23.10.2010
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 288/18
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo (Spain) lodged on 13 July 2010 — Ángel Lorenzo González Alonso v Nationale Nederlanden Vida Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.E.
(Case C-352/10)
2010/C 288/29
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Audiencia Provincial de Oviedo
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Ángel Lorenzo González Alonso
Defendant: Nationale Nederlanden Vida Compañía de Seguros y Reaseguros S.A.E.
Question referred
Must Article 3(2)(d) of Council Directive 85/577/EEC (1) of 20 December 1985 to protect the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises be interpreted restrictively so as not to cover a contract, concluded away from business premises, under which life assurance is offered in return for payment of a monthly premium to be invested, in varying proportions, in fixed-rate investments, variable-rate investments and financial investment products of the company itself?
(1) OJ 1985 L 372, p. 31.
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