Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg (Germany) lodged on 18 March 2011 — Jürgen Blödel-Pawlik v HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG

(Case C-134/11)

2011/C 179/13

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Hamburg

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Jürgen Blödel-Pawlik

Defendant: HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG

Question referred

Does Article 7 of Directive 90/314/EEC (1) of 13 June 1990 on package travel, package holidays and package tours also apply when the travel operator becomes insolvent because from the beginning with fraudulent intent it used all the money collected from the travellers for an improper purpose and it was never intended that the trip would be organised?

(1)  Council Directive 90/314/EEC of 13 June 1990 on package travel, package holidays and package tours (OJ 1990 L 158, p. 59).