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European Union – Consumer protection. The Court of Justice of the European Union gave a preliminary ruling, deciding that arts 6(1) and 7(1) of Directive (EEC) 93/13 did not preclude national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which allowed a notary who had drawn up, in due form, an authentic instrument concerning a contract concluded between a seller or supplier and a consumer, to affix the enforcement clause to that instrument or to refuse to cancel it when no review of the unfairness of the contractual terms had been performed at any stage.
European Union – Consumer protection. The Court of Justice of the European Union gave a preliminary ruling, deciding that arts 6(1) and 7(1) of Directive (EEC) 93/13 did not preclude national legislation, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which allowed a notary who had drawn up, in due form, an authentic instrument concerning a contract concluded between a seller or supplier and a consumer, to affix the enforcement clause to that instrument or to refuse to cancel it when no review of the unfairness of the contractual terms had been performed at any stage.
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