{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1411","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Group. Action and Public Action","number":"1411","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE I - CONTRACTS IN GENERAL","chapter":"Chapter 4. - Content of the Contract","section":"Section 2. - Effect of Standard Terms","paragraph":"Paragraph 2: Standard Terms Used vis-a-vis Consumers"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"If a body corporate or governmental body referred to in sub-Article (2) suspects certain standard contract terms to be unfair, it may bring proceedings for an injunction against any merchant or person recommending the use of such a term in contracts concluded with consumers.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":398,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/398/?article=1411&paragraph=p1#article-1411-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The proceedings may be instituted by:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p2#article-1411-p2"}]},{"id":"p2a","number":"a","parentId":"p2","text":"a body corporate whose purpose is, according to its articles of association, to take care of the interests of consumers;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p2a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p2a#article-1411-p2a"}]},{"id":"p2b","number":"b","parentId":"p2","text":"a body corporate whose purpose is, according to its articles of association, to prevent unfair competition; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p2b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p2b#article-1411-p2b"}]},{"id":"p2c","number":"c","parentId":"p2","text":"any governmental body whose legal duty is to monitor consumer interests or unfair competition.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p2c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p2c#article-1411-p2c"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"The Court on an application by a body corporate or governmental body may grant an injunction on such terms as it thinks fit.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p3#article-1411-p3"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"The proceedings are brought before the Court of the place at which the merchant or the person who recommends the use of the unfair contract terms has its place of business or, if he does not have a place of business, before the Court of the place at which the merchant or person who recommends the use of the unfair contract terms is domiciled. If the merchant has neither a place of business nor a domicile in Eritrea, the proceedings are to be brought before the Court of the place at which the body corporate or governmental body which challenges the standard contract term or terms has its place of business.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1411/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":399,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/399/?article=1411&paragraph=p4#article-1411-p4"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}