Case law

  • Case Details
    • National ID: ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2016:3230
    • Member State: Netherlands
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Court decision, first degree
    • Decision date: 23/08/2016
    • Court: District Court Overijssel
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: Unknown
    • Defendant: Unknown
    • Keywords: consumer rights, unordered product, unsolicited goods
  • Directive Articles
    Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Annex I, 29. Consumer Rights Directive, link Consumer Rights Directive, Chapter 5, Article 27
  • Headnote
    The unrequested forwarding of goods to a consumer - under the condition that the goods must be sent back in order to prevent a purchase agreement - does not result in a binding purchase agreement if and when the consumer does not do so. A consumer does not have any obligation to send the goods back and the seller is not entitled to any payment.

  • Facts
    School pictures were taken by a school photographer. The pictures were sent to the parents of the child unrequested. The parents had the option of choosing to either keep the photos and subsequently pay for them, or to send them back without extra costs.
  • Legal issue
    The unrequested forwarding of goods to a consumer - under the condition that the goods must be sent back in order to prevent a purchase agreement - does not result in a binding purchase agreement if and when the consumer does not do so. A consumer does not have any obligation to send the goods back and the seller is not entitled to any payment. It is not relevant if and how the consumer reacts to the reception of the goods. Also not relevant is the fact that this course of events has been a practice for school photographers for many years.
  • Decision

    Does the unrequested forwarding of goods - under the condition that the goods must be sent back in order to prevent a purchase agreement - result in a binding purchase agreement if and when the consumer does not do so?

    URL: http://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:RBOVE:2016:3230

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  • Result
    The plaintiff's claim is denied by the court.