CELEX: 62017CA0287
Language: en
Date: 2018-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case C-287/17: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 September 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresní soud v Českých Budějovicích — Czech Republic) — Česká pojišťovna a.s. v WCZ, spol. s r.o. (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Company law — Combating late payments in commercial transactions — Directive 2011/7/EU — Article 6(1) and (3) — Reimbursement of debt recovery costs — Costs resulting from reminders sent on account of late payment by a debtor)

12.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 408/22
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 September 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresní soud v Českých Budějovicích — Czech Republic) — Česká pojišťovna a.s. v WCZ, spol. s r.o.
      (Case C-287/17) (1)
      
      ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Company law - Combating late payments in commercial transactions - Directive 2011/7/EU - Article 6(1) and (3) - Reimbursement of debt recovery costs - Costs resulting from reminders sent on account of late payment by a debtor))
      (2018/C 408/27)
      Language of the case: Czech
      
         Referring court
      
      Okresní soud v Českých Budějovicích
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Česká pojišťovna a.s.
      
         Defendant: WCZ, spol. s r.o.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 6 of Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions must be interpreted as recognising that a creditor claiming compensation for the costs associated with sending reminders to a debtor due to the latter’s late payment is entitled to obtain reasonable compensation, on that basis and in addition to the fixed amount of EUR 40 laid down in Article 6(1) of that directive, for the purposes of Article 6(3) thereof, in respect of the part of those costs which exceeds that fixed amount.
      
         (1)  OJ C 269, 14.8.2017.