Case C-50/22, Sogefinancement: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris — France) — Sogefinancement v RW, UV (Reference...

C 164/16 EN Official Journal of the European Union 8.5.2023 Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 9 March 2023 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour d’appel de Paris — France) — Sogefinancement v RW, UV (Case C-50/22, (1) Sogefinancement) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Consumer protection — Directive 2008/48/EC — Credit agreements for consumers — Scope — Right of withdrawal — Article 14(7) — National provisions establishing a period of time during which the performance of the contract may not begin — National procedural rules governing how the national courts raise of their own motion and penalise breaches of those provisions — Article 23 — Effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions) (2023/C 164/20) Language of the case: French Referring court Cour d’appel de Paris Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Sogefinancement Defendant: RW, UV Operative part of the judgment Article 14(7) of Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC, must be interpreted as meaning that the national procedural rules governing the raising by a national court of its own motion of, and the penalty it imposes for, a breach, by the lender, of a provision of national law establishing a period during which the performance of a credit agreement may not begin do not fall within the scope of that directive. (1) OJ C 191, 10.5.2022. Judgment...