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In those circumstances, the Krajský súd v Prešove (Regional Court, Prešov) decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following questions to the Court for a preliminary ruling: ‘(1) In the light of the judgment [of 27 February 2014, Pohotovosť, C‑470/12, EU:C:2014:101], and the considerations set out by the [Court] at paragraph 46 [thereof], is a legal provision incompatible with the principle of equivalence under EU law when — in the context of the equivalence of the interests protected by law and the protection of consumer rights against unfair contractual terms — it does not permit, without the defendant consumer’s consent, a legal person whose activity involves the collective protection of consumers against unfair contractual terms and is designed to achieve the objective set out in Article 7(1) of [Directive 93/13], as transposed by Article 53a(1) and (3) of the Civil Code, to participate as an intervener in legal proceedings from the outset and to make effective use, for the consumer’s benefit, of the means of action and defence in court proceedings, in order to secure, in the context of such proceedings, protection from the systematic use of unfair contractual terms; whereas, in other circumstances, another party (intervener), intervening in court proceedings in support of the defendant and having an interest in the resolution of the subject matter on the merits (from a patrimonial view point) that is the object of the proceedings, does not in fact, unlike a consumer protection association, require the consent of the consumer, on whose behalf it is intervening, in order to take part in the proceedings from the outset and effectively exercise the means of defence and action for the defendant’s benefit? (2) In the light also of the findings in [the judgments of 30 April 2014, Kásler and Káslerné Rábai (C‑26/13, EU:C:2014:282), and of 23 April 2015, Van Hove (C‑96/14, EU:C:2015:262)], must the expression “in plain intelligible language” appearing in Article 4(2) of Directive 93/13 be interpreted as meaning that a contractual term may be regarded as not being in plain and intelligible language — with the legal consequence that it is automatically subject to judicial review of unfairness — even when the body of legal rules (instrument) which it governs is in itself complicated so that it is hard for the average consumer to foresee its legal consequences and in order to understand it professional legal advice is generally necessary, the costs of which are disproportionate to the value of the service which the consumer receives under the agreement? (3) When a court adjudicates on the rights deriving from an agreement concluded with a consumer, relied on against him as defendant, solely on the basis of the applicant’s claims, by way of an order for payment [issued] in summary proceedings, without applying in the proceedings the provision in Article 172(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure which precludes the issue of an order for payment if a contract concluded with a consumer contains unfair contractual terms, is it not incompatible with EU law for legislation of a Member State, given the brief period allowed for the lodging of an appeal and the possibility that the consumer may be impossible to find or be inactive, to make it impossible for a consumer protection association, which has standing and is authorised to pursue the objective under Article 7(1) of Directive 93/13, as transposed by Article 53a(1) and (2) of the Civil Code, to effectively make use, without the consumer’s consent (unless the consumer specifically dissents), of the only opportunity of protecting the consumer, in the form of opposition to the order for payment, in circumstances in which the court fails to fulfil its obligation under Article 172(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure? (4) Is it relevant, for the purpose of the answers to the second and third questions, that the [national] legal order does not accord the consumer the right to mandatory legal assistance and that, without legal representation, his lack of knowledge in that area leads to a significant risk that he will not rely on the unfairness of the contractual terms and will not even lodge a document authorising the intervention on his behalf, in court proceedings, by a consumer protection association, which has standing and is authorised to act under Article 7(1) of Directive 93/13, as transposed by Article 53a(1) and (2) of the Civil Code? (5) Is it not incompatible with EU law, and the requirement that all the circumstances of the case be assessed, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Directive 93/13, for legislation, such as the summary proceedings for the issue of an order for payment (Article 172(1) et seq. of the Slovak Code of Civil Procedure), to permit: (1) the seller or supplier to be given the right to a pecuniary benefit with the effects of a judgment, (2) in the context of summary proceedings, (3) before an administrative officer of the court, (4) solely on the basis of the trader’s claims, and (5) without evidence being taken and in circumstances in which (6) the consumer is not represented by a legal professional, (7) and his defence may not be effectively mounted, without his consent, by a consumer protection association, which has standing and is authorised to act under Article 7(1) of Directive 93/13 as transposed by Article 53a(1) and (2) of the Civil Code?’