Judgment_paragraph 3 · CM and DS v Volkswagen AG (C-666/23)

3Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees (OJ 1999 L 171, p. 12) was repealed by Directive (EU) 2019/771 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC, and repealing Directive 1999/44/EC (OJ 2019 L 136, p. 28), with effect from 1 January 2022. In view of the date of the facts of the disputes in the main proceedings, Directive 1999/44 remains applicable to those disputes.