CELEX: C2007/140/23
Language: en
Date: 2007-06-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-205/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep, Ghent lodged on 19 April 2007 — Criminal proceedings against Lodewijk Gysbrechts and Santurel Inter BVBA

23.6.2007   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 140/14
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep, Ghent lodged on 19 April 2007 — Criminal proceedings against Lodewijk Gysbrechts and Santurel Inter BVBA
   (Case C-205/07)
   (2007/C 140/23)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   Hof van Beroep, Ghent
   Party to the main proceedings
   Lodewijk Gysbrechts and Santurel Inter BVBA
   Question referred
   Does the Belgian Law of 14 July 1991 on commercial practices and the provision of information to and the protection of consumers constitute a measure having equivalent effect, as prohibited in Articles 28 to 30 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, inasmuch as Article 80(3) of that national law prohibits demands for an advance or for payment from the consumer during the compulsory period for withdrawal, as a result of which the actual effect of the Law of 14 July 1991 on the trading of goods in the trader's own country differs from its effect on trading with nationals of another Member State and does this give rise in fact to an obstacle to the free movement of goods, which is protected by Article 23 of the Treaty establishing the European Community?