Legal Literature

  • Legal Literature Details
    • Member State: Belgium
    • Title: A fruitless journey: when does a traveller's claim lapse?
    • Subtitle:
    • Type: article
    • URL:
    • Author: WYSEUR, B.
    • Reference: D.A.O.R. 2015, 55-59
    • Publication Year: 2015
    • Keywords: court, travel
  • Directive Articles
    Package Travel Directive, Article 2, 4.
  • Headnote
    This article comments on a decision issued by the Belgian Supreme Court, which essentially states that only the actual travellers (natural persons) can be considered "traveller" in the sense of the Directive 90/314 and the Belgian implementation Act of 16 February 1994.

    The author does not agree with this argument and mentions several counterarguments to state that even in case a company books a package travel (for example for its employees), it should be able to rely on the protection offered by the relevant legislation (including the statute of limitation).
  • General Note
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    • Member State: Belgium
    • National ID: C.12.0617.N
    • Common Name: link
    • Directive Articles: Package Travel Directive, Article 2, 4. Package Travel Directive, Article 2, 5.
    • Decision Date: 15/05/2014

    Belgium C.12.0617.N link Package Travel Directive, Article 2, 4. Package Travel Directive, Article 2, 5. Thu May 15 00:00:00 CEST 2014