25.8.2012
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 258/9
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Beroep te Brussel (Belgium), lodged on 29 May 2012 — Citroën Belux NV v Federatie voor Verzekerings- en Financiële Tussenpersonen (FvF)
(Case C-265/12)
2012/C 258/15
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Hof van Beroep te Brussel
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant: Citroën Belux NV
Respondent: Federatie voor Verzekerings- en Financiële Tussenpersonen (FvF)
Questions referred
1.
Must Article 3(9) of Directive 2005/29/EC (1) be interpreted as precluding a provision, such as Article 72 WMPC, (2) which — subject to the cases which are exhaustively listed in the law — generally prohibits any combined offer to the consumer as soon as at least one component is a financial service?
2.
Must Article 56 TFEU, concerning the freedom to provide services, be interpreted as precluding a provision, such as Article 72 WMPC, which — subject to the cases which are exhaustively listed in the law — generally prohibits any combined offer to the consumer as soon as at least one component is a financial service?
(1) Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22).
(2) Wet betreffende marktpraktijken en consumentenbescherming (Belgian Law on Market Practices and Consumer Protection).
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