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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In this series of alerts, we will analyze what the Collective Redress Directive means for companies doing business in the EU. Procedural Status Update The European Parliament’s November 24 formal endorsement followed a fairly protracted procedural saga. The Directive was first presented in April 2018 as part of the “new deal for consumers,” a legislative package drafted in response to high-profile cases involving “mass harm,” or breaches of consumer rights in multiple EU member states, like the Volkswagen diesel investigat...

Minister Troy launches Public Consultation on the Directive on Collective Representative Actions   Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation Robert Troy TD, today announced the launch of a public consultation to seek the views of interested parties on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive. The Directive modernises the current European Injunctions regime and aims to improve tools for stopping illegal practices. It will enable collective redress actions to be launched in the Irish Courts by qualified entities to protect the collective int...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It took longer than expected, although not primarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two years after the EU Commission submitted its first proposal, the Directive on representative actions was adopted by the European Parliament on November 24, 2020. Even if not everything will change overnight, one thing seems quite clear: the "Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC" (hereinafter referred to as the "Directive"), will have a last...