The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday 17 May on the compatibility of national court proceedings for the examination of the allegedly unfair nature of a term in a contract concluded between a consumer and a professional with Directive 93/13 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (cases C-600 & 693 & 725 & 831 & 869/19).
The European judge recalls that the protection introduced by the Directive is based on the idea that the consumer is in an inferior position vis-à-vis...