Sodna praksa

  • Podatki o zadevi
    • Nacionalna ID: High Court, Judgement I Cp 1056/2021
    • Država članica: Slovenija
    • Splošno ime:N/A
    • Vrsta odločbe: Sodna odločba v pritožbenem postopku
    • Datum odločbe: 10/09/2021
    • Sodišče: Višje sodišče v Ljubljani
    • Zadeva:
    • Tožnik:
    • Toženec:
    • Ključne besede: unfair term, professional diligence, consumer rights, professional diligence
  • 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.1056.2021

    It is possible to assess the unfairness of contractual conditions, which are the main subject of the contract (such as the condition of repaying a loan in foreign currency). The unfairness of the contractual condition or the main subject of the contract is sanctioned by the annulment of the disputed provision or the entire contract. Firstly, it must be determined whether the disputed contractual term is clear and comprehensible, i.e., whether the creditor has duly and comprehensively fulfilled the duty to explain. If it did, then further assessment of the unfairness of the main subject of the contract is excluded. Otherwise, the latter is done. In assessing unfairness, it is necessary to assess whether the bank acted in good faith and whether there was a possible significant imbalance between the rights and obligations of the parties at the time of concluding the contract, considering that a significant imbalance can emerge later on in the contract. The mere failure to fulfil the duty to explain does not in itself lead to a sanction for annulment. The explanatory duty must be performed fairly, and its scope and manner are judged according to the 'average consumer' standard. The burden of proving that the explanatory duty has been properly performed lies with the bank.

  • Dejstva

    In 2008 the consumer (the plaintiff) entered into a housing loan agreement with the bank (the defendant) with a currency clause in CHF. Later, in 2008, the mortgage on the consumer’s apartment was established and registered, and additionally the mortgage was established on the apartment where the consumer and her family resided. The litigants then concluded an Annex to the loan agreement in 2012, reducing the estimated amount of the monthly annuity. The consumer brought actions against the bank, claiming nullity of the agreements because the currency clause (as the main contractual condition) was unfair. The Court of First Instance rejected the claim.

  • Pravna zadeva

    When is the assessment of the main contractual condition possible?

    Is the contractual condition of a long-term housing consumer loan in a foreign currency unfair because the legislation in force at the time of concluding the contract did not limit the currency risk?

  • Odločba

    The disputed credit agreement is written in grammatically clear and understandable language. Additionally, The Court of Appeal agrees that the plaintiff understood how the foreign exchange mechanism works in the present case and that she was able to assess the potential significant economic consequences of this condition on her financial obligations. It has therefore been shown that the duty to explain was properly and fairly carried out in the present case and consequently, the condition relating to the currency clause must be regarded as clear and comprehensible. Therefore, this condition avoids the assessment of unfairness.

    The question of whether the contractual condition long-term housing consumer loan in a foreign currency (CHF) is inadmissible even if the currency risk is not adequately limited is not relevant to the present case because the consumer overlooked that the credit agreement allowed her to change the currency of the CHF loan into EUR which limits the currency risk. In the opinion of the Court of Appeal, this is an appropriate restriction, as the later enacted Consumer Credit Act also limited currency risk in a similar way.

    URL: https://www.sodnapraksa.si/?q=G%203/2008&_submit=i%EF%BF%BD%C3%A8i&rowsPerPage=20&page=23&id=2015081111452223

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  • Povezane zadeve

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  • Zadetek

    The appeal was dismissed as it was unfounded. 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.