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  • Case Details
    • National ID: 1092/10.0TBLSD-G.P1.S1
    • Member State: Portugal
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Supreme court decision
    • Decision date: 29/05/2014
    • Court: Supreme Court of Justice
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: CC
    • Defendant: AA
    • Keywords: consumer, consumer rights
  • Directive Articles
    Consumer Rights Directive, link Consumer Rights Directive, Chapter 1, Article 2
  • Headnote
    A person that concludes a promissory contract for the sale of a good shall be deemed a ‘consumer’, in accordance with article 2 Directive 2011/83/EU of 25 October, should the good be intended for his own personal use.
  • Facts
    The plaintiff concluded a promissory contract with the defendant for the sale of a good. The defendant was subsequently declared insolvent and the plaintiff claimed that it should benefit from a right of retention in relation to the good.
  • Legal issue
    The court considered that the plaintiff should be deemed a ‘consumer’. This was based on the fact that the plaintiff intended to buy the good for his own personal use and not within the scope of a business activity.
  • Decision

    Shall a person that concludes a promissory contract for the sale of a good intended for his own personal use be deemed a ‘consumer’?

    URL: http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/186dea1ec17532f080257ce70053b7cb?OpenDocument

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