Case C-674/23, AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 February 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije – Slovenia) – AEON NEPREMIČNINE d.o.o. and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o., Državni svet Republike Slovenije (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Freedom of establishment – Services in the internal market – Directive 2006/123/EC – Article 15(2) and (3) – Fixed maximum tariffs – Provider of property intermediation services – National legislation laying down a maximum limit on the commission charged for intermediation services relating to the sale or rental of immovable property by a natural person – Proportionality – Articles 16 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Freedom to conduct a business – Consumer protection)
Date: 2025-02-27
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: broker, consumer protection, property leasing, property market, provision of services, purchase, real property, right of establishment, sale








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C/2025/2167


22.4.2025






Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 27 February 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije – Slovenia) – AEON NEPREMIČNINE d.o.o. and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o., Državni svet Republike Slovenije


(Case C-674/23,
                (1)
AEON NEPREMIČNINE and Others)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Freedom of establishment - Services in the internal market - Directive 2006/123/EC - Article 15(2) and (3) - Fixed maximum tariffs - Provider of property intermediation services - National legislation laying down a maximum limit on the commission charged for intermediation services relating to the sale or rental of immovable property by a natural person - Proportionality - Articles 16 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Freedom to conduct a business - Consumer protection)
(C/2025/2167)
Language of the case: Slovenian

Referring court

Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: AEON NEPREMIČNINE d.o.o. and Others, STAN nepremičnine d.o.o., Državni svet Republike Slovenije

Interested party: Državni zbor Republike Slovenije

Operative part of the judgment

Article 15(3) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market, read in the light of Articles 16 and 38 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
must be interpreted as not precluding national legislation which, as regards a purchase or rental by a natural person of a single-family dwelling, a flat or a residential unit, provides for a cap on the commission charged for property intermediation services:






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in the case of a purchase or sale of immovable property the contract value of which exceeds or is equal to EUR 10 000, amounting to 4 % of the price stipulated in the contract, and










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in the case of rental, amounting to 4 % of the product of multiplying the monthly rent by the number of months for which the property is let, it being understood that that commission cannot exceed one month’s rent,




provided that that legislation does not go beyond what is necessary to attain the objectives which it pursues and that there are no other less restrictive measures allowing the same result to be achieved.


(1)  OJ C C/2024/713.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2167/oj
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