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  • Case Details
    • National ID: 231/13.3TPPRT.P1
    • Member State: Portugal
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Court decision in appeal
    • Decision date: 12/03/2014
    • Court: Court of Appeal of Porto
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
    • Defendant: B. S.A.
    • Keywords: goods, price, price indication
  • Directive Articles
    Price Indication Directive, link Price Indication Directive, Article 3, 1.
  • Headnote
    The lack of visible indication of selling prices in shop windows shall be regarded as an infringement of consumers’ right to information.
  • Facts
    The defendant displayed products for sale in the shop window of his retail store without a visible indication of their selling price.
  • Legal issue
    The court considered that the lack of visible indication of selling prices in shop windows is as an infringement of consumers’ right to information, as per article 3.1 of Directive 98/6/EC (implemented into Portuguese law by article 1 of Decree-Law No. 138/90 of 26 April) and article 8 of Decree-Law No. 138/90 of 26 April, which establishes that the prices of products displayed in shop windows must be visible to consumers.
  • Decision

    Shall the lack of visible indication of selling prices in shop windows be regarded as an infringement of consumers’ right to information?

    URL: http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/c3fb530030ea1c61802568d9005cd5bb/f9372f80e45cf72b80257ca900433822?OpenDocument

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  • Result
    The court upheld the first instance court's judgment.