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Book 2 · Law of obligations  ›  Subtitle 4 · Package travel contract, brokerage of travel contracts and brokerage of linked travel arrangements › Section 651d

Obligations to provide information; contents of the contract

(1) The organiser obliged to inform the traveller, prior to their making their declaration as to the conclusion of a contract, in accordance with Article 250 sections 1 to 3 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code (Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuche). In this way, the organiser concurrently complies with the retailer’s duties under section 651v (1) sentence 1.

(2) The traveller will be liable to pay additional fees, charges and other costs only if they were informed of them prior to making their declaration as to the conclusion of a contract pursuant to Article 250 section 3 no. 3 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code.

(3) The information provided in accordance with Article 250 section 3 no. 1, 3 to 5 and 7 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code becomes part of the contract’s content unless the contractual parties expressly have agreed otherwise. The organiser is to provide the traveller with a copy or confirmation of the contract when it is concluded or without undue delay after conclusion of the contract in accordance with Article 250 section 6 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code. The organiser is to transmit to the traveller, in due time before the start of the package, the necessary travel documents in accordance with Article 250 section 7 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code.

(4) The burden of providing proof to the traveller that the information obligations have been complied with is incumbent on the organiser.

(5) In the case of package travel contracts under section 651c, the special provisions set out in Article 250 sections 4 and 8 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code apply to the trader who is to be deemed the organiser, as well as to any other trader to whom data are transmitted in accordance with section 651c (1) no. 2. In all other cases, the above subsections remain unaffected.

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