The Supreme Court (OGH) has declared several extra fees from the fitness chain “Clever fit” illegal. This is reported by the Labor Chamber (AK), which has sued numerous clauses of various fitness studios and has now been proven right in the ‘Clever fit’ case. In addition to the contribution, customers also had to pay administration and service costs in addition to a chip fee. In addition, there was a lump sum payment for energy costs in September.
The AK is now demanding reimbursement of all payments already made from the operator of the fitness studio. According to the Supreme Court, the effort required to justify the contract would not go beyond the usual level, and therefore the administration fee is unlawful.
Service costs and chip costs were charged
The chip fee is not legal because access to the fitness studios is part of the operator’s contractual obligations. The service fee is only legal if the customers actually receive additional services such as trainer hours. The flat-rate energy costs were also scrapped by the court.
Source: Krone
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