Съдебна практика

  • Данни за случая
    • Национален идентификатор: Supreme Court of Cassation, Judgement 9/2020
    • Държава-членка: България
    • Общоприето наименование:N/A
    • Вид решение: Решение на върховния съд
    • Дата на решението: 27/02/2020
    • Съд: Върховен касационен съд
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    • Ключови думи: unfair terms
  • Членове от директивата
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 4, 2. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 5 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 5
  • Уводна бележка

    The payment of interest by the borrower is a service that constitutes an essential element of the bank loan agreement and represents the remuneration due to the trader for the services provided by him. The complete abolition of the interest rate clause, with an explicit and clear remuneration stipulation, with a certain absolute value at the time of the conclusion of the contract, would exclude its remunerative nature.

  • Факти

    A loan agreement has been concluded between a consumer and a bank for the purchase of real estate in Swiss francs.

    Para. 3,1 of the contract stipulates that for the utilised loan, the borrower owes annual interest in the amount of the sum of the base interest rate of the bank for housing loans in Swiss francs / BIR / plus a contractual margin of 1, 15 points, as at the time of the contract The BIR was 4.5%. The consumer claims that the clause is vague and unfair and should therefore be eliminated from the contract. The Court of First Instance and the Court of First Instance upheld the action.

  • Правен въпрос

    What criteria must a clause in a bank loan agreement meet in order to meet the requirement of the Consumer Protection Act and Directive 93/13 regarding clarity?

  • Решение

    The Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) considers that the requirement for clarity and comprehensibility of the clause will be met not only if the price is clearly indicated from a grammatical point of view, but also if its content can accurately understand the scope of the obligation and the average consumer, who is reasonably well informed and reasonably circumspect, can understand the economic consequences of the conclusion of the contract.

    The Supreme Court of Cassation recalls its consistent practice, which requires that the change in the interest rate be imposed for objective reasons, which are beyond the control of the trader and which should be detailed in the contract. In this sense, it is necessary for the bank's methodology for the change of the interest rate to be part of the agreed content and not to be an internal act of the trader.
    The Supreme Court of Cassation accepts that a clause in a loan agreement, which specifies the interest rate in absolute value as a percentage of the loan amount, meets the requirement of clarity and comprehensibility. The fact that the interest is determined by two components - BIR and markup, each of which is indicated as a value, does not introduce ambiguity, as for the average consumer it is understandable that the total interest is the sum of the two elements and requires only the application of arithmetic operation for its calculation. The clause meets the requirement for clarity after the BIR is specified as a specific percentage, despite the fact that the consumer did not know how the bank determined it.

    URL: http://www.vks.bg/pregled-akt?type=ot-delo&id=6BF3297CC521F473C225851B0027001A

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  • Свързани случаи

    Няма налични резултати

  • Правна литература

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  • Резултат

    The Supreme Court of Cassation overturned the decision of the Ruse District Court, which had declared the clause null and void and rejected the consumer's claim.