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on Tuesday, says prime minister Erna Solberg (H) on Dagsnytt 18 that we can not stay ourselves on traveling abroad the first part of the summer holidays.
– I think it is a bit early to speculate about all this, but the way it is today, I don’t think it will be possible to travel to Spain, France and Italy, because they will struggle with their infection, ” says Solberg.
But many norwegians have already ordered the spring and summer utenlandsferie, and now want to refund your money on the packages.
About the government’s proposal to extend the deadline for refund of cancelled travel goes through, it can go three months before they see any of this money.
– Not everyone can afford to wait
the Norwegian Consumer council fears this will go beyond the families from before of have a difficult economy. They will now have to wait even longer to get the money back for a holiday they do not receive.
Koronapandemien has led to that many consumers have outstanding amounts of up to 60,000 crowns.
Not all consumers are free to choose when to travel on a trip, or can afford to wait long to get a refund. Many consumers have also been given a new economic life, ” says the director of the Norwegian Consumer council, Inger Lise Blyverket.
Director of the Norwegian Consumer council, Inger Lise Blyverket, expect that government measures will also come to the benefit of consumers.
Photo: Annika Burden / NTB Seem exults
the Proposal from the government to help to help a hard-pressed travel businesses through koronakrisen. Høringsfristen for the proposal is only on one day because the government believes it is urgent to get the set out regulation. The deadline ran out on Tuesday.
the Extension of the package holiday arrangørenes tilbakebetaligns the deadline from two weeks to three months shall also apply to overdue requirements. The regulation should thus have a retroactive effect.
In addition, it is proposed to arrange for a credit note scheme as the traveler voluntarily accept in lieu of cash refund.
– To expose tilbakebetalingsfristen is crucial. Without this delay we would of seen a number of bankruptcies just after easter, ” says Ivar Horneland Kristensen, managing director of the Work.
at the same time hope he is not the possible, the changes are a security blanket.
Without a compensation scheme for pakkereisearrangørene exposed only konkursene. It is therefore essential that the government quickly put forth proposals for solutions, so the Parliament has asked for.
Unconstitutional
Consumer is, however, not just positive to the proposal. They believe that the proposal does not satisfy the conditions for a retroactive effect, and thus is contrary to the Constitution, paragraph 97.
Consumer expects that the government’s measures will come to the benefit of consumers. In its responses received can be seen emphasises the importance of consumer rights be respected, also in crisis situations.
In today’s crisis requires that both the business and political authorities handle the situation in a way that is not the stingrays at the beams of a tillitsbasert market economy, ” says Blyverket.
In the do so it is that the government should look to Denmark and their solution where pakkereisearrangører offers direct loans and the support to avoid bankruptcy.
“such A solution will save the reisearrangørene from bankruptcies, and at the same time make sure that consumers get their money. We find it surprising that the Government does not select a corresponding solution to the situation that has occurred,” it says in the note.
NRK contacted the ministry of Children and family affairs about the matter Tuesday evening, but has not yet received a reply.
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