#62024CJ0629EU Court clarifies liability limits for cruise injuries in package travel
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This judgment clarifies how EU sea-passenger liability rules apply when a cruise is sold as part of a package holiday. It confirms that passenger injury claims on board a cruise can fall under Regulation 392/2009 and the Athens Convention rules on carrier liability, including compensation limits. Cruise operators, travel organisers, insurers, and injured passengers are affected. Businesses selling or operating cruises need to understand when maritime liability caps may limit compensation, even where the trip was bought as a package.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies that EU maritime passenger liability rules can apply to injuries on cruises sold as package travel
- Confirms that Athens Convention compensation limits may be relevant in claims against cruise carriers
- Highlights the need for cruise operators and package organisers to align passenger information, insurance, and claims handling with maritime liability rules
Obligations
What this law requires
Carriers and performing carriers must provide passengers with appropriate and comprehensible information about their rights under Regulation (EC) No 392/2009.
Where the contract of carriage is made in a Member State, carriers or performing carriers must provide passenger-rights information at all points of sale, including telephone and internet sales.
Where the place of departure is in a Member State, carriers or performing carriers must provide passenger-rights information before departure.
In cases where the contract of carriage is not made in a Member State and the departure is not from a Member State, carriers or performing carriers must provide passenger-rights information no later than at departure.
Carriers and performing carriers must provide passenger-rights information in the most appropriate format and must include at least the Commission’s public summary of Regulation (EC) No 392/2009.