinculados?, in Revista de Derecho Civil , 3/2016, pp. 139-144; I. González Cabrera, Una nueva configuración legal del viaje turístico. Del viaje combinado al paquete dinámico , in Aranzadi civil-mercantil , 7/2017, pp. 29-66; A. Paniza Fullana, Viajes combinados y servicios de viaje vinculados: replanteamiento de conceptos y sus consecuencias sobre la responabilidad , Dykinson, Madrid, 2017, p. 15 ss.; S. Keiler, Bundesgesetz über Pauschalreisen und verbundene Reiseleistungen (Pauschalreisegesetz – PRG) , in S. Keiler – A. Klauser (ed.), Österreichisches und Europäisches Verbraucherrecht. Kommentar, Verlag, Österreich, 2018; A. Staudinger – R. Ruks, Das neue Pauschalreiserecht – Auswirkungen für Veranstalter und Vertrieb , in ReiseRecht aktuell , 2018, p. 2 ss.; previously, S. Keiler, Vorschlag: RL über Pauschal- und Bausteinreisen – Ein Zwischenbericht nach der Entschließung in 1. Lesung im Europäischen Parlament, das bereits den Namen der RL ändern will , in Ecolex. Fachzeitschrift fürWirtschaftsrecht , 2014, p. 388 ss.