I.-This chapter applies to natural or legal persons who, in the course of their commercial, industrial, craft or liberal profession activity, prepare and sell or offer for sale:
1° Tourist packages;
2° Travel services relating to transport, accommodation, vehicle hire or other travel services that they do not produce themselves.
It also applies to professionals who facilitate the purchase by travellers of related travel services within the meaning of Article L. 211-2.
II – Local tourist organisations receiving support from the State, local authorities or their groupings may engage in or assist, in the general interest, in the operations mentioned in I, as long as these make it easier to welcome tourists or improve their holiday conditions in the geographical area in which they operate.
III – This chapter applies to natural or legal persons who issue vouchers or gift boxes for the payment of the price of one of the services mentioned in I. It does not apply to natural or legal persons who only sell these vouchers or boxes.
IV-This chapter does not apply to persons who only offer packages, travel services or facilitate the conclusion of related travel services on an occasional basis, for non-profit-making purposes and for a limited group of travellers only.
V.-This chapter does not apply to the following persons, except with regard to the organisation, sale or offer for sale of packages or when they facilitate the purchase of related travel services:
1° Natural or legal persons who only issue land transport tickets on behalf of one or more passenger carriers;
2° Air carriers who only issue air transport tickets or consecutive transport tickets including an air transport journey and, on an ancillary basis, one or more land transport journeys provided by one or more passenger carriers;
3° Rail operators who only issue rail tickets or consecutive tickets that include a rail journey and, as an ancillary service, other land or air journeys operated by one or more passenger transport operators;
4° Natural or legal persons holding a professional licence issued in application of Act no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970 regulating the conditions governing the exercise of activities relating to certain transactions involving real estate and business assets, where they only carry out the transactions mentioned in 2° of I on an ancillary basis. In order to carry out these transactions, these persons must take out insurance to cover the financial consequences of their professional liability and a financial guarantee to enable the funds deposited to be reimbursed.