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  • Case Details
    • National ID: 1262/14.1T8VCT-B.G1.S1
    • Member State: Portugal
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Supreme court decision
    • Decision date: 13/09/2016
    • Court: Supreme Court of Justice
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: BANCO BB, S.A.
    • Defendant: AA.
    • Keywords: consumer, information requirements, unfair terms
  • Directive Articles
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, link
  • Headnote
    Particularly complex general contractual terms that are not communicated in advance must be excluded from the contract, in accordance with articles 5, 6 and 8 b) Decree-Law No. 446/85 of 25 October.
  • Facts
    The plaintiff filed a civil action against the defendant claiming that the defendant was the guarantor of a loan agreement which was breached by the relevant borrowers due to lack of payment. The defendant claimed that he should not pay any amount as he was only informed about the content and scope of the particularly complex contractual terms at the time of conclusion of the agreement.
  • Legal issue
    The court decided that the particularly complex general contractual terms should have been communicated to the defendant in advance and not only at the time of conclusion of the agreement, in accordance with the requirements set forth in articles 5 and 6 Decree-Law No. 446/85 of 25 October. Therefore, in accordance with article 8 b) Decree-Law No. 446/85 of 25 October, the particularly complex general contractual terms should be excluded from the agreement.
  • Decision

    Shall particularly complex general contractual terms that are not communicated in advance be excluded from the contract?

    URL: http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/354d6c3d4635adfd8025802e003c1a4d?OpenDocument

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  • Result
    The court upheld the first instance court's judgment.