The list is legally indicative, not mandatory, according to the interpretation of the European Commission, but nevertheless, travel agencies are recommended to actually contract with Chinese travel agencies for the provision of incoming services in the European Union, which are registered on said list.

The reason for this registration is not only to enable recruitment by Chinese travel agencies. The consular offices of the Member States of the European Union, in the use of the powers conferred on them by the Common Consular Instruction of the EC, require that Chinese travel agencies, when applying for visas, have a certification from the travel agency. receptive European company, with specification of all the services contracted and reserved for the ADS group.

The indicative list of travel agencies, once formed by the Delegation of the European Commission in China, is the only instrument available to the consular offices of the EU Member States in China, to verify that the European company declared by the issuing Chinese travel agency for the incoming destination, it is an authentic travel agency and not another type of company.

The Chinese Tourism Administration has expressed to the Delegation of the European Commission in Beijing its intention to update the list every six months so that travel agencies belonging to the European countries included in the Memorandum of Agreement can be included in the database to which Chinese travel agencies authorized to send tourist groups abroad have access.

All travel agencies established in Spain that are interested in appearing on the indicative list of travel agencies of the European Union for the reception of groups of Chinese tourists, must notify the Secretary of State for Tourism, through :

General Subdirectorate of Tourism Cooperation and Competitiveness

• C/ Capitán Haya, 41 (28020 – Madrid)
• Phone 91.732.64.71 Fax 91.732.64.74
• Email: sgcooperacionturistica@minetad.es

Registration period

From May 22 to June 7, 2017.

All requests, once reviewed, will be answered individually.

Two assumptions are distinguished:

• New registration: for those agencies that do not appear in the November 2016 list (including those that had appeared in previous lists).
• Renewal: for travel agencies that already appear on the November 2016 list.

Documentation to provide

New registration

• Certificate of registration or License issued by the competent administrative authority of the corresponding Autonomous Community, which demonstrates that the applicant company is authorized to operate as a travel agency and has the corresponding title -license or registration certificate. It is mandatory to send a scanned copy of your title-license or Certificate of Registration to the email address sgcooperacionturistica@minetad.es or to fax: 91.732.64.74 (send by fax only in case for some reason they cannot send it scanned by e-mail).
• Full name of the travel agency (official or commercial name that you want to appear in the list)
• Email address (corporate address and very important: that it is an email that is reviewed regularly and not individual emails from people who may not be in the company after some time).
• Contact person
• Postal address (Street/Road, number and Postal Code)
• Phone number
• Fax (if any)

Renewal

Spanish travel agencies that appear on the November 2016 list and wish to remain included in the list must notify this also using the same procedure. If they do not do so, it will be understood that they wish to unsubscribe and they will be automatically excluded from the list.

For the renewal of the registration and in order to keep the content of the list updated, the following data must be communicated:

• It is an essential requirement to communicate the Registration Number or License issued by the competent administrative authority of your Autonomous Community (as it is a renewal, it is not necessary to send a scanned copy as it has been sent in the previous registration, but notify the number for verification). Without this information the registration will not be renewed.
• Email address (corporate address and very important: that it is an email that is reviewed regularly and not individual emails from people who may not be in the company after some time) < /li>
• Name of the travel agency (official or commercial name, whatever you want to appear on the list)
• Contact person
• Postal address (Street/Road, number, and Postal Code)
• Phone number
• Fax (if any)

ADS List Renewal Announcement May 2017