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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Consiglio di Stato – Interpretation of Article 6(1) of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22) – Concept of ‘misleading action’ – Cumulative nature of the conditions listed under the provision in question

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 2005/29 -A02LE : paragraphs 7, 29, 35
• Directive 2005/29 -A02LK : paragraphs 8, 36, 38
• Directive 2005/29 -A03P1 : paragraph 37
• Directive 2005/29 -A05 : paragraphs 27, 29
• Directive 2005/29 -A05P2 : paragraph 30
• Directive 2005/29 -A06 : paragraph 30
• Directive 2005/29 -A06P1 : paragraphs 1, 9, 22 - 25, 27, 31, 33, 34, 38
• Directive 2005/29 -C7 : paragraphs 3, 31
• Directive 2005/29 -C11 : paragraph 4
• Directive 2005/29 -C13 : paragraphs 5, 31
• Directive 2005/29 -C14 : paragraphs 6, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/97 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -261/07 : paragraphs 27, 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -451/08 : paragraph 26
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -453/10 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/11 : paragraphs 27, 28, 34

Operative part

• Interprets : 62005L0029 -A02LK
• Interprets : 62005L0029 -A06P1

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 06/06/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

19/12/2013

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 235 from 04.08.2012, p.11

Judgment: OJ C 52 from 22.02.2014, p.13

Name of the parties

Trento Sviluppo and Centrale Adriatica

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Heidinger, Roman: Aktuelles vom EuGH zur Dogmatik des Irreführungstatbestandes, Medien und Recht 2013 p.329-331 (DE)
2. Meister, Marie: Pratiques commerciales déloyales, Europe 2014 Février Com. nº 2 p.48 (FR)
3. Castellaneta, Marina: La pubblicità con volantini su prodotti poi introvabili è una pratica ingannevole vietata dal diritto dell'Ue. Una sentenza importante destinata ad avere effetti di ampia portata negli Stati membri., Guida al Diritto 2014 nº 10 p.95-97 (IT)
4. Duivenvoorde, B.B.: Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2014 p.194-196 (NL)
5. Luzak, Joasia: Case Trento Sviluppo and Centrale Adriatica : Distortion of consumers’ economic behavior as a prerequisite of a misleading commercial practice, European Journal of Consumer Law 2014 p.211-218 (EN)
6. Ollard, Romain: Quand la CJUE aggrave les incertitudes entourant les conditions des pratiques commerciales trompeuses, Revue des contrats 2014 p.452-255 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Consiglio di Stato - Italy

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Consumer protection
  

Provisions of national law referred to

decreto legislativo, art. 1, comma 1, art. 21, comma 1, lettre b, art. 23, comma 1, lettre a

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

sixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Borg Barthet

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

• Italian
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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