Package and Assisted Travel Arrangement

U redovnoj zakonodavnoj proceduri pred Europskim parlamentom i Vijećem nalazi se i prijedlog Europske komisije za usvajanjem nove Direktive kojom bi se uređenje ugovora o organiziranju putovanja uskladilo sa suvremenim razvojem tržišta organiziranih putovanja, a posebno regulirali razni oblici kombinacija usluga putovanja koje se danas nude putnicima, pogotovo elektroničkim putem, a koji su po sadržaju pruženih usluga istovjetni ili usporedivi s uslugama putovanja koje se pružaju u klasičnom unaprijed pripremljenim paket-aranžmanom. Predmetom rada su odredbe prijedloga te direktive kojima se uređuje predmetno polje primjene buduće Direktive, odnosno novine koje u pogledu pojma „paket-aranžman“ donose prijedlog Europske komisije i amandmani Europskog parlamenta te analiza novog predloženog pojma „potpomognuti putni aranžman.“ Rad se također kritički osvrće i na metodu ciljane maksimalne harmonizacije kao novi predloženi intenzitet harmonizacije. Zaključuje se da je, unatoč dobrodošlom aktualiziranju zastarjelog teksta Direktive o paket-aranžmanima s potrebama tržišta, predloženi tekst nove Direktive opterećen tehničkim i složenim definicijama koje bi mogle dovesti do znatnih poteškoća u njihovom transponiranju u odredbe nacionalnih prava država članica.In the ordinary legislative procedure before the European Parliament and the Council, there is a proposal of the European Commission for the adoption of a new directive that would bring the regulation of the contract on organized tours into line with current market development of organized trips. The proposal is intended to regulate the various combinations of travel services that are today offered to passengers, particularly online, which are identical or comparable to the travel services provided in a classic pre-arranged package. The subject of the paper are the provisions of the proposal of the directive which govern the field of application of the proposed directive, in particular the proposed changes regarding the concept of "package" contained in the European Commission proposal and amendments of the European Parliament, as well as the analysis of the proposed new concept of "assisted travel arrangements." The paper also critically refers to the method of targeted maximum harmonization as a proposed new intensity of the harmonization. The conclusion is that, despite the welcome updating of an outdated text of the directive on package travel which is line with the current market needs, the proposed text of the new directive is burdened with technical and complex definitions that could lead to significant difficulties in their transposition into the provisions of national law of the Member States