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  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: High Court, Judgement I Cp 2064/2020
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 15/04/2021
    • 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 4 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 4, 2. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 8 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 8
  • Uvodna opomba

    ECLI:SI:VSLJ:2021:I.CP.2064.2020

    The contractual condition is unfair if the bank acted in bad faith and there was a significant difference between the rights and obligations of the parties at the time of contract conclusion. The assessment of the unfairness of the main object of the contract is made considering all the circumstances that the bank may have known at the time of the contracting and could affect its subsequent implementation. The expertise of the bank on possible changes in exchange rates must be taken into account, and the question of what information the bank had at the time of concluding the credit agreement is also relevant.

    Relevance: Applies the jurisprudence of unfair terms.

  • Dejstva

    On 30 May 2008, the consumers (the plaintiffs) concluded a consumer mortgage loan agreement and a claim insurance agreement with the bank (the defendant) in the form of a notarial deed. The bank granted the consumers a loan for the purchase of land in the amount of CHF and paid it to the consumers in EUR. To secure the loan, a mortgage on the real estate co-owned by the consumers was registered in the land register and the direct enforceability of the notarial deed was marked. During the execution of the credit agreement, due to the change in the exchange rate (decrease in the EUR exchange rate compared to CHF), the consumers credit liabilities increased (they needed higher amounts of EUR to buy CHF to repay their monthly liabilities). The consumers brought actions against the bank claiming nullity of the agreements due to unfair contractual terms. The Court of First Instance dismissed the action.

  • Pravna zadeva

    Was the main contractual condition unfair because the bank acted in bad faith and there was a significant imbalance between the rights and obligations of the parties?

  • Odločba

    In assessing a significant imbalance between the rights and obligations of the counterparties, the risks assumed by the counterparties at the time of concluding the credit agreement must be weighed. It is important to emphasise that currency risk could also be realised in favour of the consumers and that given the maturity of a specific loan (2008-2028) it is not even possible to assess the final economic impact. Additionally, the consumers were provided with the option to convert the loan into EUR but chose not to. The evidentiary procedure did not confirm that the bank with a unilaterally imposed contractual condition would provide a basis for unjust enrichment, that the disputed credit agreement established a financial disproportion between the bank's virtually non-existent risk and unlimited risk on the part of the plaintiffs, or that the plaintiffs were misled. The bank fulfilled its explanatory duty as it presented the consumers with both loans and all the information it had. The bank could not have foreseen the appreciation that happened in 2015. As the defendant did not act contrary to the requirement of good faith in concluding the disputed credit agreement, and there is no significant imbalance in the contractual rights and obligations of the parties, the contractual condition is not unfair or inadmissible, and nor is the credit agreement void.

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    Celotno besedilo: Celotno besedilo

  • Povezane zadeve

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  • Pravna literatura

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  • Zadetek

    The appeal is dismissed, and the contested partial judgement is upheld. Against this judgement only extraordinary legal remedies are possible such as an appeal on points of law and revision of the procedure. However, both are only possible if the legal requirements to grant such remedies are fulfilled.