Sodna praksa

  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: High Court, Judgement I Cp 27/2021
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 18/05/2021
    • Sodišče: Višje sodišče v Mariboru
    • Zadeva:
    • Tožnik:
    • Toženec:
    • Ključne besede: unfair terms, professional diligence, consumer rights, consumer protection
  • 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 7 Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 7, 1.
  • Uvodna opomba

    ECLI:SI:VSMB:2021:I.CP.27.2021

    In accordance with the case law of the European Court of Justice, concretely in Case C-452/18 (Ibercaja Banko SA), the judicial protection cannot be denied to a consumer who alleges the unfairness of a contractual term which has been the subject of a novation, unless the consumer himself objects to judicial protection.

  • Dejstva

    On 5 July 2007, the consumers (the plaintiffs) entered into credit agreements with the bank (the defendant), with which they obtained a loan for the purchase of an apartment in the foreign currency (CHF). An agreement on collateral was concluded on 12 July 2007 to secure the liabilities, based on which a mortgage on their real estate was established to secure the consumer’s liabilities. On 28 September 2012, the consumers concluded an Annex to the loan agreements with the bank and agreed to change the loan currency (from CHF to EUR). A new mortgage on the consumers’ real estate was established on the basis of the notarial agreements to secure the modified obligation. The consumers are seeking the annulment of 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 the consumers already 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 and that the notarial agreements are not null and void.

  • Pravna zadeva

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

  • Odločba

    The existence of a novation does not deprive the consumers of the mandatory judicial protection against the use of unfair terms introduced by the Directive unless the consumer expresses a willingness not to exercise his rights. The Court of First Instance did not assess the unfairness of the contractual condition, because it followed from the erroneous substantive legal premise that the assessment of the unfairness of the contractual condition due to the renewal of credit agreements is not possible, so the facts of the dispute remained incompletely established. The appeal is well-founded and was returned to the Court of First Instance for a retrial in which it will have to be assessed whether the bank fulfilled its explanatory duty, and the unfairness of the contractual condition of repaying the loan in the EUR equivalent to a foreign currency (CHF) will have to be reassessed if the Court considers that the currency clause was not individually agreed. Regarding the judgement in Case C-452/18 (Ibercaja Banko SA), which was adopted after this dispute and specifically deals with novation and unfair contractual terms, the Court will have to allow the parties to state their case, on the substantive principles set out in the case and to present the possible additional evidence.

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  • 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. Given that the Court of First Instance did not rule on the main arguments and evidence, the Appellate Court cannot eliminate the established procedural violations alone. Because of the principles of economy and immediacy, the judgement was returned to the Court of First Instance for a retrial. 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.