3 Amendments of Bill NEWTON DUNN related to 2007/0113(COD)
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
(a) ’timeshare’ means a contract of a duration of more than one year by which a consumer acquires against consideration the right to use one or more accommodation for more than one period of occupation; provided, however, this Directive shall not apply to accommodations held out in the ordinary course of business as hotel rooms and in which the consumer receives no right to use or occupy the accommodation other than through a typical hotel reservation;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may allow for the holding of deposits during the cooling-off period only if the agent who is authorized to hold the deposit funds is (i) independent of the [Developer/Trader], (ii) either an authorized “credit institution” as defined under the First Council Directive 77/780/EEC (12 December, 1977) or a lawyer in good standing with a Member State professional bar, and (iii) pursuant to a written agreement, is under obligation to return the funds to the consumer upon timely request. Absent such provisions in the Member State law, Member States shall ensure that any advance payment, provision of guarantees, reservation of money on a credit card, explicit acknowledgement of debt or any other consideration to the trader or to any third party by a consumer before the end of the period, during which he may exercise the right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 5 (1) to 5 (3), is prohibited.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point (kb) (new)
Annex III – point (kb) (new)
(kb) Information on: the inventory the vendor has at each of the resorts advertised; the number of reductions available in each year/season; the number of times the vendor has sold and expects to sell this product; the duration of the contracts the vendor has with the resorts/holiday companies; the possibilities and modalities for reserving in the system; and a complete set of examples of concrete reservation possibilities;