Consumer situation in the market

• Author: Ovcak Kos, Maja
• Pages: 52-53

Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Sloven ia

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11. Consum er situation in th e mar ket

11.1 Consum er right s

Ta ble 26: Con sum er ri ght s

Ar e t he re specif ic con sum er ri ght s

in th e con text of re al e sta te

tr an sact ion s an d r eside ntia l

ten ancie s in yo ur cou ntr y?

I n pa rt icul ar: ar e r esi den tia l

te na nts tr eat ed as consum ers?

Wit h r espect to buy ers

Yes ( Prot ection of Buyer s of Ap artm ent s an d Sin gle Occu pancy Buildi ngs Act: e.g.:

pr ivileged ret reat of t he b uyer fr om the cont ract , m andato ry eleme nts of t he cont ract ,

lim itat ion of the addit ional cost s, lim itat ion of t he amoun t of pre-p aym ent, syste m o f

pen alt ies f or br eachi ng th e con tract in fav our of the buy er c omp ared t o g eneral r ules,

lon ger warr anties, ban k gu aran tee, paym ent s on a fidu ciary accou nt – sel ler´ s

insolv ency protection ; Real Esta te Agen cies Act: p rotection of the in ter est of a bu yer

as a m and ant, limi tat ion of the fee)

Wit h r espect to seller s

Yes ( Real Estat e Agencies Act : e.g .: prot ecti on o f t he i nterest of the seller as a

mand ant, duty of sh arin g im porta nt infor mat ion, mand ator y cont ents of the cont ract ,

lim itat ion of the fee)

Wit h r espect to ten ants

Yes ( Real Estat e Agencies Act an d Hou sing Act : e.g. str ict condi tion s to ter min ate the

rent contract – look fu rther )

Wit h r espect to

landlords

Yes ( Real Est ate Agenci es Act : e.g. liab ilit y fo r t he i nformat ion about th e sol vency of

th e tenant )

Whi ch e xisti ng ma rket ing

pr act ice s are no n-com plia nt w ith

na tion al consum er le gis lat ion ?

N/ A

Whi ch e xisti ng ma rket ing

pr act ice s are no n-co mplian t w ith

EU consum er leg isla tion ?

N/ A

Ar e t he re exist ing m arke ti ng

pr act ices detr im enta l t o

con sum er s, e ven if n ot ne cessari ly

ille gal , in bot h d om est ic and

cross-bo rde r tr an sact ion s?

Ther e ar e m any rent al cont ract s con clude d form ally for a l imited per iod, but act uall y for unli mit ed peri od ( wit h

yea rly prol ongati ons) – because of the str ict co ndit ion s for termin atin g t he r ent al a greem ent. The t erm inat ion of

ti mely unlimi ted ren tal cont ract is on ly p ossible – an d only t hrou gh th e judicial procedur e wh ich f ollow s an

un successfu l warnin g pr ocedu re – in cases i f the tenant br eaches t he cont ract , e.g.: cau sing su bstant ial d amage

on the est ate, does n ot handle the ap art men t w ith due care, does not pay th e rent an d ag reed co sts, other

people than tenant li ve in th e apart ment ; in oth er ca ses ( e.g. t he l andlord himself /h ers elf need s th e apa rtm ent )

th e landl ord has t o get t he t enan t anot her com parable ap art ment on t he fr ee m arket ( of t he sam e li ving qualit y

and at th e sam e p rice).