The Regional Court in Gdańsk 1st Civil Division in the following ruling bench:
Presiding Judge: Karolina Sarzyńska, Regional Court Judge
Judges: Małgorzata Janicka, Regional Court Judge
Ewa Karwowska, Regional Court Judge
having examined on 12th February 2018 in Gdańsk at the hearing in camera the case filed by the District Consumer Ombudsman in Szczecinek acting as a group representative against B. Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Warsaw for establishment of the defendant’s liability, alternatively, for the shaping of a legal relationship,
hereby decides to:
order the publication of the announcement on the commencement of group proceedings in the press, by addressing the publisher of the Rzeczpospoilita daily with a request for publication of the announcement with the following content:
“Group proceedings have been initiated before the Regional Court in Gdańsk 1st Civil Division, under the Act of 17 December 2009 on Pursuing Claims in Group Proceedings (Journal of Laws of 2010, No. 7, item 44) by the District Consumer Ombudsman in Szczecinek against Bank (…) Spółka Akcyjna with its registered office in Gdańsk for the establishment of the defendant’s liability, alternatively, for the shaping of a legal relationship, file ref. no. I C 245/15.
The District Consumer Ombudsman in Szczecinek as a group representative requested the court to determine the non-existence or the invalidity of the contractual legal relations resulting from the credit agreements (…).
(…)
Alternatively, the claimant requested the court to determine that the group members are not bound by the credit agreements (…).
(…)
Each person whose claim may be included within the present statement of claims may join the case by filing a written declaration on joining the group within the deadline of three months as of the date of publication of this announcement and by sending the declaration to the group representative – District Consumer Ombudsman in Szczecinek, address for service: (…) Kancelaria Prawna sp. j. ul. (…). The statement template is available at: www.law24.pl.
After the lapse of the abovementioned deadline, joining the group will not be admissible.
(…)”.