Council Directive 85/577/EEC of 20 December 1985 to protect the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises
- No longer in force
- CELEX number: 31985L0577
- Official Journal: JOL_1985_372_R_0031_033
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 1976/1028(CNS), 1976/1028/CNS
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - December 20, 1985
- December 31, 1985
- December 23, 1985
- Entry into force - Date notif.
- December 23, 1987
- See Art 9
- June 13, 2014
- Repealed by 32011L0083
Modifies
Affected by case
- Case C-227/08: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial, Salamanca (Spain) lodged on 26 May 2008 — Eva Martín Martín v EDP Editores, S.L and Juan Caballo Bueno
- {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 March 1998. Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechselbank AG v Edgard Dietzinger. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Protection of the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises - Guarantees. Case C-45/96.
- A02T1
- Case C-352/10: Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 December 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo — Spain) — Angel Lorenzo González Alonso v Nationale Nederlanden Vida Cia De Seguros y Reaseguros SAE (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Inadmissibility)
- {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3 2.D
- Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 December 2001. Georg Heininger and Helga Heininger v Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Consumer protection - Doorstep selling - Right of cancellation - Agreement to grant credit secured by charge on immovable property. Case C-481/99.
- Case C-215/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — E. Friz GmbH v Carsten von der Heyden (Consumer protection — Contracts negotiated away from business premises — Scope of Directive 85/577/EEC — Entry into a closed-end real property fund established in the form of a partnership — Cancellation)
- {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 5.2
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2009. Eva Martín Martín v EDP Editores SL. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Audiencia Provincial de Salamanca - Spain. Directive 85/577/EEC - Article 4 - Consumer protection - Contracts negotiated away from business premises - Right of cancellation - Obligation on the trader to give notice of that right - Contract void - Appropriate measures. Case C-227/08.
- A04
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 April 2010. E. Friz GmbH v Carsten von der Heyden. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Consumer protection - Contracts negotiated away from business premises - Scope of Directive 85/577/EEC - Entry into a closed-end real property fund established in the form of a partnership - Cancellation. Case C-215/08.
- A05P2
- Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 25 October 2005. Elisabeth Schulte and Wolfgang Schulte v Deutsche Bausparkasse Badenia AG. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landgericht Bochum - Germany. Consumer protection - Doorstep selling - Purchase of immovable property - Investment financed by a secured loan - Right of cancellation - Effects of cancellation. Case C-350/03.
- A03P2LA
- A04
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 April 2008. Annelore Hamilton v Volksbank Filder eG. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart - Germany. Consumer protection - Contracts negotiated away from business premises - Directive 85/577/EEC - First paragraph of Article 4 and Article 5(1) - Contract for long-term credit - Right of cancellation. Case C-412/06.
- Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 25 October 2005. Crailsheimer Volksbank eG v Klaus Conrads and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht in Bremen - Germany. Consumer protection - Contracts negotiated away from business premises - Loan agreement linked to property purchase concluded in a doorstep-selling situation - Right of cancellation. Case C-229/04.
- A05P2
- A02
- A04
- A01
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 1 March 2012. Ángel Lorenzo González Alonso v Nationale Nederlanden Vida Cía de Seguros y Reaseguros SAE. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo. Consumer protection — Contracts negotiated away from business premises — Directive 85/577/EEC — Scope — Not included — Unit-linked insurance contracts. Case C-166/11.
- A03P2LD
- Case C-412/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart) — Annelore Hamilton v Volksbank Filder eG (Consumer protection — Contracts negotiated away from business premises — Directive 85/577/EEC — First paragraph of Article 4 and Article 5(1) — Contract for long-term credit — Right of cancellation)
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 22 April 1999. Travel Vac SL v Manuel José Antelm Sanchis. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Juzgado de Primera Instancia de Valencia - Spain. Directive 85/577/EEC - Scope - Time-share contracts - Right of renunciation. Case C-423/97.
- A01P1
- A05P1
- A03P2
- A07
- Case C-227/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Salamanca — Spain) — Eva Martín Martín v EDP Editores SL (Directive 85/577/EEC — Article 4 — Consumer protection — Contracts negotiated away from business premises — Right of cancellation — Obligation on the trader to give notice of that right — Contract void — Appropriate measures)
- {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4
- Judgment of the Court of 14 July 1994. Paola Faccini Dori v Recreb Srl. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Giudice conciliatore di Firenze - Italy. Consumer protection in the case of contracts negotiated away from business premises - Availability in disputes between private individuals. Case C-91/92.
- A01P1
- A05
- A02
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 March 1991. Criminal proceedings against Patrice Di Pinto. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour d'appel de Paris - France. Consumer protection - Doorstep canvassing. Case C-361/89.
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - COMMON RULES, CHAPTER 3: APPROXIMATION OF LAWS, ARTICLE 100
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Contract
- Consumer protection
- Consumer protection
- Door-to-door selling
- Protection of economic interests
- Internal market - Principles
- Consumer information
- Restriction on competition
- Approximation of laws