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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