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Case C-429/22, N1 Interactive: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Law applicable to contractual obligations – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 – Article 6 – Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino – No choice of applicable law – Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
Case C-429/22, N1 Interactive: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Law applicable to contractual obligations – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 – Article 6 – Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino – No choice of applicable law – Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
Case C-429/22, N1 Interactive: Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd. (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Law applicable to contractual obligations – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 – Article 6 – Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino – No choice of applicable law – Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
OJ C, C/2024/3579, 17.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3579/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/3579 |
17.6.2024 |
Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 14 March 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien – Austria) – VK v N1 Interactive Ltd.
(Case C-429/22, (1) N1 Interactive)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Questions the answer to which may be clearly deduced from the Court’s existing case-law - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Law applicable to contractual obligations - Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 - Article 6 - Consumer claiming payment of a sum of money allegedly won in an online casino - No choice of applicable law - Application of a law deemed to be more favourable rather than the law of the country of habitual residence of the consumer)
(C/2024/3579)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberlandesgericht Wien
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: VK
Defendant: N1 Interactive Ltd.
Operative part of the order
Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)
must be interpreted as meaning that where a consumer contract fulfils the requirements set out in that provision and in the absence of a valid choice of law applicable to that contract, that law must be determined in accordance with that provision, notwithstanding the fact that the law applicable to the contract in accordance with Article 4 of that regulation may be more favourable to the consumer.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3579/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)