CELEX: 62007CA0205
Language: en
Date: 2008-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-205/07: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 December 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Gent — Belgium) — Criminal proceedings against Lodewijk Gysbrechts, Santurel Inter BVBA (Articles 28 EC to 30 EC — Directive 97/7/EC — Consumer protection in distance contracts — Period for withdrawal — Prohibition on requiring from a consumer an advance or payment before the end of the period for withdrawal)

21.2.2009   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/11
            
         Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 16 December 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Gent — Belgium) — Criminal proceedings against Lodewijk Gysbrechts, Santurel Inter BVBA
   (Case C-205/07) (1)
   
   (Articles 28 EC to 30 EC - Directive 97/7/EC - Consumer protection in distance contracts - Period for withdrawal - Prohibition on requiring from a consumer an advance or payment before the end of the period for withdrawal)
   (2009/C 44/17)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Referring court
   Hof van Beroep te Gent
   Parties in the main proceedings
   Lodewijk Gysbrechts, Santurel Inter BVBA
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Hof van Beroep te Gent — Interpretation of Articles 28 and 30 EC — Effects on intra-community trade of a national rule prohibiting a requirement that a consumer pay an advance or make payment before the expiry of a withdrawal period — Compatibility with Community law
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   Article 29 EC does not preclude national rules which prohibit a supplier in cross-border distance selling from requiring an advance or any payment from a consumer before expiry of the withdrawal period, but Article 29 EC does preclude a prohibition, under those rules, on requesting, before expiry of that period, the number of the consumer's payment card.
   
      (1)  OJ C 140, 23.6.2007.