Verein fur Konsumenteninformation v Osterreichische Kreditversicherungs AG: ECJ 14 May 1998

ECJ Article 7 of Directive 90/314 on package travel, package holidays and package tours is to be interpreted as covering, as security for the refund of money paid over, a situation in which the purchaser of a package holiday who has paid the travel organiser for the costs of his accommodation before travelling on his holiday is compelled, following the travel organiser’s insolvency, to pay the hotelier for his accommodation again in order to be able to leave the hotel and return home.

Citations:

C-364/96, [1998] EUECJ C-364/96

Links:

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Statutes:

Directive 90/314 7

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Updated: 03 June 2022; Ref: scu.161985