Case law

  • Case Details
    • National ID: 3K-7-168-687/2015
    • Member State: Lithuania
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Supreme court decision
    • Decision date: 15/05/2015
    • Court: Supreme Court of Lithuania
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: L.S.
    • Defendant: AB DnB bankas
    • Keywords: consumer, contract for securities, contract law, financial services, investments
  • Directive Articles
    Consumer Rights Directive, Chapter 1, Article 2, (1) Consumer Rights Directive, Chapter 1, Article 3, 3., (d)
  • Headnote
    The regulations of Directive 2011/83/EU and provisions of the Civil Code of Lithuania implementing those regulations do not apply to the relationship between the bank and a non-professional investor arising from investment agreements.
  • Facts
    The Plaintiff, a natural person, and the Defendant (the bank) concluded two investment agreements under which the Plaintiff, being a non-professional investor, acquired the Defendant’s SASO securities for money lent by the bank. However, due to unfavourable economic circumstances the investment was not successful and therefore the Plaintiff did not receive any profit as well as became indebted to the bank.

    The Plaintiff claimed that regulations of Directive 2011/83/EU and provisions of the Civil Code of Lithuanian implementing those regulations were applicable to the relationship created between the Plaintiff and the Defendant by concluding investment agreements. The Defendant on the other hand argued that the investment agreements were to be qualified as financial services agreements and therefore the relationship between the parties of the case fell outside the scope of Directive 2011/83/EU.
  • Legal issue
    The court concluded that given the scope of Directive 2011/83/EU as well as national provisions implementing rules on consumer protection, the legal relationship between a non-professional investor (the Plaintiff) and the Defendant cannot be qualified as the relationship between the consumer and the trader (entrepreneur). Consequently regulations provided for in Directive 2011/83/EU are not applicable to relationship created under financial services agreements.
  • Decision

    Do the regulations of Directive 2011/83/EU and provisions of the Civil Code of Lithuania implementing those regulations apply to the relationship between the bank and a non-professional investor in relation to investment agreements?

    URL: http://eteismai.lt/byla/248933497944361/3K-7-168-687/2015

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  • Result
    Most of the Plaintiff’s requests were rejected.