ECJ Directive 85/577/EEC Article 4 Consumer protection – Contracts negotiated away from business premises – Right of cancellation – Obligation on the trader to give notice of that right – Contract void – Appropriate measures
The court considered the significance of the recitals to the Directive: ‘In that regard, it should be noted that the Directive, as is apparent from recitals 4 and 5, is designed to protect consumers against the risks inherent in the conclusion of contracts away from business premises (Hamilton v Volksbank Filder eG (C-412/06) [2008] E.C.R. I-2383; [2008] 2 C.M.L.R. 46 at [32]), as the special feature of those contracts is that as a rule it is the trader who initiates the contract negotiations, and the consumer has not prepared for such door-to-door selling by, inter alia, comparing the price and quality of the different offers available.’
A. Tizzano P
[2009] EUECJ C-227/08, C-227/08
Bailii
Directive 85/577/EEC 4
Citing:
Opinion – Eva Martin Martin v EDP Editores, SL ECJ 7-May-2009
ECJ Opinion – Directive 85/577 – Consumer Protection in the case of contracts concluded away from business premises – Termination – Failure to inform the consumer of his right to terminate the contract of . .
Cited by:
Cited – Robertson v Swift SC 9-Sep-2014
Notice Absence did not Remove Right to Cancel
The defendant had contracted to arrange the removal of the claimant’s household goods on moving house. The claimant cancelled the contract, made at his housel, but refused to pay the cancellation fee, saying that the contract not having been made at . .
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European, Consumer
Updated: 21 November 2021; Ref: scu.516312