Case law

  • Case Details
    • National ID: 2A-1461/2014
    • Member State: Lithuania
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Court decision in appeal
    • Decision date: 01/12/2014
    • Court: Court of Appeal
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: State Consumer Rights Protection Authority
    • Defendant: BAB bankas SNORAS
    • Keywords: cessation order, injunction, qualified entity
  • Directive Articles
    Injunctions Directive, link Injunctions Directive, Article 2, 1., (a) Injunctions Directive, Article 3
  • Headnote
    The qualified entity for the protection of public (consumers’) interest cannot ask for uniform modification of contract terms that were already concluded and in force.
  • Facts
    The plaintiff brought a claim for the protection of public interests of consumers and asked to declare some standard terms of a defendant’s credit card agreements unfair.

    The court of first instance decided that disputed terms of contracts were unfair, however the court refused to uniformly modify contracts that were already concluded prior to the decision. The plaintiff brought an appeal in which it argued that by such decision the court had denied its right to bring a claim for the protection of public interests of consumers.
  • Legal issue
    The court concluded that by bringing an action for the protection of public (consumers’) interest, the plaintiff was not denied its right to ask for cessation of an infringement, because the court had declared that the disputed terms were unfair. However, the plaintiff did not have a right to ask for uniform modification of all contracts concluded prior to the adoption of the decision, because such right did not fall under the competence of the plaintiff. Thus, modification of contracts can be ordered either by bringing a class action or in individual cases between the consumers and the defendant.
  • Decision

    Can the qualified entity for the protection of public (consumers’) interest ask for uniform modification of contract terms which were already concluded and in force?

    URL: http://liteko.teismai.lt/viesasprendimupaieska/tekstas.aspx?id=7be31b4f-9836-455a-98c2-c2ead0c26d49

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  • Result
    The court rejected plaintiff’s appeal.