Νομολογία

  • Στοιχεία της υπόθεσης
    • Εθνικός αναγνωριστικός αριθμός: Administrative Court, A.F. MPOWER Communications Ltd v Republic
    • Κράτος μέλος: Κύπρος
    • Κοινή ονομασία:N/A
    • Είδος απόφασης: Πρωτοβάθμια δικαστική απόφαση
    • Ημερομηνία απόφασης: 31/01/2019
    • Δικαστήριο: Διοικητικό Δικαστήριο
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    • Λέξεις-κλειδιά: precontractual information, enforcement, judicial review
  • Άρθρα της οδηγίας
    Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 6, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 1, Article 7, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 2, Article 8 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Section 2, Article 9 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 4, Article 11, 1.
  • Περίληψη

    The Consumer Protection Service acts legitimately when investigating and making decisions in processes such as unfair commercial practices. The Court points out that this process also complies with all the procedural guarantees provided for in both the case law of Cyprus and that of the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Πραγματικά περιστατικά

    The petitioner, a bank, was investigated by the Consumer Protection Service as to the employment of unfair business practices in its operations (especially with regard to foreign-currency loans and encouraging both Cyprus residents and foreign residents to obtain loans in order to purchase real property in Cyprus). The Service issued a decision declaring certain business practices of the petitioner unfair and ordering it to desist from them in the future. The petitioner requested the Administrative Court invalidate the Service’s decision, alleging violation of its fundamental rights and procedural objections (for example, that the Service should have made a determination regarding the complainants being consumers before proceeding to investigate their complaints, or that the Service both investigated and decided the matter).

  • Νομικό ζήτημα

    Does the fact that the Consumer Protection Service operated in these proceedings in what is allegedly both an investigative and an adjudicative capacity violate due process principles?

    Given that the law allows the Service to act both upon complaints or upon its own initiative, was it entitled to draw evidence from cases without first formally ascertaining that the complainants in each case classified as consumers under the Law?


  • Απόφαση

    The procedure provided in the Law fulfills due process requirements under Cyprus and European Court of Human Rights case law, given that there is also opportunity for a second tier of administrative review as well as full judicial review of the administrative decision. The Consumer Protection Service, even if it claims to have launched the investigation on its own initiative, should have ascertained formally whether in each of the cases from which it drew evidence the complainant was in fact a consumer.

    URL: http://cylaw.org/cgi-bin/open.pl?file=/administrative/2019/201911-1293-16apof.html

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  • Αποτέλεσμα

    This decision was issued en banc by the Administrative Court (i.e. all six Administrative Judges sitting together) and therefore presents strong persuasive authority. The Administrative Court upheld the constitutionality of the enforcement process provided for in the Law.