62021CJ0406_SUM
Case C‑406/21
A Oy
v
B KyandCommunauté des héritiers de C
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus)
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 20 October 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Combating late payment in commercial transactions – Directive 2011/7/EU – Article 12(4) – Temporal scope – Practice established before 16 March 2013 consisting in not recovering interest for late payment or compensation for recovery costs – Practice applied to individual orders placed on or after that date – Article 7(2) and (3) – Grossly unfair contractual terms and practices – Waiver freely agreed to)
Approximation of laws – Combating late payment in commercial transactions – Directive 2011/7 – Temporal scope
(European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/35, Art. 6(3), and 2011/7, recital 28 and Arts 12(4) and 13)
(see paragraphs 41-46, 49, operative part 1)
Approximation of laws – Combating late payment in commercial transactions – Directive 2011/7 – Practice under which, in the case of delays in payment of less than one month, there is no recovery of interest for late payment or compensation for recovery costs, in exchange for payment of the principal amount of the debts payable – Whether permissible – Condition
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2011/7, recital 28 and Arts 3(1), 6 and 7(2) and (3))
(see paragraphs 56-60, 62, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.