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BOOK II: TOURISM ACTIVITIES AND PROFESSIONS

Article L211-1 of the French Tourism Code

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…

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Article L211-2 of the French Tourism Code

I.-The following constitute a travel service: 1° The carriage of passengers; 2° Accommodation that is not an integral part of the carriage of passengers and that does not have a residential purpose; 3° The hire of private cars, other category M vehicles within the meaning ofArticle R. 311-1 of the Highway Code with a maximum design speed exceeding 25 km/h or motorbikes within the meaning of Article R. 311-1 of…

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Article L211-3 of the French Tourism Code

I.-Before the traveller is bound by a contract leading to the preparation of a linked travel service or a corresponding offer, the professional facilitating the linked travel services, including if he is not established in a Member State but directs these activities to France by any means, shall state in a clear, comprehensible and apparent manner that the traveller : 1° Will not benefit from any of the rights applicable…

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Article L211-4 of the French Tourism Code

Natural or legal persons registered in the register referred to inarticle L. 141-3 may rent out furnished accommodation in built-up property, known as seasonal lets, as defined in article 1-1 of the aforementioned law no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970. To carry out this activity, they are subject to article 8 of the same law.

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Article L211-5 of the French Tourism Code

Natural or legal persons registered in the register referred to inarticle L. 141-3 must keep their books and documents available for inspection by authorised agents; they must also mention their registration in the register in their sign, in documents given to third parties and in their advertising.

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Article L211-5-1 of the French Tourism Code

A declaration by an organiser of a tourist package or by a professional facilitating a tied travel service that he is acting exclusively in his capacity as provider of a travel service, as an intermediary or in any other capacity, or that a package or a tied travel service does not constitute a package or a tied travel service, does not release that organiser or professional from the obligations imposed…

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Article L211-7 of the French Tourism Code

I.-This section applies to the services mentioned in 1° and 2° of the I ofarticle L. 211-1 and inarticle L. 211-4. However, it does not apply to the following operations unless they form part of a tourist package as defined in II ofarticle L. 211-2 : 1° The reservation and sale of air tickets or other tickets for scheduled air services; 2° The rental of seasonal furnished accommodation, which remains…

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Article L211-8 of the French Tourism Code

The organiser or retailer informs the traveller, by means of a form laid down by regulation, prior to the conclusion of the contract, of the main characteristics of the services offered relating to transport and the holiday, the contact details of the retailer and the organiser, the price and payment terms, the conditions for cancelling and terminating the contract, information on insurance and the conditions for crossing borders. This information…

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Article L211-9 of the French Tourism Code

The pre-contractual information communicated to the traveller forms an integral part of the contract and may not be modified, unless the contracting parties expressly agree otherwise. The organiser or retailer shall communicate all changes to the pre-contractual information to the traveller, in a clear, comprehensible and visible manner, prior to the conclusion of the contract. If the tour operator or retailer has not fulfilled its obligations to provide information about…

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