{"id":11933,"date":"2025-10-14T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graulaw.eu\/?p=11933"},"modified":"2025-10-14T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T16:16:24","slug":"contractual-clauses-referring-to-general-terms-and-conditions-risk-of-invalidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graulaw.eu\/en\/contractual-clauses-referring-to-general-terms-and-conditions-risk-of-invalidity\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractual clauses referring to General Terms and Conditions \u2013 Risk of Invalidity"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11933\" class=\"elementor elementor-11933 elementor-11919\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b06376 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b06376\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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These materials consisted of three parts: a cover letter, an application form, and a contract summary. The application form contained, among other things, the following clause: <em>\u201cThe General Terms and Conditions available on the website shall apply.\u201c<\/em><\/p><h2><strong>Decision of the Court<\/strong><\/h2><p>The Federal Court of Justice held that a mere reference to GTCs available online \u2013 without specifying a particular version \u2013 must be understood as a dynamic reference. Such a clause allows the entrepreneur to unilaterally change the contractual terms even after the conclusion of the contract, simply by publishing a new version on the Internet.<\/p><p>According to the BGH, this violates the principle of transparency (\u00a7 307 para. 1 sentence 2 BGB). The consumer cannot clearly determine which version of the GTCs becomes part of the contract, nor under what conditions and to what extent future amendments may be made. In practice, this grants the entrepreneur an unlimited right to make changes, which leads to an unreasonable disadvantage for the consumer.<\/p><h2><strong>Recommendations<\/strong><\/h2><p>If you refer to General Terms and Conditions in your contracts, you should use <strong>static references<\/strong> \u2013 for example: <em>\u201cThe General Terms and Conditions in the version dated 01.01.2025 shall apply.\u201d<\/em> This approach avoids legal uncertainty and ensures a reliable contractual basis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a428a14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a428a14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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