CELEX: C2005/115/08
Language: en
Date: 2005-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 March 2005 in Case C-336/03 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division: easyCar (UK) Ltd v Office of Fair Trading (Protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts — Directive 97/7/EC — Contracts for the provision of transport services — Meaning — Contracts for car hire)

14.5.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 115/4
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (First Chamber)
   of 10 March 2005
   in Case C-336/03 Reference for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division: easyCar (UK) Ltd v Office of Fair Trading (1)
   
   (Protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts - Directive 97/7/EC - Contracts for the provision of transport services - Meaning - Contracts for car hire)
   (2005/C 115/08)
   Language of the case: English
   In Case C-336/03: reference for a preliminary ruling under Article 234 EC from the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Chancery Division (United Kingdom), made by decision of 21 July 2003, received at the Court on 20 July 2003, in the proceedings pending before that court between easyCar (UK) Ltd and Office of Fair Trading — the Court (First Chamber), composed of P. Jann, President of the Chamber, K. Lenaerts, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Schiemann and M. Ilešič (Rapporteur), Judges; C. Stix-Hackl, Advocate General, K. Sztranc, Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 10 March 2005, the operative part of which is as follows:
   Article 3(2) of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts is to be interpreted as meaning that ‘contracts for the provision of transport services’ includes contracts for the provision of car hire services.
   
      (1)  OJ C 226 of 20.09.2003.