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  • Case Details
    • National ID: n. 15531
    • Member State: Italy
    • Common Name:Gaia s.r.l. c. (avv. Molendi, Fortunato) c. Caffè-Galleria di A. & C. s.a.s.
    • Decision type: Other
    • Decision date: 14/07/2011
    • Court: Corte di cassazione (Supreme court)
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  • Directive Articles
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 2
  • Headnote
    Consumer protection - Consumer - Meaning of "consumer - consumatore" and "professional - professionista"
  • Facts
    In this case, the court of Mailand applied the disposition of Codice del Consumo on a contract concluded between two companies.
  • Legal issue
    According to the general definition of the Consumer Code, one can only consider natural persons as consumer, thus excluding companies.
    The natural person who carries on business or profession may be regarded as mere “consumer” when he concludes a contract to the satisfaction of the demands of everyday life. In fact, a “professional” is to be understood as the contracting party (persona fisica o giuridica) which instead uses the contract as part of his business or profession. To be understood as “professional” it is sufficient that the contract purposes are related to the profession or the business.
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