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Document 62015CN0310

Case C-310/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 25 June 2015 — Vincent Deroo-Blanquart v Sony Europe Limited, successor in law to Sony France SA

OJ C 294, 7.9.2015, p. 37–37 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

7.9.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 294/37


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 25 June 2015 — Vincent Deroo-Blanquart v Sony Europe Limited, successor in law to Sony France SA

(Case C-310/15)

(2015/C 294/47)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Vincent Deroo-Blanquart

Defendant: Sony Europe Limited, successor in law to Sony France SA

Questions referred

1.

Must Articles 5 and 7 of Directive 2005/29 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market (1) be interpreted as meaning that a combined offer consisting of the sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software constitutes a misleading unfair commercial practice where the manufacturer of the computer has, via its retailer, provided information on each item of pre-installed software, but has not specified the cost of each individual component?

2.

Must Article 5 of Directive 2005/29 be interpreted as meaning that a combined offer consisting of the sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software constitutes an unfair commercial practice where the manufacturer leaves the consumer no choice other than to accept the software or cancel the sale?

3.

Must Article 5 of Directive 2005/29 be interpreted as meaning that a combined offer consisting of the sale of a computer equipped with pre-installed software constitutes an unfair commercial practice where the consumer is unable to obtain a computer which is not equipped with software from the computer manufacturer?


(1)  OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22.


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