Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy w Siemianowicach Śląskich (Poland) lodged on 6 April 2017 — Profi Credit Polska S.A., established in Bielsko-Biała v Mariusz Wawrzosek

(Case C-176/17)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Rejonowy w Siemianowicach Śląskich

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Profi Credit Polska S.A., established in Bielsko-Biała

Defendant: Mariusz Wawrzosek

Question referred

Must the provisions of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts, ¹ in particular Article 6(1) and Article 7(1) thereof, and the provisions of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC, ² in particular Article 17(1) and Article 22(1) thereof, be construed as precluding the assertion of a claim, established by means of a duly completed bill of exchange, by a seller or supplier (the creditor) against a consumer (the debtor) in the course of an order for payment procedure pursuant to Article 485(2) et seq. of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure (Kodeks postępowania cywilnego), in conjunction with Article 41 of the Law on consumer credit (Ustawa o kredycie konsumenckim) of 12 May 2011, under which the national court may examine the effectiveness of the claim arising from the bill of exchange exclusively from the point of view of compliance with the formal requirements applicable to the bill of exchange, without examining the relationship underlying it?

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¹ OJ 1993 L 95, p. 29.

² OJ 2008 L 133, p. 66.