The (restaurant) catering contract in tourism Apostolos Tassikas* I. Introduction. – II. Motivation. – III. Research Objectives - Methodology. – IV. Limitation of the Research. – V. Historical Elements for the Restaurant Catering Contract. – VI. Restaurants and Catering within the Framework of Public Law. – 6.1. Restaurants as Establishments of Health Interest. 6.2. Public Health Provisions on Catering. – VII. Legal Classification according to the Nature of the Contract. 7.1. Challenges in the Restaurant Catering Contract. 7.2. Typological Contractual Elements of the Restaurant Catering Contract. 7.2.1. General Elements. 7.2.2. Contract Classification. 7.2.3. Mixed Contracts. 7.3. Subsumption. 7.4. Own Proposal. 7.5. Conclusion. – VIII. Legal Framework Analysis of the Restaurant Catering Contract. 8.1. Precontractual Stage and Conclusion of the Contract. 8.1.1. Freedom of Contracts. 8.1.2. Multiple Counterparties. 8.1.3. Reservations (réservé) as a Form of Conclusion of the Contract. 8.1.4. Price List (menu): Legal Nature. 8.1.5. Reservations via Internet-Page or via Platforms. 8.2. Obligations of the Parties. 8.3. Duration as Contractual Element. 8.4. Duty of Care. 8.5. Irregularities in Contract Performance by the Restauranteur. 8.5.1. Long Waiting Duration. 8.5.2. Defect Performance in Delivery the Order. 8.5.3. Error in Performance (Aliud or Minus). 8.5.4. Customer Protection under the Consumer Law. 8.6. Irregularities in Contract Performance by the Customer. 8.6.1. The Customer Does Not Appear to Receive their Order. 8.6.2. The Customer Does Not Consume their Order. 8.6.3. Avoidance of Payment of Consideration. 8.7. Ancillary Obligations of the Parties. 8.7.1. The Good Faith Principle. 8.7.2. Breach of Obligation for Proper Behaviour within the Establishment. 8.7.3. Safekeeping of Customers’ Movables (Cloakroom-Parking). 8.7.4. Safekeeping of Customer’s Health. – IX. Summary. This paper presents an examination of the legal nature of the catering contract and an attempt to define the framework of codified applicable provisions from DOI 10.60559/gl39 * Prof. Dr. Apostolos D. Tassikas, Ass. Prof. for Civil Law, Faculty of Law, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. (ORCID ID 0000-0001-8525-5368; Google Scholar ID KAdazpQAAAAJ).
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