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  • Данни за случая
    • Национален идентификатор: Supreme Court of Cassation, Judgement 345/2019
    • Държава-членка: България
    • Общоприето наименование:N/A
    • Вид решение: Решение на върховния съд
    • Дата на решението: 09/01/2019
    • Съд: Върховен касационен съд
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    • Ключови думи: unfair terms, consumer contracts, collective action
  • Членове от директивата
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 6
  • Уводна бележка

    The legal interest of the Consumer Protection Commission to bring a collective action for annulment of clauses in a credit agreement does not disappear even if at the time of filing the claim, no customer had used the financial product.

    The lender may not demand payment of fees and commissions for actions related to the absorption and management of the loan.

  • Факти

    The trader Ferratum Bulgaria Ltd. applies general conditions to a financial service in which  various fees are provided in art. 7. 2., which the consumer must pay in case of overdue obligation. The Consumer Protection Commission is bringing a collective action for the annulment of these clauses. The trader claims that the Consumer Protection Commission has no legal interest in bringing the action, as at the time it filed for the credit product in question, no contract has been concluded with a consumer.

  • Правен въпрос

    Does the Consumer Protection Commission have no legal interest in bringing a collective action for annulment of credit agreement clauses if the trader has not entered into any individual contract with a consumer for that credit product?

    Is the creditor entitled to demand payment of fees and commissions for actions related to the absorption and management of the loan?

  • Решение

    The Court considers that the legal interest of the Consumer Protection Commission to bring a collective action for annulment of credit agreement clauses does not disappear even if the trader has not entered into any individual contract with a consumer for that credit product. At any given time, there is a possibility for such a contract to be concluded. In that regard, the Court held that the trader was actively offering the credit product, since it was apparent from the explanations set out by him in the course of the proceedings that he had taken action to correct the disputed clause.

    The Court considers that this clause of art. 7. 2. of the of credit agreement violates art. 10a of the Consumer Credit Act, which prohibits the creditor to demand payment of fees and commissions for actions related to the absorption and management of the loan. The clause provides for three different fees:  a management fee, a notification fee, and an extension fee. Furthermore, in their economic nature, these   fees  are directly related to the management of the credit and something which the trader is not legally entitled to charge.

    URL: http://www.vks.bg/pregled-akt?type=ot-delo&id=EE736D242482A922C225837D004D62F6

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  • Резултат

    The Supreme Court of Cassation upheld the decision of the Second Instance Court, rejecting the defendant's objection that the collective action was inadmissible due to the loss of its legal interest and ordered the defendant to suspend the application of the unfair clause in consumer credit agreements.