Rechtsprechung

  • Rechtssachenbeschreibung
    • Nationale Kennung: 6 U 90/15
    • Mitgliedstaat: Deutschland
    • Gebräuchliche Bezeichnung:N/A
    • Art des Beschlusses: Gerichtsbeschluss im Rechtsmittelverfahren
    • Beschlussdatum: 26/02/2016
    • Gericht: Oberlandesgericht Köln
    • Betreff:
    • Kläger: Unknown (Consumer)
    • Beklagter: Unknown (Appellant) Luxembourg-based B Group
    • Schlagworte: terms & conditions, transparency
  • Artikel der Richtlinie
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 5
  • Leitsatz
    The clause “We reserve the right to withhold services from you on the Site, close Membership, or remove or modify Content if you are in violation of any applicable laws, terms of use, or other applicable terms and conditions or policies. " is invalid under German law and the Directive because it is to the unreasonable disadvantage of the consumer and due to lack of transparency.
  • Sachverhalt
    The plaintiff, a consumer, sued the defendant, the Luxembourg-based B Group, which operates a telemedia service at www.B.de. When registering for the user account on the website of the defendant, which is necessary for the order of goods, the consumer must agree with the general terms and conditions of B.de, which are divided into terms of use and sales conditions.

    The terms contained the following clause: “We reserve the right to withhold services from you on the Site, close Membership, or remove or modify Content if you are in violation of any applicable laws, terms of use, or other applicable terms and conditions or policies. "

    The defendant informed the plaintiff by e-mail that due to his "exceeding the usual number of returns in the customer account", no further orders of his would be accepted, with immediate effect. In the case of e-books, the customer was no longer permitted to access these.
  • Rechtsfrage
    Is the clause “We reserve the right to withhold services from you on the Site, close Membership, or remove or modify Content if you are in violation of any applicable laws, terms of use, or other applicable terms and conditions or policies. " valid under German law and the Directive?
  • Entscheidung

    The court ruled that the clause is not valid under German law and the Directive, because it is to the unreasonable disadvantage of the consumer due to lack of transparency. The fact that according to the Terms of Use, closing the account or removing content is possible only under certain conditions does not lead to effectiveness of provision.

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  • Verbundene Rechtssachen

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  • Rechtsliteratur

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  • Ergebnis
    The appeal was rejected. The injunction was upheld.