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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Title 2 · Timeshare contracts, long-term holiday product contracts, brokerage contracts and exchange system contracts › Section 482

Preliminary contract information, advertising and prohibition of sale as an investment

(1) In good time prior to the submission of the consumer’s declaration as to the conclusion of a timeshare contract, of a long-term holiday product contract, of a brokerage contract or of an exchange system contract, the trader is to provide to the consumer the pre-contractual information under Article 242 section 1 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche) in text form. The pre-contractual information must be clear and comprehensible.

(2) Any advertising for such contracts is to state that pre-contractual information is available and where such information may be requested. In inviting to promotional or sales events, the trader is to clearly indicate the commercial nature of the event. At such events, the consumer is to be provided with access to the pre-contractual information at any time.

(3) A timeshare right or a right from a long-term holiday product contract may not be advertised or sold as an investment.

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