Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2016

Criminal proceedings against Canal Digital Danmark A/S

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Retten i Glostrup

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Unfair commercial practices — Directive 2005/29/EC — Articles 6 and 7 — Advertising relating to a satellite TV subscription — Subscription price including, in addition to the monthly subscription charge, a six-monthly charge for the card required for decoding emissions — Six-monthly charge omitted or presented in a less conspicuous manner than the monthly charge — Misleading action — Misleading omission — Transposition of a provision of a directive only in the preparatory work for the national transposing legislation and not in the wording of that legislation itself

Case C-611/14


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
09/12/2016 Canal Digital Danmark
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:800
26/10/2016 Canal Digital Danmark
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:800
26/10/2016 Canal Digital Danmark
Application (OJ)
13/02/2015 Canal Digital Danmark
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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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
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.05 Unfair commercial practices
      4.18.05.02 Misleading commercial practices
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
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.05 Unfair commercial practices
      4.18.05.02 Misleading commercial practices


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/12/2014

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

26/10/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 6 from 09.01.2017, p.8

Application: OJ C 73 from 02.03.2015, p.18

Name of the parties

Canal Digital Danmark

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Alexander, Christian: EuGH: Unzureichende Informationen über Entgelte für Fernseh-Abonnement, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2016 p.541 (DE)
  2. Simon, Denys: D'importantes précisions à la fois sur les obligations en matière de mise en oeuvre des directives et sur les exigences du droit de l'Union en matière d'information du consommateur, en vue d'exclure les omissions trompeuses dans les spots télévisés et le renvoi à des dites internet, Europe 2016 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.40-41 (FR)
  3. Simon, Denys: Pratiques commerciales déloyales, Europe 2016 Décembre nº 12 p.40-41 (FR)
  4. Straetmans, Gert: Case Canal Digital Danmark: On misleading practices, the limitations of the communication medium used and the divergent levels of attention of consumers, European Journal of Consumer Law 2016 p.329-341 (EN)
  5. Geerts, P.G.F.A.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2017 p.154-155 (NL)
  6. Woller, Michael: EuGH zur Irreführung durch Hervorhebung einzelner Preisbestandteile in der Werbung, Ecolex 2017 p.56 (DE)
  7. Skubic, Zoran: Zavajajoča prodaja televizijskih paketov po pravu Unije, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 9 p.29-30 (SL)
  8. Verbiest, Pauline: Arrest Canal Digital: naar een bescherming van de real life-consument bij oneerlijke handelspraktijken?, Droit de la consommation 2017 p.54-70V (NL)
  9. Verbiest, P.: Arrest Canal Digital: naar een bescherming van de real life-consument bij oneerlijke handelspraktijken?, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2017 p.263-271 (NL)
  10. Pappalardo, Chiara: L'inganno sul prezzo nella prassi dell'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato e nella giurisprudenza del Giurì di Autodisciplina pubblicitaria, Rivista di diritto industriale 2017 6 p.625-650 (IT)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Retten i Glostrup - Denmark

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Consumer protection

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling
  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : case not proceeding to judgment

Formation of the Court

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Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • Danish

Language(s) of the Opinion

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