Licence to pursue the sale of tourist packages

Applicants who wish to pursue this activity must register the business activity, and have the appropriate legal status.

The person who runs the activity and is the legal representative of the applicant

• must not have been convicted of an economic crime or a crime against the security of legal transactions, or
• be prohibited from the selling or brokerage of travel packages by way of a court order, for as long as the prohibition is in effect.

Evidence

Extract from criminal records kept by the Ministry of Justice.

The person who operates the activity and is the legal representative of the applicant shall have:

• at least post-secondary vocational education and three years work experience in this activity.
  The condition shall also be considered to be met if the operator has provided tour operator services:
• for six consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or as a manager of an undertaking for six consecutive years, and the pursuit of the activity did not cease more than ten years before the date of lodging of the application for the issuing of the licence for the organization of travel packages, or
• for three consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or as a manager of an undertaking where the operator can prove that he/she has received at least three years’ prior training for this activity, attested by a nationally recognized certificate or regarded by a competent professional body as fully satisfying the requirements, or
• for four consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or as a manager of an undertaking where the operator can prove that he has received at least two years’ prior training for this activity, attested by a nationally recognized certificate or regarded by a competent professional body as fully satisfying the requirements;
• or for three consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or as a manager of an undertaking where the operator can prove that he/she has pursued this activity for five years in an employed capacity, and that the pursuit of the activity did not cease more than ten years before the date of lodging of the application for the issuing of the licence for the provision of tour operator services; or
• for five consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or as a manager of an undertaking where the operator can prove that he/she has received at least three years’ prior training for this activity, attested by a nationally recognized certificate or regarded by a competent professional body as fully satisfying the requirements; or for six consecutive years in a self-employed capacity or
• as a manager of an undertaking where the operator can prove that he/she has received at least two years’ prior training for this activity, attested by a nationally recognized certificate or regarded by a competent professional body as fully satisfying the requirements.

Evidence

• Certificate of completed education;
• employment contract or certificate of payment of pension insurance contributions

The provider shall perform this activity at the business premises which are not a residential unit and are accessible to the customers within the specified working hours, which are displayed in a prominent place.

Evidence

The provider shall have appropriate business premises and shall submit the following evidence to that effect:

• a land register extract, or
• a sale and purchase agreement for real estate, or
• a lease agreement, or
• a court decision or order, or
• other evidence

and

• a statement by the provider that the business premises are not part of a residential building,
• a statement by the provider that the business premises are accessible to customers,
• a statement about working hours, with the recommendation that these hours are displayed in a prominent place.