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  • Case Details
    • National ID: link
    • Member State: Germany
    • Common Name:link
    • Decision type: Court decision in appeal
    • Decision date: 19/06/2015
    • Court: Higher Regional Court of Cologne
    • Subject:
    • Plaintiff: Unknown
    • Defendant: www.amazon.de
    • Keywords: information obligation, price indication, unfair commercial practices
  • Directive Articles
    Price Indication Directive, Article 2, (b) Price Indication Directive, Article 2, (c) Price Indication Directive, Article 3, 1. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 1. Price Indication Directive, Article 3, 4. Price Indication Directive, Article 4 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 2. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 2., (a) Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Chapter 2, Article 5, 2., (b)
  • Headnote
    Obligations to indicate the price and essential consumer information regarding a product are breached by a website that contained an offer of a women 's blouse without any indication of the name and weight of the fabric, and offers for products in which the basic price was missing due to incorrect data transmission and in which the size of the product was not indicated.
  • Facts
    The defendant operates the website www.amazon.de. The website contained an offer of a women 's blouse without any indication of the name and weight of the fibers contained in the product, as well as an offer of a carpet cleaner and a multi-oil in which the basic price was missing due to incorrect data transmission. The size of the carpet cleaner was not indicated.
  • Legal issue
    The court ruled that defendant breached the obligations to indicate the price and essential consumer information regarding a product when its website contained an offer of a women 's blouse without any indication of the name and weight of the fabric and offers for products in which the basic price was missing due to incorrect data transmission and the size of the product was not indicated.
  • Decision

    Are the obligations to indicate the price and essential consumer information regarding a product breached when a website contains an offer of a women 's blouse without any indication of the name and weight of the fabric and offers for products in which the basic price is missing due to incorrect data transmission and in which the size of the product is not indicated?

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  • Result
    The appeal was rejected.