COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Consumers

Advocate General explains when member states' courts may rule on whether a clause may be deemed abusive

Brussels, 04/05/2018 (Agence Europe)

In conclusions published on Thursday 3 May in Case C-51/17, Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev states that a Member State’s legislative response to a ruling of the Court of Justice concerning the unfairness of contractual terms for lack of clarity is judicially reviewable.

In February 2008, Ms Teréz Ilyés and Mr Emil Kiss concluded with a Hungarian bank a credit contract for the provision of a loan denominated in Swiss francs (CHF). According to the contract, although the monthly repayment...