196 TOURISM LAW IN EUROPE simplification of procedures for tourism operators due to the dematerialisation of the procedure and soon of the annual controls of financial guarantee and professional liability; the attractiveness of publishing their registration on the electronic register and updating it in real time; transparency of the system and the quantity of information available on the register which allows anyone consulting it, not only to check that a particular operator complies with the conditions provided for by the Tourism Code (financial guarantee and professional insurance) but also to establish their own statistical evolution of the registration process.73 In 2018, the results are still positive and the data show an evolution since 6,865 tour and holiday operators are registered. The reform resulting from the 2015 directive is likely to lead to a significant increase in the number of registrations. 4. CLASSIFICATION OF FRENCH TOURIST ACCOMMODATION Plan: The need to provide reliable information to tourists on the quality of the accommodation has led quite quickly to the classification of accommodation according to comfort of tourists or other characteristics. This classification may be carried out by the profession itself or by tourist information professionals (guides, etc.). Nevertheless, it is also carried out by the public authorities. Following the publication of a report on the classification of tourist accommodation submitted in July 2007 to the Secretary of State for Tourism74 denouncing a classification system considered too outdated by the vast majority of professionals and by the public authorities (4.1.), the Law of 22 July 2009 radically reformed the accommodation system (4.2.). 73 Source: Atout France, April 2011. 74 Brassens B., Ducos-Fonfrede D., Breuil P. et Leibetseder J., Rapport sur le classement des hébergements touristiques, juill. 2007. (Report on the classification of tourist accommodation, July 2007.)
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