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Written by David Ashton and Clément Evroux (4th edition, updated on 10.02.2026).
On 29 November 2023, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, to improve protection for travellers and simplify and clarify certain aspects of the current directive. The Commission announced in a 2020 communication on a new consumer agenda that it would look into revising the directive following the turmoil caused by the mass cancellations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The proposal is the result of two years of stakeholder consultations and a reassessment of the current rules. The main changes focus on securing travellers’ rights and improving insolvency protection. Other key changes include extending the directive’s scope to lay down rules on contracts between package organisers and service providers.
In the European Parliament, the file was referred to the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). The Council adopted its negotiating mandate on 18 December 2024. IMCO adopted its report on 26 June 2025. A political deal was reached at the second trilogue on 2 December 2025. This agreement was endorsed by the Council’s permanent representatives committee (Coreper) on 19 December 2025 and confirmed by IMCO on 27 January 2026. Work is ongoing to finalise the text of the act before it is adopted, first by Parliament and then by the Council.
Complete version
- February 2026: ‘Package travel and linked travel arrangements: Improving protection for travellers‘ (4th edition)
| Proposal for a directive amending Directive(EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive | ||
| Committee responsible: | Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) | COM(2023) 905 29.11.2023 |
| Rapporteur: | Alex Agius Saliba (S&D, Malta) | 2023/0435(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Arba Kokalari (EPP, Sweden) Klara Dostalova (PfE, Czechia) Denis Nesci (ECR, Italy) Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Renew, Ireland) Katrin Langensiepen (Greens/EFA, Germany) Hanna Gedin (The Left, Sweden) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: | Adoption of Parliament’s first-reading position | |
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