NDLI: Why is there a Separation between Distance Selling in EU Law and the Tourism Industry?

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Author	Bech Serrat, Josep Maria
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Twelve years have passed since the partial exclusion of most tourist services from the Distance Selling Directive (art. 3 para. 2). The application of a particular right of withdrawal to contracts negotiated away from business premises for the provision of these services was considered inappropriate. Out of this consumer protection will be rather weaker than in other distance contracts. Additional information cannot be required from the service provider and rash decisions resulting from an informational disadvantage, i.e., a lack of personal contact, cannot be rectified by terminating the contract. These difficulties can only be partially resolved by referring to other regulations, such as national norms implementing the E-Commerce Directive (arts. 5 to 11) or the new Timeshare Directive (arts. 4 and 5), among others. Recently, the proposal for a Directive on consumer rights of 8 October 2008 maintains the same approach (art. 20 para. 3, art. 3 para 3) and the Draft Common Frame of Reference also coincides to some extent with the exclusion of some tourist services from distance selling protection. The aim of this paper is to review this exclusion by means of examining the dynamics of tourism services.
Starting Page	75
Ending Page	89
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01687034
Journal	Journal of Consumer Policy
Volume Number	33
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15730700
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-10-27
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Distance selling Tourism Information requirements Right of withdrawal Package holiday Commercial Law Economic Policy Marketing Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Economics and Econometrics Business, Management and Accounting

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