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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidance on the interpretation and application of Council Directive 93/13/EEC on unfair terms in consumer contracts · European Union

Under Article 7(1) UCTD or the effectiveness principle (401), national law has to provide remedies which allow consumers to invoke the unfairness of contract terms, and those remedies have to be effective. This implies that consumers must be able to bring such remedies under reasonable conditions, meaning that there must not be requirements or limitations which make it practically impossible or excessively difficult for them to obtain the required protection. Moreover, consumers may be prevented from using legal remedies not only by procedural obstacles, but also because of their limited knowledge or information.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.