21In order to guarantee the protection intended by the Directive, the Court has already stated on several occasions that the imbalance which exists between the consumer and the seller or supplier may be corrected only by positive action unconnected with the actual parties to the contract (see, inter alia, VB Pénzügyi Lízing, paragraph 48, and Banco Español de Crédito, paragraph 41).
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