Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 February 2017

Carrefour Hypermarchés SAS v ITM Alimentaire International SASU

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d'appel de Paris

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Comparative advertising — Directive 2006/114/EC — Article 4 — Directive 2005/29/EC — Article 7 — Objective price comparison — Misleading omission — Advertising comparing the prices of goods sold in shops having different sizes or formats — Permissibility — Material information — Degree of communication of information and the medium for communication of that information

Case C-562/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
17/03/2017 Carrefour Hypermarchés
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:95
08/02/2017 Carrefour Hypermarchés
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:95
08/02/2017 Carrefour Hypermarchés
Application (OJ)
08/01/2016 Carrefour Hypermarchés
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:781
19/10/2016 Carrefour Hypermarchés
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Reports of Staff Cases - 'Civil Service Tribunal' section)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.05 Unfair commercial practices
      4.18.05.02 Misleading commercial practices
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.17 Misleading and comparative advertising


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 04/11/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 19/10/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

08/02/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 104 from 03.04.2017, p.19

Application: OJ C 27 from 25.01.2016, p.11

Name of the parties

Carrefour Hypermarchés

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Lettner, Harald ; Schiller, Sandra: Vergleichende Werbung, European Law Reporter 2016 p.291-295 (DE)
  2. Mairal Montero de Espinosa, Sofia: The Place to Be: Material Information in Comparative Advertising, European Law Reporter 2016 p.295-298 (DE, EN)
  3. Sonnberger, Marcus W. A.: Wettbewerbsrecht Zur Beurteilung elner vergleichenden Werbung, Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter 2017 p.146-148 (DE)
  4. Rigaux, Anne: Publicité comparative, Europe 2017 Avril nº 04 p.32-33 (FR)
  5. Brauneck, Jens: EuGH: Neues Tatbestandsmerkmal der Geschäftsgrößenangabe bei vergleichender Werbung?, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2017 p.409-416 (DE)
  6. Eckel, Philipp: Lauterkeitsrecht: Werbung mit Preisvergleichen zwischen Geschäften unterschiedlicher Größe, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.262-263 (DE)
  7. Kuchar, Barbara: Irreführender Preisvergleich - Neues vom EuGH, Ecolex 2017 p.340-342 (DE)
  8. Horak, Michael: Vergleichende Preiswerbung, Ecolex 2017 p.346 (DE)
  9. Adobati, Enrica: La Corte di giustizia interpreta la direttiva sulla pubblicità comparativa nell'ambito di un confronto di prezzi di prodotti venduti in negozi diversi quanto a dimensioni o tipologia, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2017 p.122-125 (IT)
  10. Hoogenraad, E.H. ; Duivenvoorde, B.B.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2017 p.334-336 (NL)
  11. Soņeca, Viktorija ; Petrocka-Petrovska, Elīza: Eiropas Savienības tiesa : aktualitātes judikatūrā, Jurista vārds 2017 50 p.28-32 (LV)
  12. Dorkó, Dalma: Az árak tárgyilagos összehasonlítása és megtévesztő mulasztás összehasonlító reklámok esetén - A Carrefour-ítélet, Versenytükör 2017 1. szám p.59-64 (HU)
  13. Vandenbulcke, Joyce: Carrefour versus Intermarché(super):een oneerlijke strijd?, Marktpraktijken: intellectuele eigendom mededinging: jaarboek (Ed. Kluwer ) 2017 p.52-65 (NL)
  14. Allaerts, Margo ; Burki, Victor: Vermeldingen in de initiële reclame ontnemen het kunstmatige karakter aan een asymmetrische vergelijking, Droit de la consommation 2018 N° 119 p.49 - 60 (NL)
  15. Arcelin, Linda: Arrêt Carrefour Hypermarchés : comparaison entre enseignes de tailles différentes : manque d'objectivité et (ou ?) tromperie ?, Revue européenne de droit de la consommation 2019 N°2016/3 p.523-529 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Cour d'appel de Paris - France

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Consumer protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Code de la consommation, art. L. 121-8 et L. 121-12

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Saugmandsgaard Øe

Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French