45Moreover, it must also be recalled that although, under Article 8 of Directive 93/13, Member States remain free to make provision, in their national law, for a more extensive ex officio examination than that which their courts must carry out under that directive, or simplified procedures, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, to assess whether a contractual term is unfair, the national court is nevertheless, as a general rule, required to inform the parties to the dispute of that assessment and to invite each of them to set out their views on that matter, with the opportunity to challenge the views of the other party, in accordance with the formal requirements laid down in that regard by the national rules of procedure (see, to that effect, judgment of 11 March 2020, Lintner, C‑511/17, EU:C:2020:188, paragraphs 41 and 42).