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  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: High Court, Judgement I Cp 354/2020
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 15/07/2020
    • Sodišče: Visje sodisce v Ljubljani
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    • Ključne besede: contract law, consumer rights, price and payment, lex specialis, legal rights.
  • Členi direktive
    Price Indication Directive, Article 1 Price Indication Directive, Article 1
  • Uvodna opomba

    ECLI:SI:VSLJ:2020:I.CP.354.2020


    The provisions of the contract, the Code of Obligations, and the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act must be applied when deciding on a dispute between litigants arising from a construction contract. The plaintiff's subsequent entry into the VAT system does not in itself make it possible to raise the contract price by the amount of VAT. Furthermore, the contractual parties agreed from the very beginning on installing a crushed stone instead of gravel. Therefore, the finding that the defendant accepted worse and cheaper material than agreed (i.e., did not request removal or replacement) does not mean that the plaintiff can charge the price of such material in accordance with the contractually agreed (for another, more expensive, material). The contractual provision that the price per unit of measurement does not change, does not mean that the price remains the same if the work is done with cheaper material.

    Relevance: The case law finds, applies and explains what is meant under Article 1 of the Directive 98/6/EC and how it should be interpreted.

  • Dejstva

    On the basis of the contract for the execution of construction works, the plaintiff carried out the construction works. According to the contract, the defendant was obliged to pay 38,779.71 EUR, but the plaintiff claims that the defendant should also pay EUR 25,279.77 and EUR 2,401.57 of value added tax, depending on the amount of material used and the price of the work. In the meantime, the plaintiff entered the VAT system and arbitrarily increased the agreed prices by the amount of his tax liability. Therefore, the plaintiff demanded that the consumer also pay the amount of his tax liability. Then, the defendant sent to the plaintiff a notice stating that he was paying the amount with value added tax “for now” and the next day they would clarify open issues and discuss how to proceed with payment from then on. Furthermore, the defendant claimed that it was initially arranged that the plaintiff would insert a smaller fracture, but later found that an even significantly cheaper one was used. In addition, it was claimed that the material used was broken and regarding that, it was questionable whether the time-time limits had expired.

  • Pravna zadeva

    Who is liable to pay VAT upon the plaintiff's subsequent entry into the VAT system when there is no agreement between the parties? (bearing in mind Article 1 of the Directive 98/6/EC).

    Are the facts about what material was used and when the defendant found it, decisive for the correctness of the conclusion as to whether the defendant informed the plaintiff of the error within the time limit referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 37.a of the Consumer Protection Act?

  • Odločba

    The Court of First Instance correctly found that the plaintiff was obliged to pay value added taxes (VAT) and, in accordance with Article 82 of the Value Added Tax Act, to issue an invoice which also contained information on the VAT rate. However, this does not mean that the defendant was therefore obliged to pay the agreed price, increased by VAT, despite a different contractual agreement. The Value Added Tax Act does not stipulate such a thing, nor does it deal with the position of the consumer. The plaintiff's subsequent entry into the VAT system is a circumstance that would require an agreement between the parties, which did not occur. Therefore, the plaintiff cannot arbitrarily increase the agreed price by the amount of his tax liability. This circumstance, since there was no agreement between the parties, could be considered under the provision of Article 112 of the Code of Obligations, but no claims in this direction were made. The Court of First Instance did not correctly determine the consequences of the defendant's consent to the embedded material. The fact that the supplied material ensures the same soil compaction as contracted does not mean that the installation of cheaper material does not constitute a material error. The criterion of whether the entrepreneur has fulfilled his obligation correctly is the property of the final result - these properties must correspond not only to the rules of the profession (or one segment of these), but also to the contractually agreed properties. The Court of First Instance did not comment on its claims concerning environmental and ecological requirements in the execution of construction works, even if they were legally significant.

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  • Zadetek

    The High Court upheld the appeal on the basis of the fifth indent of Article 358 of the Civil Procedure Act. The Court annulled the judgment in points 1, 2, 3 and 4 and therefore, returned the case to the court of first instance.