Rättspraxis

  • Uppgifter om ärendet
    • Nationellt id-nummer: Patent and Market Court of Appeal, Judgment 7500-16
    • Medlemsstat: Sverige
    • Vedertaget namn:N/A
    • Beslutstyp: Domstolsbeslut överklagat
    • Beslutsdatum: 20/03/2018
    • Domstol: Patent and Market Court of Appeal
    • Ämne:
    • Kärande: Säker Vatten AB
    • Svarande: Cyncronia Bygg AB, N-F.K
    • Nyckelord: CLD Content Sverige svenska
  • Direktivartiklar
    Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 1, Article 3, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 6, 1.
  • Huvudanmärkning

    The Marketing Act applies not only in order to protect consumers but also to protect other traders.

     

  • Omständigheter

    The defendant (hereinafter the singular form defendant will be used even though there were two, since it refers to a company and its sole board member), was working in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning sector (HVAC). The defendant was authorized by the plaintiff, who promotes and manages the rules of the HVAC sector as well as controls and authorizes companies within the sector. On 14 February 2014 the defendant was, however expelled since the company did not have any qualified assembler. It continued, nevertheless, to claim that it performs installations according to the above rules.

    The plaintiff filed a claim and demanded the termination of such commercial claims under a penalty of fine.

    The court of first instance ruled that the provisions of the Marketing Act (2008:486) should apply on the grounds that the defendant claimed in its website that it performs installations in accordance to the HVAC rules even though it was not an authorized company. An average recipient of such a message would believe that the defendant was authorized by the plaintiff and would thus take a transactional decision based on this statement. Such commercial practice is therefore unfair. Moreover, an authorization certificate and a certificate of water installation that refers to the HVAC rules was provided to some customers. The court found that the provision of the certificates constituted an unfair practice under p. 4 of the Annex of the Directive.

    The plaintiff appealed in the Patent and Market Court of Appeal.

  • Juridisk fråga

    When is a statement considered to be an unfair commercial practice?

  • Beslut

    The Patent and Market Court of Appeal started by declaring that the Marketing Act applies not only in order to protect consumers but also to protect other traders. Therefore, when interpreting the provisions of the Marketing Act in the light of the Directive, whatever applies for consumers applies also for traders. With regards to the statement of the defendants, an average recipient of the statement, which could be both a consumer or a trader, would be affected and would take a transactional decision based on the statement. The commercial practice is therefore unfair. Similarly, the provision of certificates to customers that the defendant was authorized in the past without clear explanations that it is not authorized any more constitute unfair practices under p. 4 of the Annex of the Directive.

    URL: http://www.patentochmarknadsoverdomstolen.se/Domstolar/pmod/2018/Svea%20HR%20PMT%207500-16%20Dom%202018-03-20.pdf

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  • Resultat

    The court affirmed the decision of the court of appeal with regards to the unfairness of the practices but changed the decision of the court of first instance with regards to the penalty and the damages to be paid by the defendant.