CELEX: 62012CB0343
Language: en
Date: 2013-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-343/12: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 March 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent — Belgium) — Euronics Belgium CVBA v Kamera Express BV, Kamera Express Belgium BVBA (Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 2005/29/EC — National legislation laying down a general prohibition of offering for sale or selling goods at a loss)

4.5.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 129/5
            
         Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 7 March 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent — Belgium) — Euronics Belgium CVBA v Kamera Express BV, Kamera Express Belgium BVBA
   (Case C-343/12) (1)
   
   (Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 2005/29/EC - National legislation laying down a general prohibition of offering for sale or selling goods at a loss)
   2013/C 129/09
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Euronics Belgium CVBA
   
      Defendants: Kamera Express BV, Kamera Express Belgium BVBA
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Rechtbank van Koophandel te Gent — Belgium — 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 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’) (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22) — National legislation laying down a general prohibition of sales at a loss, without exception, and intended to protect, inter alia, the interests of consumers — Compatibility with Directive 2005/29
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   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 provides for a general prohibition of offering for sale or selling at a loss in so far as that provision pursues objectives relating to consumer protection.
   
      (1)  OJ C 303, 6.10.2012.