Order — ECLI:EU:C:2010:768
Date: 2010-12-15
Language of the case: Spanish
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Subject matter: Consumer protection;Approximation of laws
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling - inadmissible
Origin: Spain

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo (Spain) lodged on 13 July 2010 - Ángel Lorenzo González Alonso v Nationale Nederlanden Vida Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.E. (Case C-352/10) Language of the case: Spanish Referring court Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Ángel Lorenzo González Alonso Defendant: Nationale Nederlanden Vida Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.E. Question referred Must Article 3(2)(d) of Council Directive 85/577/EEC 1 of 20 December 1985 to protect the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises be interpreted restrictively so as not to cover a contract, concluded away from business premises, under which life assurance is offered in return for payment of a monthly premium to be invested, in varying proportions, in fixed-rate investments, variable-rate investments and financial investment products of the company itself? ____________ 1 - OJ 1985 L 372, p. 31.