Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 02/13/2025

Subject: According to the Court, the concept of ‘initial commitment period’ referred to in Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive), covers both the duration of the initial contract concluded between a consumer and a provider of electronic communications services and that of a subsequent contract concluded between the same parties and such that that subsequent contract may not impose a commitment period exceeding 24 months, including when it was signed and put into effect before the expiry of the initial contract

Parties: Verbraucherzentrale Berlin (Notion de durée d’engagement initiale)

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection

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