Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 September 2017

Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc and Others v Banca Românească SA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Oradea

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 93/13/EEC — Unfair terms in consumer contracts — Article 3(1) and Article 4(2) — Assessment of the unfairness of contractual terms — Loan agreement concluded in a foreign currency — Exchange rate risk born entirely by the consumer — Significant imbalance in the parties’ rights and obligations arising under the contract — Time at which the imbalance must be assessed — Scope of the concept of terms drafted in ‘plain intelligible language’ — Level of information to be procured by the bank

Case C-186/16


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
27/10/2017 Andriciuc and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:703
20/09/2017 Andriciuc and Others
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:703
20/09/2017 Andriciuc and Others
Application (OJ)
17/06/2016 Andriciuc and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:313
27/04/2017 Andriciuc and Others
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.04 Unfair terms
      4.18.04.01 Scope of the legislation
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.04 Unfair terms
      4.18.04.01 Scope of the legislation
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.04 Unfair terms
      4.18.04.01 Scope of the legislation
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.18 Consumer protection
    4.18.04 Unfair terms
      4.18.04.02 Criteria for assessing the unfair character of a term


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 01/04/2016

Date of the Opinion

  • 27/04/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

20/09/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 382 from 13.11.2017, p.21

Application: OJ C 243 from 04.07.2016, p.16

Name of the parties

Andriciuc and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Sladič, Jorg: Luxembourg locuta, causa finita, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 36-37 p.26-30 (SL)
  2. Preininger, Robert: Sodišče EU dokončno na široko odprlo vrata ničnosti potrošnikih kreditnih pogodb, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 41-42 p.13-16 (SL)
  3. Sladič, Jorg: Ali pravo EU res zahteva ničnost posojilnih pogodb s potrošniki glede posojil v CHF?, Pravna praksa 2017 nº 43 p.15-16 (SL)
  4. Adobati, Enrica: Tutela dei consumatori e obblighi di informazione nell'ambito dei mutui espressi in valuta estera, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2017 p.368-370 (IT)
  5. Daniel, Élise: Clauses abusives, Europe 2017 novembre nº 11 p.48-49 (FR)
  6. X: Devizaalapú kölcsönszerződések árfolyamkockázata tisztességtelenségének vizsgálata - az Európai Unió Bírósága C-186/16. sz., Andriciuc és társai kontra Banca Românească SA ügyben 2017. szeptember 20-án hozott ítélete, Európai jog 2017 5. szám p.42-47 (HU)
  7. Hojnik, Janja: Ponovo o kreditih v švicarskih frankih, Davčno-finančna praksa : davki, finance, zavarovalnistvo 2017 n° 10 p.21-25 (SL)
  8. Rýdlová, Hana: K povinnosti finančních institucí poskytnout dostatečné informace k úvěru v cizí měně, Bulletin advokacie 2017 nº 11 p.55-56 (CS)
  9. Kraayvanger, Jan: EuGH: Fremdwährungsdarlehen - Kreditinstitute müssen über Fremdwährungsrisiko umfassend aufklären, Recht der Finanzinstrumente 2018 p.82 (DE)
  10. Culot, Henri: Arrêt " Andriciuc " : prêt en devises et protection du consommateur, Journal de droit européen 2018 nº 247 p.92-94 (FR)
  11. Kopczyński, Lech: Zu den Aufklärungspflichten der Kreditinstitute bei Fremdwährungsdarlehen mit Verbrauchern („Andriciuc u. a. / Banca Românească“), Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2018 p.289-290 (DE)
  12. Pazos, Ricardo: Loans concluded in a foreign currency - their main subject matter and the transparency requirement, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2018 p.106-115 (EN)
  13. Jaschinski, Julian: Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 20.9.2017 - Rs. C-186/16 (Andriciuc u.a./Banca Românească SA), Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2018 p.115-118 (DE)
  14. Campagna, Marco Francesco: Contratto di credito e trasparenza: recenti orientamenti della Corte di giustizia, La nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata 2018 n° 4 p.502-516 (IT)
  15. Laffineur, Jacques: La portée de l'exigence de rédaction "claire et compréhensible" appliquée à une clause contractuelle constituant l' "objet principal du contrat" : comment apprécier le caractère abusif d'une telle clause ?, Droit de la consommation 2018 p.59-67 (FR)
  16. Alessandri, Damiano: Dalla Corte di Giustizia un ''test'' per valutare l'assoggettabilità delle clausole conttratuali al sindacato di abusività, Il Corriere giuridico 2018 p.750-758 (IT)
  17. Baghrizabehi, Denis ; Jakšič, Jure: Kriteriji za presojo jasnosti in razumljivosti pogodbenih pogojev kreditov, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 7-8 p.18-19 (SL)
  18. Sáenz de Jubera Higuero, Beatriz: Control de transparencia en el préstamo hipotecario multidivisa, Revista crítica de Derecho Inmobiliario 2018 nº 766 p.1042-1055 (ES)
  19. Andrei, Irinel Axente: Clauze abuzive. Contract în monedă străină. Stabilizarea cursului prin raportare la reperele existente la momentul încheierii contractului. Aplicarea deciziei pronunţate de Curtea de Justiţie a Uniunii Europene în cauza C-186/16 Andriciuc şi alţii c. Băncii Româneşti SA, Revista Română de Jurisprudență 2018 n°2 p.155-173 (RO)
  20. Preininger, Robert: Štiri odločitve vrhovnega sodišča o kreditih v švicarskih frankih, Pravna praksa 2018 nº 49-50 p.6-8 (SL)
  21. Matusiak-Frącczak, Magdalena: Polska praktyka orzecznicza w sprawie kredytów powiązanych z walutą obcą a wyrok Trybunału Sprawiedliwości z 20.09.2017 r., C-186/16, Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc i inni przeciwko Banca Românească SA, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2018 Vol. 4 (151) p.39-45 (PL)
  22. Poillot, Élise: XIX. Consommation - Cour de justice, 2e ch., 20 septembre 2017, Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc e.a. c/ Banca Românească SA, aff. C-186/16, ECLI:EU:C:2017:703, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 883-888 (FR)
  23. Andrei, Irinel Axente: Clauze abuzive : Ruxandra Paula Andriciuc şi alţii c. Băncii Româneşti SA, Revista Română de Jurisprudență 2018 n°2 p. 155-173 (RO)
  24. Argelich Comelles, Cristina: Control de transparencia y buena fe en la reciente jurisprudencia sobre la hipoteca multidivisa, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2018, nº 46, p. 394-413 (ES)
  25. Graf, Friedrich: Neue Urteile des EuGH erzwingen eine Reform von § 310 Abs. 3 Nr.3 BGB, Verbraucher und Recht 2019 N°3 p.93-99 (DE)
  26. Charalampopoulos, Ioannis: Kataxristikes ritres daneiakon symvaseon pou synaptontai me katanalotes se xeno nomisma kai xrisimos xronos gia tin krisi tis anisorropias dikaiomaton kai ypoxreoseon ton symvallomenon : paratiriseis, Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2017 p.456-461 (EL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Curtea de Apel Oradea - Romania

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Consumer protection

Provisions of national law referred to

Codul civil, articles 970 et 1578 Ordonanţa de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 50/2010 privind contractele de credit pentru consumatori, articles 2, 36 et 95

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

Prechal

Advocate General

Wahl

Language(s) of the Case

  • Romanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French