104 C 256/11•Online partnership contract: renewal clause and termination
104 C 256/11Court of First InstanceSep 22, 2011Civil lawPartially granted
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In this first-instance civil case, the claimant sought payment under an internet-based partnership-mediation contract. The Bonn Local Court held that the contract’s six-month renewal clause did not violate § 309 no. 9 BGB. It also held that the internet-based service was not a service of a higher kind under § 627(1) BGB and therefore did not support termination on that basis. The defendant was ordered to pay EUR 299.40, with interest at five percentage points above the applicable base rate from service of the claim on 7 July 2011. The remainder of the claim was dismissed, and the defendant was ordered to bear the costs.
BGB §§ 611, 627(1), 309 no. 9; partnership-mediation agreement concluded via the internet. A six-month renewal clause in such an agreement does not violate § 309 no. 9 BGB. A contract for internet-based partnership mediation does not involve services of a higher kind within the meaning of § 627(1) BGB. The possibility of terminating such a contract under that provision is therefore not established merely by the personal nature of the subject matter; the service must possess the particular characteristics of a higher-kind service contemplated by the statute.
Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-09-22
Aktenzeichen: 104 C 256/11
ECLI: ECLI:DE:AGBN:2011:0922.104C256.11.00
Dokumenttyp: Urteil
Spruchkörper: 104. Zivilabteilung
Normen: BGB §§ 611, 627 Abs. 1, 309 Ziffer 9
Eine Verlängerungsklausel von 6 Monaten in einem Partnerschaftsvermittlungsvertrag verstößt nicht gegen § 309 Ziffer 9 BGB
Ein Partnerschaftsvermittlungsvertrag, der über das Internet abgeschlossen wird, beinhaltet keine Dienste höherer Art im Sinne des § 627 Abs. 1 BGB.
Die Beklagte wird unter Abweisung der weitergehenden Klage verurteilt, an die Klägerin 299,40 EUR nebst Zinsen in Höhe von fünf Prozentpunkten über dem jeweiligen Basiszinssatz seit Zustellung der Klage am 07.07.2011 zu zahlen.
Die Kosten des Rechtsstreits trägt die Beklagte.
Das Urteil ist vorläufig vollstreckbar.
Whether the six-month renewal clause in the partnership-mediation contract was invalid under § 309 no. 9 BGB.
The six-month renewal clause did not violate § 309 no. 9 BGB.
The court found that the contractual extension period was not prohibited by the cited provision.
Whether the internet-based partnership-mediation contract could be terminated under § 627(1) BGB as a contract for services of a higher kind.
The contract did not involve services of a higher kind within the meaning of § 627(1) BGB.
The court distinguished internet-based partnership mediation from services requiring the special personal trust characteristic of services of a higher kind.
The claimant's claim for payment under the contract.
The defendant was ordered to pay EUR 299.40 plus interest at five percentage points above the applicable base rate from service of the claim on 2011-07-07; the claim was otherwise dismissed.
Allocation of the costs of the proceedings.
The defendant was ordered to bear the costs of the proceedings.
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