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RWE Vertrieb AG v Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen eV (C-92/11)
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Consideration of the questions referred
Question 1
25

RWE Vertrieb AG v Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen eV (C-92/11)

Judgment of 21 Mar 2013law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-92-11/para_25@2026-11-10

25It must be recalled that, as stated in Article 1(2) of Directive 93/13, contractual terms which reflect mandatory statutory or regulatory provisions are not subject to the provisions of the directive.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-92/11 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:180
Decided: 21 Mar 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
Applicant: RWE Vertrieb AG
Defendant: Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V.
Rapporteur: M. Safjan
Advocate General: V. Trstenjak
Bench: 5 judges
A. Tizzano, A. Borg Barthet, M. Ilešič, M. Safjan, M. Berger
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0092

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Approximation of laws Consumer protection Energy Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services

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Interprets 2: Council Directive 93/13/EEC4 provisions; Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC
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Cites 14: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Directive 93/13/EEC2 provisions; Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30/EC; Jana Pereničová and Vladislav Perenič v SOS financ spol. s r. o (C-453/10); Nemzeti Fogyasztóvédelmi Hatóság v Invitel Távközlési Zrt (C-472/10); VB Pénzügyi Lízing Zrt. v Ferenc Schneider (C-137/08); Maciej Brzeziński v Dyrektor Izby Celnej w Warszawie (C-313/05); Vincent Blaizot v University of Liège and others (C-24/86); RWE Vertrieb AG v Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen eV (C-92/11); Iulian Nisipeanu v Direcţia Generală a Finanţelor Publice Gorj and Others (C-263/10); Regionalna Mitnicheska Direktsia - Plovdiv v Petar Dimitrov Kalinchev (C-2/09); Skov Æg v Bilka Lavprisvarehus A/S and Bilka Lavprisvarehus A/S v Jette Mikkelsen and Michael Due Nielsen (C-402/03); Test Claimants in the Thin Cap Group Litigation v Commissioners of Inland Revenue (C-524/04); Ainārs Rēdlihs v Valsts ieņēmumu dienests (C-263/11)