CELEX: 62011CO0126
Language: en
Date: 2011-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2011.#INNO NV v Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers VZW (UNIZO) and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hof van Cassatie - Belgium.#First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair commercial practices - National legislation prohibiting announcements of price reductions and those suggestive of such reductions.#Case C-126/11.

Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2011 – INNO v Unie van Zelfstandige Ondernemers and Others
      (Case C-126/11)
      First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure – Directive 2005/29/EC – Unfair commercial practices – National legislation prohibiting announcements of price reductions and those suggestive of such reductions
      Approximation of laws – Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices – Directive 2005/29 – National legislation laying down a general prohibition of announcements of price reductions and of announcements suggesting
         such a reduction during the period preceding the sales – Not permissible – Condition (European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29) (see para. 32, operative part)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               Reference for a preliminary ruling – Hof van Cassatie van België – Interpretation of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European
                  Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market
                  and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the
                  Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)
                  (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22).
               
            Operative part
      Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial
         practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC
         of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
         (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) must be interpreted as precluding a national provision, such as that at issue in
         the main proceedings, which lays down a general prohibition of announcements of price reductions or announcements suggesting
         such reductions during the period preceding sales, in so far as that provision pursues objectives relating to consumer protection.