contract conclusion to termination (see chapters 7, 8). Beyond its definition, legal nature and the consequences of breach of contract, the concept of the restaurant catering service contract, also important for the research, is examined in the framework of tourism law, to show in particular its contractual elements compared with related issues arising in other tourism contracts (see chapters 6, 7, 8 and the footnote text, passim). The scope of the paper is to reduce the complexity of its legal character and definition, and to investigate the applicable law of the (restaurant) catering contract and last but not least to contribute, in any small way, towards the regulation of this kind of contract used in daily practice, which plays a major role in organising tourism and developing the national economy. Keywords: Restaurant (catering) contract, innominate and mixed contracts, sale, work and service contracts, hospitality and travel package contracts; consumer protection law, tourism law. I. INTRODUCTION Beyond the extensive codification of the various types of specific contractual obligations such as sale1, donation2, lease3, contracts for work4, mandate5, brokerage contract6, loan for use (commodatum)7, deposit8 etc., called nominate contracts, modern transactions of daily practice have brought to light many ‘atypical’ types of contracts9, the so-called innominate contracts10. By concluding these, the counterparties aim nevertheless to 1 See Art. 513 GCC (Greek Civil Code), § 433 BGB (German Civil Code), Art. 184 OR (Swiss Code of Obligations), § 1053 ABGB (Austrian Civil Code), Art. 1582 et seq. cc (French Civil Code), Art. 1470 et seq. CC (Italian Civil Code). 2 See Art. 496 GCC, § 516 BGB, Art. 239 OR, §§ 938-956 ABGB, Art. 894 cc, Art. 769 CC. 3 See Art. 574 GCC, § 535 BGB, Art. 253 OR, §§ 1090-1150 ABGB, Art. 1709 cc, Art. 1571-1614 CC. 4 See Art. 681 GCC, Art. 631 BGB, Art. 363 OR, § 1151-1174 ABGB (work and service contract), Art. 1709 cc, Art. 1571 CC. 5 See Art. 713 GCC, § 662 BGB, Art. 394 OR, §§ 1002-1026 ABGB, Art. 1831, 1984 cc, Art. 1388, 1703-1704, 1742 et seq. CC. 6 See Art. 703 GCC, § 652 BGB, Art. 412, 413 OR, § 1299 ABGB and §§ 1 et seq., §§ 16 et seq. Austrian “Makler Gesetz”, Art. 1754-1755 CC. 7 See Art. 810 GCC, 598 BGB, Art. 305 OR, §§ 983-1001 ABGB, Art. 1875 cc, Art. 1803 CC. 8 See Art. 822 GCC, § 688 BGB, Art. 472 OR, § 957 ABGB, Art. 1915 cc, Art. 1766 CC. 9 Marc Amstutz & Ariane Morin, in Corinne Widmer Lüchinger & David Oser (ed.), Basler Kommentar, Obligationenrecht I, 7. Aufl., 2020 (update 30.06.2024), Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag: Basel, Einl. vor Art. 184 et seq., Rn. 5-6, 9, 19 (and passim). 10 See, for the so-called innominate contracts, Michael Stathopoulos & Antonios G. Karampatzos, Contract Law in Greece, Fifth Edition, 2022, Kluwer Law International BV: The Netherlands, Nos. 29, 332. 62 APOSTOLOS TASSIKAS
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