Monday, 31 July 2023

Average consumers not expected to conduct legal research - CJEU in Banco Santander (C-265/22)

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  Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash On July 13th, the CJEU issued a judgment further clarifying the principle of transparency under the Unfair Co...
Friday, 7 July 2023

Limits of unfair terms control, limits of harmonisation: CJEU in First Bank SA (C-593/22)

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Is unfairness, like beauty, foremost in the eyes of the beholder('s Member State)? Yesterday, the Court of Justice has decides a seeming...
Friday, 30 June 2023

Suspending payments of monthly loan instalments for consumers awaiting finding of unfairness - CJEU in Getin Noble Bank (C-287/22)

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Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash On June 15th, aside the Bank M  judgment (see our previous comment here ), the CJEU addressed Polish...
Thursday, 29 June 2023

Recyclable packaging priced separately - CJEU in Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb (C-543/21)

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The CJEU agreed today with the opinion of AG Emiliou in the case Verband Sozialer Wettbewerb  ( C-543/21 ). I commented on this opinion prev...
Thursday, 22 June 2023

Iliad aka cancelling Amazon Prime subscription

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Most of our readers probably have already seen this news, but it is still interesting to address it: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charged ...
Wednesday, 21 June 2023

On the right of withdrawal in credit agreements - the CJEU in C-50/22 Sogefinancement

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Earlier this year in March, the CJEU delivered a judgment in C-50/22 Sogefinancement SAS that clarified the scope of Directive 2008/48/EC o...
Tuesday, 20 June 2023

National law temporarily exempting travel organisers from full refund in cash ruled not compatible with EU law (Case C-407/21)

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As expected, some of the disputes regarding the termination of travel related contracts due to the Covid-19 outbreak have arrived at the att...
Monday, 19 June 2023

Upon unfairness of mortgages, banks may suffer financially - CJEU in Bank M. (C-520/21)

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Last Thursday the CJEU issued a much-awaited judgment in the Polish case Bank M.  ( C-520/21 ), another case dealing with the fallout of mor...
Monday, 12 June 2023

Costs of repatriation flights during Covid-19 not covered by Regulation 261/2004 - CJEU in Austrian Airlines (C-49/22)

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On Thursday, June 8th, the CJEU issued a judgment in the Austrian Airlines  case ( C-49/22 ). The national court asked for help with interpr...
Friday, 9 June 2023

Throwback to last summer: the notion of producer clarified by the Court (C-264/21, Keskinäinen Vakuutusyhtiö Fennia)

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Our last two posts concerned the notion of the consumer in the context of two judgments issued earlier this week ( CJEU confirms... , Financ...