Las nociones de consumidor y de profesional en un contrato (no laboral) celebrado con un trabajador fuera del ámbito propio del empresarioSentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de 21 de marzo de 2019, asunto C- 590/17: Pouvin y Dijoux

  1. Ricardo Pazos Castro 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

Journal:
La Ley Unión Europea

ISSN: 2255-551X

Year of publication: 2019

Issue: 71

Type: Article

More publications in: La Ley Unión Europea

Abstract

The case concerns a mortgage loan granted by a company to one of its employees and his spouse, who contracted for private purposes. The question is whether they must be regarded as, respectively, a seller or supplier and consumers within the meaning of the Unfair Terms Directive; considering that such contracts were reserved to members of staff of the company, and that its main activity is not granting loans. The ECJ answers in the affirmative. Although the decision seems correct, there is some room for debate, and the legal reasoning could have been improved