In a judgment returned on Thursday 13 July (case C-133/16), the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the statute of limitations for action to be taken by the purchaser of a faulty second-hand item is still two years, even if the guarantee period has been reduced to one year by the parties to the transaction on the basis of national law.
The European institution found in particular that the two-year period to run from handover of the item is an important element in consumer protection,...