THE NEW EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS - A HUGE, BUT BLURRY STEP FORWARD

Gsell, Beate (2021): THE NEW EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE INTERESTS OF CONSUMERS - A HUGE, BUT BLURRY STEP FORWARD. In: Common Market Law Review, Bd. 58, Nr. 5: S. 1365-1400

Abstract

With the new Directive 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, the EU legislature obliges the Member States for the first time to provide for representative actions for domestic and cross-border infringements of Union law, which, unlike under the previous Injunctions Directive 2009/22/EC, can be directed at redress measures. This marks a significant step forward in European collective redress. However, key aspects of the new representative action regime are only harmonized to a rather limited extent or remain vague, leaving the Member States considerable leeway for transposition into national law.

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• ISSN: 0165-0750
• Sprache: Englisch