CELEX: 62015CA0667
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-667/15: Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Loterie Nationale — Nationale Loterij NV van publiek recht v Paul Adriaensen, Werner De Kesel, The Right Frequency VZW (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2005/29/EC — Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices — Misleading commercial practice — Pyramid promotional scheme — Contributions paid by new members and compensation received by existing members — Indirect financial link)

13.2.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 46/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 December 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen — Belgium) — Loterie Nationale — Nationale Loterij NV van publiek recht v Paul Adriaensen, Werner De Kesel, The Right Frequency VZW
   (Case C-667/15) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2005/29/EC - Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices - Misleading commercial practice - Pyramid promotional scheme - Contributions paid by new members and compensation received by existing members - Indirect financial link))
   (2017/C 046/11)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van beroep te Antwerpen
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Loterie Nationale — Nationale Loterij NV van publiek recht
   
      Defendants: Paul Adriaensen, Werner De Kesel, The Right Frequency VZW
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Point 14 of Annex I to 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’) must be interpreted as allowing a commercial practice to be classified as a ‘pyramid promotional scheme’ even if there is only an indirect link between the contributions paid by new members of the scheme and the compensation paid to existing members.
   
      (1)  OJ C 106, 21.3.2016.