The case law of the European Court of Justice obliges national courts to apply EU consumer law ex officio, especially in relation to unfair contract terms. I am interested to see what national practice is in that regard. In case you would be aware of cases in your jurisdiction in which a court has applied EU consumer law or national consumer law ex officio, please do get in touch!
Many thanks in advance!
Hello Janek Tomasz,
You should check the following link leading to a book by Hans Micklitz where exactly refers to cases where national courts have applied (EU) consumer law ex officio.
https://books.google.cl/books?id=uXh6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&lpg=PT22&dq=court+ex+officio+unfair+term+england&source=bl&ots=nOjQjIupvx&sig=tH8ltkXsGY5x3SDyu1tIeUmWdSA&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiK9Ji7k8jNAhXMGZAKHSkHC4MQ6AEIJjAI#v=onepage&q=court%20ex%20officio%20&f=false
Regards!
By ex officio you mean without resorting to the preliminary ruling procedure employed by the ECJ? If so polish courts do this all the time in public procurement cases. Also there was a famous case regarding Consumer law in 2010 in which the court refused to apply directive 93/13 in a consumer vs bank case( it was a foreign currency clause)
The links are in Polish but i think you can manage:)
http://orzeczenia.ms.gov.pl/details/Europejski$0020Trybuna$0142$0020Sprawiedliwo$015bci$003b$0020umowy/155515000004027_VIII_GC_000120_2012_Uz_2014-05-26_001
http://orzeczenia.ms.gov.pl/content/Dyrektywa$002093/154505000005127_XVII_AmC_000426_2009_Uz_2010-12-14_002
Hello Janek, in Spain we have recent cases in the Supreme Court, for example:
Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 9 de mayo
de 2013 (nº 485/2012). In application of the ECJ
doctrine, declaration of the invalidity of “floor
clauses” and the validity of the loan or mortage
contracts. Criteria for the evaluation of the validity
of clauses in consumer contracts. No retroactive
effects. ?
Sentencias del Tribunal Supremo de 24 de marzo
de 2015 (138/2015) and 25 de marzo de 2015 (nº
139/2015): Clarification that when there is a
declaration of invalidity of a floor clause, proceed
restitution to borrowers of interest that would have
been paid since May 9, 2013, date of the Sentence
of the Supreme Court.
Maybe I can suggest you this paper, regarding this question: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277248887_Status_of_Consumer_protection_in_the_ECJ%27s_case_Part_II
Regards
Presentation Status of Consumer protection in the ECJ’s case Part II
See in Dutch private law especially these decisions of the Supreme Court:
HR 13 September 2013, ECLI:NL:HR:2013:691
http://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:HR:2013:691
HR 12 February 2016, ECLI:NL:HR: 2016:236
http://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:HR:2016:236
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