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  • Case Details
    • National ID: No 12674
    • Member State: Bulgaria
    • Common Name:“Germanos Telekom- Bulgaria” AG- Sofia Verbraucherschutzkommission
    • Decision type: Other
    • Decision date: 07/10/2011
    • Court: Върховен административен съд (Supreme court)
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  • Directive Articles
    Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive, Article 3, 1.
  • Headnote
    Limitation of the rights of the consumer and his measures for enforcing them.
  • Facts
    - Claim brought by consumers before the Consumer Commission in relation to the service warranty for purchased mobile devices.
    - The Consumer Commission found that the buyers of the mobile devices were made to sign a document attesting that they would only want repair in the event of defects in the product. Without signing such a document, their complaint would not be accepted.
    - The actions of Germanos Telecoms were qualified as misleading commercial practices.
    - The Consumer Commission forbid the seller, Germanos Telecoms, from employing such a commercial practice which limits the rights of the consumer, since the consumer can always rely upon other rights arising from the Law on consumer protection, such as, for instance, the right to price reduction or to withdraw from the contract
    - At first instance, the court had made such an order in relation to the unfair commercial practice.
    - The seller, Germanos Telecoms, appealed from the decision of first instance to the highest administration court. Upon appeal, the highest administrative court affirmed the decision from first instance and the order against such a commercial practice was maintained.
  • Legal issue
    Upon appeal, the highest administrative court affirmed the decision from first instance and the order against such a commercial practice was maintained.
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