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  • Bylos aprašymas
    • Nacionalinis numeris: Supreme Court, Judgement e3K-3-31-378/2022
    • Valstybė narė: Lietuva
    • Bendrinis pavadinimas:N/A
    • Sprendimo rūšis: Aukščiausiojo Teismo sprendimas
    • Sprendimo data: 03/09/2023
    • Teismas: Supreme Court
    • Tema:
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    • Atsakovas:
    • Raktažodžiai: Consumer credit, credit agreement, B2C, unfair term
  • Direktyvos straipsniai
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 4, 2.
  • Įžanginė pastaba

    The terms of the consumer credit contract regarding the amount of interest and the total cost of the credit are considered to be the main subject of the agreement and therefore an assessment of the unfairness of these terms may be avoided if it is drafted in clear and intelligible language.

  • Faktai

    In 2011 the original creditor AB Snoras and the defendant (consumer) entered into a consumer credit agreement, according to which the defendant was granted a consumer credit of EUR 8688.60. The defendant obliged to repay the credit by 2016. The defendant did not fulfill his obligations and did not repay part of the consumer credit (EUR 2723.46). In 2015 the original creditor transferred (sold) the right of claim to the defendant to a new creditor UAB” Baltijos kredito sprendimai“, which, in 2018, transferred (sold) its rights to the plaintiff UAB ”Intrum Lietuva“. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit for a debt award. The defendant disagreed with the action, arguing that the terms of the contract relating to the interest rate were unfair to him as a consumer. The Court of First Instance upheld the action. The appellate court upheld the decision.

  • Teisės klausimas

    Are the terms of the consumer credit contract regarding the amount of interest and the total cost of the credit considered to be the main subject of the agreement and therefore, an assessment of the unfairness of these terms may be avoided if it is drafted in clear and intelligible language?

  • Sprendimas

    The Supreme Court ruled that the terms of a contract defining interest under a consumer credit agreement are the remuneration that the debtor pays to the creditor for the use of the money. This means that the interest on the payment is nothing but the price of the contract. Paragraph 7 of Article 6.2284 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania stipulates that the terms describing the subject of the contract, as well as the terms related to the conformity of the goods or services sold and their price, shall not be assessed on the matter of fairness if they are expressed in a clear and comprehensible manner. The Supreme Court noted that the terms of the contract were clear and comprehensible; therefore, the courts hearing the case were not obliged to assess the fairness of those terms.

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    The Court left the decision of the appellate instance court unchanged.