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Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Wind Tre SpA and Vodafone Italia SpA (C-54/17, C-55/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first and second questions
43

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Wind Tre SpA and Vodafone Italia SpA (C-54/17, C-55/17)

Judgment of 13 Sept 2018law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-54-17/para_43@2026-11-10

43Accordingly, in particular conduct whereby the trader demands payment from a consumer for a product or service which has been provided to that consumer without the consumer soliciting it, constitutes ‘inertia selling’ within the meaning of Annex I, point 29.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Cases: C-54/17, C-55/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:710
Decided: 13 Sept 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Consiglio di Stato (Council of State, Italy)
Applicant: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato
Defendants: Wind Tre SpA; Vodafone Italia SpA
Interveners: Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Communicazioni; Altroconsumo; Vito Rizzo; Telecom Italia SpA
Rapporteur: E. Jarašiūnas
Advocate General: M. Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Bench: 5 judges
M. Ilešič, A. Rosas, C. Toader, A. Prechal, E. Jarašiūnas
Language: Italian
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0054

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Consumer protection Information and Communications Technology

History · 1 version

13 Sept 2018Reading

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Interprets 2: Directive 2005/29/EC2 provisions; Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive)
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Cites 12: Directive 2005/29/EC; Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts - Statement by the Council and the Parliament re Article 6 (1) - Statement by the Commission re Article 3 (1), first indent; Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive); Konsumentombudsmannen v Ving Sverige AB (C-122/10); Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive); Criminal proceedings against Canal Digital Danmark A/S (C-611/14); Nemzeti Fogyasztóvédelmi Hatóság v UPC Magyarország kft (C-388/13); Purely Creative Ltd and Others v Office of Fair Trading (C-428/11); Abcur AB v Apoteket Farmaci AB and Apoteket AB (C-544/13, C-545/13); Vincent Deroo-Blanquart v Sony Europe Limited (C-310/15); Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato v Wind Tre SpA and Vodafone Italia SpA (C-54/17); Polkomtel sp. z o.o. v Prezes Urzędu Komunikacji Elektronicznej (C-397/14)