Judgment of the Court of Justice (First Chamber) of 2 April 2020 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Milano — Italy) — Condominio di Milano, via Meda v Eurothermo SpA

(Case C-329/19) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Consumer protection - Directive 93/13/EEC - Unfair terms in consumer contracts - Article 1(1) - Article 2(b) - Definition of ‘consumer’ - Commonhold of a building)

(2020/C 222/17)

Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale di Milano

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Condominio di Milano, via Meda

Defendant: Eurothermo SpA

Operative part of the judgment

Article 1(1) and Article 2(b) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts must be interpreted as not precluding national case-law which interprets legislation intended to transpose that directive into national law in such a way that its protective rules of consumer law also apply to a contract between a seller or supplier and a subject of the law such as the condominio in Italian law, notwithstanding that such a subject of the law does not fall within the scope of that directive.

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(1)  OJ C 288, 26.8.2019.