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  • Case Details
    • National ID: 33124
    • Member State: Luxembourg
    • Common Name:COMMERZBANK INTERNATIONAL S.A../. DEVERMAN, Dave
    • Decision type: Other
    • Decision date: 25/06/2009
    • Court: Court d'appel (Appellate court)
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  • Directive Articles
    Unfair Contract Terms Directive, Article 3, 3. Unfair Contract Terms Directive, ANNEX I, 1.
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  • Facts
    In order to manage his assets and to make investments the defendant opened a bank ac-count with the plaintiff. The defendant accuses the plaintiff of breach of contract and tort in multiple cases. Furthermore, in the defendant’s view the general and specific terms and conditions regarding a “Termingeschäftsvertrag” used by the plaintiff contain several un-fair clauses and therefore violate the Loi modifiée du 25 août 1983 relative à la protection juridique du consommateur.
    Besides, the defendant claims that he does not speak German and therefore could not understand the terms and conditions drafted in German language. The plaintiff was con-demned in two judgements from the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Luxembourg to com-pensation for loss suffered by the defendant. The plaintiff appealed against these two judgements.
  • Legal issue
    The first judgement of the Tribunal d’arrondissement is repealed only because of formal reasons (foreclosure) without decision on the case. As the second judgement of the first instance bases upon the first judgement, the second judgement is also repealed. Conse-quently, the appeal is founded.
    The Judgement applies Art. 1 and 2 No. 11 of the Loi modifiée du 25 août 1983 relative à la protection juridique du consommateur which transpose Art. 3 No. 3, No. 1 b) and i) of the Annex and Art. 5 of the Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts.
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