Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Liège (Belgium) lodged on 30 March 2015 — Sabrina Wathelet v Garage Bietheres & Fils SPRL

(Case C-149/15)

(2015/C 213/25)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour d’appel de Liège

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Sabrina Wathelet

Defendant: Garage Bietheres & Fils SPRL

Question referred

Must the term ‘seller’ of consumer goods referred to in Article 1649bis of the Belgian Civil Code, as inserted by the Law of 1 September 1994 entitled ‘Law concerning consumer protection in matters involving the sale of consumer goods’, which transposes into Belgian law Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999‘on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees’ (1), be interpreted as covering not only a trader who, as seller, transfers ownership of consumer goods to a consumer, but also a trader who acts as intermediary for a non-trade seller, whether or not he is remunerated for his intervention and whether or not he has informed the prospective buyer that the seller is a private individual?

(1)  Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees (OJ 1999 L 171, p. 12).