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Article 7(2) and (3) UCTD complement Directive 2009/22/EC on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests (510) with particular regard to injunctions in the collective interest of consumers in order to prevent the continued use of unfair contract terms by individual sellers or suppliers or groups of them. Pursuant to Article 7(1), also injunction proceedings have to be adequate and effective (511). In light of the deterrent and dissuasive purpose of such actions, as well as their independence from any particular dispute, authorised persons or organisations, such as consumer associations, may bring injunction proceedings even though the relevant terms have not yet been used in specific contracts (512). Conversely, the Court held that Article 7(1) and (2) and Article 47 of the Charter do not oblige Member States to allow a consumer organisation to intervene in support of individual consumers in proceedings concerning the enforcement of potentially unfair contract terms (513), unless this is required by the equivalence principle (514).

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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.