ECJ, 12 March 2002, Case C-168/00 Leitner v. TUI Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGCompensation for Non-Material Damage under the Directive on Package Travel - European Review of Private Law View ECJ, 12 March 2002, Case C-168/00 Leitner v. TUI Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGCompensation for Non-Material Damage under the Directive on Package Travel by - European Review of Private Law ECJ, 12 March 2002, Case C-168/00 Leitner v. TUI Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGCompensation for Non-Material Damage under the Directive on Package Travel 11 1

Abstract: The ECJ (Sixth Chamber) held in the case of Leitner that Article 5 of Directive 90/314/EEC on package travel is to be interpreted as conferring on consumers, in principle, a right to compensation for non-material damage resulting from the non-performance or improper performance of the services constituting a package holiday.

The following text analyses the case itself, and compares it with Dutch, English, Greek and Polish law.

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