Judgment_paragraph 30 · Unicaja Banco, SA v José Hidalgo Rueda and Others and Caixabank SA v Manuel María Rueda Ledesma and Others (C-482/13, C-484/13, C-485/13, C-487/13)

30Moreover, given the nature and significance of the public interest constituted by the protection of consumers, who are in a position of weakness vis-à-vis sellers or suppliers, Directive 93/13, as is apparent from Article 7(1) thereof, read in conjunction with its twenty-fourth recital, requires the Member States to provide for adequate and effective means to prevent the continued use of unfair terms in contracts concluded with consumers by sellers or suppliers (judgments in Banco Español de Crédito, EU:C:2012:349, paragraph 68, and in Kásler and Káslerné Rábai, C‑26/13, EU:C:2014:282, paragraph 78).