%0 Journal Article %T Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Unfair Terms in Consumer Credit Contracts %A Doina UDRESCU %A Monica COCOR %J Risk in Contemporary Economy %D 2012 %I Dunarea de Jos University of Galati %X The transformations taken place after 1989 in Romania also imposed explicit regulations in protecting consumers in their relationship with the suppliers of Goods or Services as per Law 296/2004 on Consumption Code ¨C the consumer is ¡°the natural person or group of natural persons gathered in associations who purchases, acquires, utilizes or consumes products or services beyond his professional activity.¡± ¡°Amongst the banks in Romania, 99.99% have unfair terms in their credit contracts with the population. Of all the cases, we haven¡¯t lost any so far and neither shall we. Once the sentence pronounced, the bank was obligated to indemnify the amounts of money obtained from the client through such unfair terms¡± said the president of ANPC. %K Unfair terms %K credit contracts %K consumer %K protection %K trader %K obligations %U http://www.rce.feaa.ugal.ro/sites/default/files/UdrescuCocor.pdf