The EU Directive on Representative Actions for Consumers: A Milestone or Another Missed Opportunity?collective redressconsumer lawprivate international lawentrepreneurial partiesfundingCollective redress has been on the EU civil justice agenda for a long time, and has triggered considerable debate as a ...
The initiative was composed of a proposal for a Directive on ‘better enforcement and modernisation’ as well as a proposal for a Directive on ‘representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers’. Following these proposals...
A recent European Commission directive promotes the use of representative actions in EU member states to grant consumers the ability to take action to protect their collective interests in the EU. While some member states already have active collective action regimes, others will have to adapt to ...
29.3.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 96/79 DIRECTIVE 2014/30/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility (recast) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN ...
On 22 June 2020, the European institutions reached a historical deal on a new Directive for representative actions for consumers, which was finally adopted on 25 November 2020 New EU Directive 2020/1828 allows Qualified Entities across the EU to seek compensation on behalf of consumers affected by...
8. Any device which, when placed on the market or put into service, incorporates, as an integral part, a substance which, if used separately, would be considered to be a medicinal product as defined in point 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC, including a medicinal product derived ...
·Terminate the mandate if the product manufacturer acts contrary to their obligations under the relevant EU directive/regulation. ·Immediately inform the competent national authority and, where relevant, the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment for the product of the termination of...
Depending on what’s stated in the relevant EU legislation, the authorised representative may or may not be legally responsible for defective or non-compliant products. For instance, according to most CE marking regulations and directives, such as the Low Voltage Directive (LVD) and Toy Safety Di...
The new Directive sets out definitions for the violations which are punishable as 'EU crimes'. These include not freezing funds, not adhering to travel bans or arms embargoes, transferring funds to designated persons, doing business with state owned entities of designated states, and providing fina...
·Terminate the mandate if the product manufacturer acts contrary to their obligations under the relevant EU directive/regulation. ·Immediately inform the competent national authority and, where relevant, the notified body that carried out the conformity assessment for the product of the termination of...