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The various Treaties establishing the European Union give
the EU responsibilities in many fields. For every one of these
areas, the EU adopts legislations or takes decisions which
are liable to have a direct bearing on the tourism industry.
The number of EU legislations and decisions affecting our
sector is vast. The most important of these Community legislations
and measures have been compiled for consultation in the annual
GEBTA publication entitled 'GEBTA Report on European Policies
affecting the Travel Industry'.
The Community legislation is evolving constantly. GEBTA closely
tracks all the developments relating to European business
tourism in a variety of policies and makes sure that the EU
institutions do not take any definitive decisions in the field
of tourism without prior consultation of the sector's representative
bodies.
GEBTA is interested in a large number of European issues,
which have a direct impact on business travel agents. The
most important issue is of course transport, and especially
air transport. But also consumer affairs, taxation, internal
market and IATA affairs.
Hereunder a list of the matters dealt with by GEBTA:
1. TRANSPORT
- Air Transport
- Denied Boarding Compensation
- CRS Code of Conduct
- Commercial policy of carriers
- Liability of carriers in case of an accident
- Community black list
- Rights of passengers with reduced mobility when travelling
by air
- Passenger protection agains airlines failures
- Common rules for the operation of air transport
- Passenger Agency Agreement
- Passenger name record
- Airport charges
- Security measures at airports
- Inclusion of aviation in the emission trading scheme
- Rail Transport
- Rail passenger rights
- Maritime Transport
- Rights of passengers travelling by sea
- Liability of carriers by sea
2. CONSUMER POLICY
- Unfair terms in consumer contracts
- Review of the Acquis on consumer protection
- Unfair commercial practices
3. INTERNAL MARKET
- Directive on services in the Internal Market
4. TAXATION
- Margin taxation scheme
- Place of supply of services
- Simplification of the VAT obligations
- VAT rates
- Solidarity taxes on airline tickets
5. IATA MATTERS
- PAPJC / PAConf
- Passenger Agency Programme and Agreement
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