Sodna praksa

  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: High Court, Judgement I Cp 251/2020
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 01/02/2021
    • Sodišče: Višje sodišče v Ljubljani
    • Zadeva:
    • Tožnik:
    • Toženec:
    • Ključne besede: nullity, unfair terms, consumer protection, consumer rights
  • Členi direktive
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3, 1.
  • Uvodna opomba

    ECLI:SI:VSLJ:2021:I.CP.251.2020

    The existence of a novation does not deprive the consumers of the mandatory judicial protection against the application of unfair terms introduced by the Directive, unless the consumer expresses a willingness to not exercise his rights.

  • Dejstva

    On 5 July 2007, the consumers (the plaintiffs) entered into credit agreements with the bank (defendant), with which they obtained a loan for the purchase of an apartment in foreign currency (CHF). An agreement on collateral was concluded on 12 July 2007, on the basis of which a mortgage on their real estate was agreed and established to secure the consumers’ liabilities. On 28 September 2012, the consumers concluded an Annex to the credit agreements with the bank and agreed to change the currency of the loan (from CHF to EUR). A new mortgage on the consumers’ real estate was established. They are seeking the annulment of the consumer credit agreements with a currency clause and notarial deeds, the invalidity and deletion of the registration of mortgages and the repayment of the amounts paid. The Court of First Instance dismissed the action on the grounds that the renewal of the original credit agreements rendered the consumers’ objections to the annulment of the credit agreements legally irrelevant.

  • Pravna zadeva

    Is the assessment of the nullity of the credit agreement possible when the obligation has been changed with novation?

  • Odločba

    The assessment of the unfairness of the main subject of the contract, which is the agreement to repay the loan in EUR in the equivalent to CHF, is necessary when the requirement for its clarity and comprehensibility is not met or if the defendant has not performed its explanatory duty. Novation does not prevent this assessment. The Court of First Instance wrongly ruled that the bank fulfilled its explanatory duty. The Court further falsely found that the consumers had the necessary information and understood the currency risk before concluding the renewed credit agreements, but the bank was not obliged to provide them with information on exchange rate movements and factors affecting the exchange rate. The plaintiffs rightly pointed out the substantive error of such a position.

    URL: https://www.sodnapraksa.si/?q=Chf&_submit=i%C5%A1%C4%8Di&id=2015081111447188

    Celotno besedilo: Celotno besedilo

  • Povezane zadeve

    Zadetki niso na voljo

  • Pravna literatura

    Zadetki niso na voljo

  • Zadetek

    The appeal is well founded as the Court of First Instance made procedural violations and did not completely establish the facts of the dispute. As a result of those procedural violations, the appeal had to be upheld, the judgement under appeal set aside and the case returned to the Court of First Instance for a new trial. In the retrial, the Court of First Instance will have to complete the evidentiary procedure and assess whether the consumers’ claim is well-founded. An appeal is allowed against this decision. It shall be lodged with the Court of First Instance. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia will decide on the appeal.