Съдебна практика

  • Данни за случая
    • Национален идентификатор: Sofia Court of Appeal, Judgement 687/2020
    • Държава-членка: България
    • Общоприето наименование:N/A
    • Вид решение: Съдебно решение в процес на обжалване
    • Дата на решението: 13/04/2020
    • Съд: Софийски апелативен съд
    • Заглавие:
    • Ищец:
    • Ответник:
    • Ключови думи: injunction, burden of proof
  • Членове от директивата
    Injunctions Directive, Article 2
  • Уводна бележка

    In the proceedings on collective claims, it is established whether a given clause is unequal in the sense of Art. 143 of the Consumer Protection Act. It can be assessed whether it is null and void only after examining the specific content of a contract and the manner of its conclusion.

    The fact that before filing the collective action the CPC served a letter to the defendant with a list of clauses it considered unfair, letter which was sent to the address of management but was not received by the legal representative of the company, but by its employee, is not an obstacle to filing a collective action.

  • Факти

    The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) and the Active Consumers Association filed a collective claim against an insurance company, requesting the establishment of the fact that some of the clauses in the general conditions of CASCO insurance are unequal within the meaning of Art. 143 of the Consumer Protection Act. The applicants ask the court to order the defendant to suspend the application of these clauses and to announce the judgement in an appropriate manner.

    The defendant claims that the claim is inadmissible because before filing the case he was not notified of the decision taken by the CPC, which established that some of the clauses of the general conditions of CASCO insurance are unequal. The letter sent by the CPC was received at the address of management of the insurance company, not by the appointed conservator, but by another person.

  • Правен въпрос

    Is a collective claim for establishing unfair terms in a contract admissible when the defendant has not been notified in advance of the decision taken by the CPC to establish unfair terms in the contracts applied by him? Is notification of the existence of unfair terms correctly served, if it is sent to the trader's management address yet not received by his legal representative?

  • Решение

    The Court of Appeal considers that two of the three clauses of the general conditions of the respondent company, which the Court of First Instance declared to be unfair, are not unfair and annuls the decision of the Court of First Instance in this part.

    The Court of Appeal considers that the claim for establishing the unfair nature of clauses of the general conditions of the defendant, filed by the CPC and the Active Consumers Association is admissible, regardless of whether the defendant was notified by the CPC of the decision to establish their inequality.

    The court also considers that it is not obligatory for such a notification to be served on the legal representative of the company (in the case of his quaestor). After the notification has been served at the address of management indicated in the commercial register, it has been served correctly, provided that it has been received by an employee of the company. The defendant bears the burden of proving that the person who received the notification is not his employee.

    URL: http://194.12.227.30/bcap/ac/webdata.nsf/vCourtActsByCase/7A763C3900A84A11C225854C002903D4

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  • Резултат

    The Sofia Court of Appeal amended the decision of the Court of First Instance, holding that two of the three impugned clauses were not unfair. The decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court of Cassation.