Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/22/2022

Subject: The Court of Justice affirmed that Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts, does not preclude national legislation, under which, in the context of court proceedings relating to a finding that a term in a contract between a seller or supplier and a consumer is unfair, the consumer concerned must, in the event that his or her claims are satisfied out of court, bear his or her own costs, provided that the court hearing the case necessarily takes account of any bad faith on the part of the seller or supplier concerned and, where appropriate, orders the latter to pay the costs relating to the court proceedings which that consumer was required to institute in order to assert the rights conferred on him or her by Directive 93/13

Parties: Servicios prescriptor y medios de pagos EFC

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection

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