Saturday, March 16, 2013
EU court rules Spain evictions violate consumer protection laws
[JURIST] The European Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] ruled [judgment, in Spanish] Thursday that evictions carried out in Spain under harsh property repossession laws violate EU consumer protection laws. According to the ECJ, Spain's laws contravene EU laws [press release, PDF] because they do not allow national courts to stop evictions taking place due to possible unfair terms in mortgage agreements. The ECJ's decision came in the case Mohamed Aziz v Catalunyacaixa, in which Aziz, a Moroccan national residing...
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