Съдебна практика

  • Данни за случая
    • Национален идентификатор: Supreme Court of Cassation, Judgement 109/2019
    • Държава-членка: България
    • Общоприето наименование:N/A
    • Вид решение: Решение на върховния съд
    • Дата на решението: 12/09/2019
    • Съд: Върховен касационен съд
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    • Ключови думи: unfair terms, collective action, consumer credit agreements, consumer rights, injunctions
  • Членове от директивата
    Injunctions Directive, Article 2, 1., (a)
  • Уводна бележка

    The legal interest of a consumer association to bring an action to order a trader to suspend the application of unfair terms in consumer contracts does not disappear simply because the defendant changed his general conditions in the course of the proceedings.

  • Факти

    The trader Proficredit Bulgaria Ltd. applies general conditions to its consumer credit agreements, which contain a number of unfair terms. A consumer association is suing the trader, claiming that the trader should be sentenced to suspend the application of unfair terms and exclude them from the content of consumer credit agreements.

  • Правен въпрос

    Does the consumer association have no legal interest in seeking the cessation of the application of unfair terms in consumer contracts simply because in the course of the process the trader has changed its general conditions. Should the case be terminated for this reason?

  • Решение

    The legal interest of a consumer association to bring an action to order a trader to suspend the application of unfair terms in consumer contracts does not disappear simply because in the course of the proceedings the defendant changed his general conditions. The Court held that the change of the general conditions during the proceedings was a form of chicanery by the defendant. The legal interest in the claim does not disappear with the adoption of new general conditions, because the plaintiff, which is a consumer association, cannot have information on how well all the defendant's clients are aware of these changes and have accepted them. Since it is possible for the old general conditions to continue to apply to some of the trader's customers, the plaintiff has a legal interest in examining the claim, as these consumers may subsequently file individual claims against the trader after the entry into force of the collective action decision, ordering the defendant to suspend the application of unfair terms.

    The Court does not accept the defendant's argument that the legal interest is lost due to the fact that no individual consumer has joined the collective action filed by the consumer organisation. The Court held that the participation of consumers in the proceedings was the result of their free will, and that they might have trusted in the actions taken by the applicant in defending their interests without participating in the proceedings in person.

    URL: http://www.vks.bg/pregled-akt?type=ot-delo&id=C2B423B3DCDB6CC0C2258454003904DE

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  • Резултат

    The Supreme Court of Cassation upheld the decision of the Second Instance Court, rejected 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 unfair terms in consumer credit agreements.