Rechtsprechung

  • Rechtssachenbeschreibung
    • Nationale Kennung: 4 Ob 91/08y
    • Mitgliedstaat: Österreich
    • Gebräuchliche Bezeichnung:4 Ob 91/08y
    • Art des Beschlusses: Beschluss des Obersten Gerichts
    • Beschlussdatum: 10/06/2008
    • Gericht: Oberster Gerichtshof
    • Betreff:
    • Kläger: Verein für Konsumenteninformation (Consumer Information Association)
    • Beklagter: Unknown
    • Schlagworte: right of cancellation, terms and conditions
  • Artikel der Richtlinie
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, ANNEX I, 1., (c)
  • Leitsatz
    There is no gross disadvantage for consumers if, when the consumer is offered a contractual alternative, the higher economic risk of the entrepreneur is compensated by a higher price.
  • Sachverhalt
    The plaintiff filed a cease-and-desist order to prohibit certain clauses of the defendant's general terms and conditions.
    One of the contested clauses states a minimum contractual period of 24 months for mobile telephone contracts when a supported device is purchased.
    The consumer can also opt for a tariff without a supported device and without a minimum contractual period.
  • Rechtsfrage
    Under which conditions are extended minimum contractual periods to which consumers are bound justified?
  • Entscheidung

    As defined under Annex I 1.c Directive 93/13 (implemented into Austrian law by § 6 Sec 1 Cif 1 Consumer Protection Act) a provision which binds consumers over an inappropriately long time is void.
    The Court explains that an entrepreneur who incurs a higher economic risk in financing a contractual service has to bind his contractual partner for a longer period of time to limit this economic risk.
    The Court considers that consumers do not incur a gross disadvantage if, when they get offered a contractual alternative, the higher economic risk of the entrepreneur is compensated by a higher price.
    In a previous decision, the Court considered a minimum contractual period of 18 months together with a supported device as "relatively short", which led to the conclusion that a minimum contractual period of 24 months together with a supported device is also admissible.

    URL: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokument.wxe?Abfrage=Justiz&Dokumentnummer=JJT_20080610_OGH0002_0040OB00091_08Y0000_000

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  • Ergebnis
    The Court dismissed the plaintiff's and defendant's appeals.