HC Deb 12 December 1994 vol 251 c507W
Mr. Simon Coombs

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which member states of the European Union have transposed the package travel directive into their national law; and on which dates.

Mr. Ian Taylor

The United Kingdom implemented the directive on package travel, package holidays and package tours on 23 December 1992.

Information on the transposition of Community legislation into national law is available on the Commission's CELEX database. This records that the directive has been implemented by the following other member states—the date given is that of the latest piece of implementing legislation shown on the database:

  • Belgium—1 April 1994
  • Denmark—21 September 1993
  • France—17 June 1994
  • Luxembourg—6 July 1994
  • Netherlands—26 January 1993
  • Portugal—6 May 1994

Germany, Spain, Greece, Ireland and Italy are not recorded as having implemented the directive. In Spain implementation is the responsibility of the regional governments.