ntr212-C_2019323EN.01000401-E0212
(212) In Joined Cases C-359/11 and C-400/11 Schulz and Egbringhoff, the Court ruled on transparency requirements adjusting contract for the supply of electricity and gas covered by universal supply obligation. The Court held that national legislation which determines the content of this type of consumer contracts and allows the price of that supply to be adjusted, but which does not ensure that customers are to be given adequate notice, before that adjustment comes into effect, of the reasons and preconditions for the adjustment, as well as its scope, is against the transparency provisions of Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC — Statements made with regard to decommissioning and waste management activities (OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 37) and Directive 2003/55/EC (OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57), replaced by Directive 2009/72/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 55) and Directive 2009/73/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94) respectively. The content of the contracts at issue being determined by German legislative provisions that are mandatory, the UCTD was not applicable.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.