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  • Sagsoplysninger
    • Nationalt ID-nr.: M 1/02
    • Medlemsstat: Danmark
    • Almindeligt anvendt navn:The Consumer Ombudsman versus Interessebank Danmark
    • Afgørelsestype: Andet
    • Afgørelsesdato: 01/05/2003
    • Retsinstans: Sø- og Handelsretten
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  • Direktivets artikler
    Distance Selling Directive, Article 10, 1. Distance Selling Directive, Article 10, 2.
  • Indledende note
    1. The case concerned the prohibition according to the Marketing Practices Act § 6a, subsection 1, (implementing, inter alia, art. 10 of the Distance Selling Directive 97/7/EEC), according to which unsolicited applications to consumers by means of fax or e-mail are prohibited. A company sent out not less than 156 unsolicited fax and e-mails to consumers or businesses. The company was imposed a fine of DKK 15.000.
  • Fakta
    The Consumer Ombudsman on behalf of the prosecution brought the case before the court. The Ombudsman claimed that the company should be imposed a fine for sending out not less than 156 unsolicited fax messages and e-mails to consumers and businesses, thereby violating § 6a, subsection 1 of the Marketing Practices Act. According to this provision it is prohibited to send out commercial applications by means of automatic calling systems, fax and e-mail without the recipient’s previous and express consent.
    The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen decided the case in favour of the Consumer Ombudsman.
  • Juridisk spørgsmål
  • Afgørelse

    The court found that the prohibition set forth in § 6a, subsection 1 of the Marketing Practices Act was violated
    The court underlined that implied consent does not comply with the conditions set forth in § 6a, subsection 1
    In determining the fine the court attached importance to the amount of unsolicited applications, the inconvenience for the recipients and the fact that the company continued the violation even after being advised by the authorities that that the conduct was illegal.

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