Originally Posted by
djjaguar64
How will this be enforced?
As far as I understand, not really at all? The actual text of the recommendation includes these final provisions, so I'd interpret this as a Commission wish list:
21. Consumer and passenger organisations at Union and national level should encourage travellers and passengers to accept, instead of reimbursement in money, vouchers that present the characteristics, and benefit from the insolvency protection, described in this Recommendation.
22. Business, consumer and passenger organisations at Union and national level, and Member States authorities, including their national enforcement bodies, should contribute to informing all parties concerned about this Recommendation and cooperate towards its implementation.
Source:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info...ouchers_en.pdf (emphasis mine)
Of course, that concerns the content of the Recommendation (the voucher option). Pre-existing EU law (EC261/2004 and so on, including your right to reimbursement) remains valid and unchanged by this and is, as always, enforced by the National Enforcement Bodies and the court system.