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PTD: Opinion of CJEU on refund & price reduction

Thursday, 15 September 2022
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Tourism in times of pandemic: Under the Package Travel Directive, according to Advocate General Medina, if tourist operators are not able to honour the terms of a package travel contract, the pandemic does not exempt them from the obligation to reduce the price and, if it is cancelled, to provide a cash refund unless exceptional difficulties are proven to exist.

Access here the press release of the Court concerning Case C-396/21 | FTI Touristik (Voyage à forfait aux Îles Canaries) and C-407/21 UFC | Que choisir and CLCV

The Opinion of the Court can be found  here, and here  .