As if it is not hard enough for a travel agent to survive in the current economic climate, the European Court of Justice has now made matters demonstrably worse.
Council Directive 90/314/EEC of 13th June 1990 on Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours (OJ1990 L158 P59) ("the Directive") is intended to harmonise the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member states concerning package travel, holidays and tours sold or offered for sale within the Community. The Directive is addressed to the Member States which were required to implement its terms in national legislation. In the UK, this was done by means of the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 (SI1992/3288) ("the Regulations").
