Cassation appeal dismissed; cessation of practice requires invalid contract clauses to cease binding consumers.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by RWE Polska SA against the President of the Competition and Consumer Protection Office. The Office had declared RWE's use of specific contract clauses in general terms as a practice violating collective consumer interests. The Court ruled that cessation of such a practice is only possible when the invalid contract clauses cease to bind consumers, which had not occurred. Consequently, the Court found the Office's decision to order cessation without this prerequisite to be legally unfounded.