62022CJ0371_SUM
Case C‑371/22
G sp. z o.o.
v
W S.A.
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 January 2024
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Internal market in electricity – Directive 2009/72/EC – Article 3(5) and (7) – Consumer protection – Right to switch supplier – Non-household customer – Fixed-term, fixed-price electricity supply contract concluded with a small undertaking – Contractual penalty for early termination – National legislation limiting the amount of that penalty to the ‘costs and damages resulting from the contract’)
Approximation of laws – Measures of approximation – Common rules for the internal market in electricity – Directive 2009/72 – Public service obligation – Right to switch supplier – Fixed-term, fixed-price electricity supply contract concluded with a non-household customer – National legislation providing for a contractual penalty in the event of early termination of that contract by the customer concerned – Amount of that penalty which may correspond to the full price of the electricity covered by the undertaking to purchase – Whether permissible – Conditions
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2009/72, recitals 3, 7, 8, 42, 51 and 57, Arts 1, 2(10) and (11), 3(3), (5) and (7), and Annex I)
(see paragraphs 35-41, 44-48, 50-55, operative part)
See the text of the decision.