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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.