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<strong>Services</strong> <strong>Standards</strong><br />

Affordability<br />

Minimum<br />

content through<br />

contract terms<br />

Quality<br />

Safety<br />

Travel<br />

agencies and<br />

tour operators<br />

EN 13809<br />

Hotel and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

type of tourism<br />

accommodatio<br />

n EN ISO 18513<br />

Recreational<br />

Diving services<br />

EN 14467<br />

4.3. Risk<br />

Assessment<br />

4.4. Emergency<br />

equipment and<br />

procedures<br />

Language<br />

study tour<br />

EN 14804<br />

4. Service<br />

provision<br />

(management)<br />

and staff, tuition<br />

(teaching,<br />

premises,<br />

teaching staff),<br />

accommodation,<br />

leisure, welfare<br />

3.2.4.<br />

declaration of<br />

special<br />

requirements<br />

(dietary,<br />

allergies, mental<br />

and physical<br />

disabilities)<br />

4.5. emergency<br />

management<br />

Billing 3.2.1. d)<br />

contract price,<br />

3.2.1. h)<br />

percentage to<br />

be paid as<br />

deposit<br />

Payment<br />

modalities<br />

b) Rights and remedies (withdrawal, compensation and liability)<br />

The European standard on language tours EN 14804 contains some scarce<br />

information on rights and remedies. If one measures <strong>the</strong> standards against <strong>the</strong><br />

rules provided for in Directive 90/314/EEC on package tours, <strong>the</strong> result is ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

disappointing. There are only some basic rules on <strong>the</strong> potential liability in<br />

providing <strong>the</strong> contractual services.<br />

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