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  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: Higher Court, Judgement II Cp 1591/2020
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 11/01/2021
    • Sodišče: Višje sodišče v Ljubljani
    • Zadeva:
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    • Toženec:
    • Ključne besede: consumer rights, professional diligence, consumer protection, unfair terms
  • Členi direktive
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3, 1. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3, 2. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 4 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 4, 2. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 5
  • Uvodna opomba

    ECLI:SI:VSLJ:2021:II.CP.1591.2020

    In assessing the unfairness or inadmissibility of the contractual terms, it must be determined whether the disputed contractual term is a condition on the main subject of the contract. If so, the question is its clarity and comprehensibility (transparency). If it is found to be clear and understandable, it avoids the assessment of unfairness, but if it is found that it is not clear and understandable, its unfairness is assessed. At the same time, it is necessary to assess whether the disputed contractual term is unfair due to the bank acting in bad faith and significant imbalance in the contractual rights and obligations of the parties.

    Relevance: Applies the jurisprudence of unfair terms and the transparency and unfairness test.

  • Dejstva

    On 10 May 2006, the consumers (the plaintiffs) entered into a long-term loan agreement with the bank (the defendant) with a currency clause in CHF, according to which the bank granted them a loan. On 15 May 2006, the parties concluded a contract in the form of a notarial deed and an agreement on securing the bank’s claim by registering a mortgage on the real estate co-owned by the consumers and by noting the direct enforceability of the notarial deed. The parties therefore entered into a credit agreement with a currency clause, in which the CHF is set as the value base, which is supposed to ensure that the same value of benefits is maintained at the time the obligation is incurred and at the time of its fulfilment. After the appreciation of CHF, the consumers brought actions against the bank, claiming nullity of those agreements because the main contractual term was not in clear and understandable language due to the banks failure to duly inform. Thus, the main term should be the subject of the unfairness test by determining whether the bank acted in bad faith and whether there was a significant imbalance between the rights and obligations of the parties at the time of contract conclusion.

  • Pravna zadeva
    • Did the bank comply with its explanatory duty at the time of concluding the contracts in accordance with the criteria established by the CJEU?
    • Was there a significant imbalance in the level of information between the consumer and the bank at the time of the contract conclusion regarding the exchange rate risk because the bank acted in bad faith?
  • Odločba

    The appeal is dismissed, and the contested partial judgement is upheld. The appellate court agrees with the upheld judgement that the plaintiffs were adequately and sufficiently informed about the risks of concluding a contract with a currency clause in CHF, which means that a further assessment of the unfairness of the condition on the main subject of the contract is not necessary. It concluded that the defendant had not acted contrary to the requirement of good faith in concluding the contract and that there had been no significant imbalance in the contractual rights and obligations of the parties at the time the contract was concluded. In assessing the performance of the explanatory duty (requirement of transparency of contractual terms), the Court of First Instance proceeded from the criteria set by the case law of Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia taking into account the interpretation of Directive 93/13.

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  • Zadetek

    Against this decision, only extraordinary legal remedies are possible. Concretely, an appeal on points of law and a revision of the judgement, both only if the legal requirements under the Civil Procedure Act are fulfilled.