Collective redress
About
To enable consumers to obtain compensation in situations of collective harm or loss, legal procedures are needed both for national and cross-border cases. Collective redress will allow a number of consumers to jointly bring a court case to obtain compensation for damage which arises from the same source.
COLLECTIVE REDRESS IN A NUTSHELL
Overview of the directive and short assessment
- Blog: BEUC’s relentless quest for collective redress that works for consumers
- Press release: EU institutions reach historic deal on EU-wide collective redress law
- Publication: Myths and realities on collective redress
HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
Financing collective redress: Factsheet: financing collective redress
Funding collective redress: Financing options in the EU and beyond
Opting in and opting out: Factsheet: Opt-in vs. opt-out | Video: on collective redress
Obstacles to cross-border collective redress: Report: Private international law and cross-border collective redress
Bridging the EU consumer enforcement pathways in mass harm situations: Report
Bridging the EU consumer enforcement pathways in mass harm situations: Executive summary
EXAMPLES OF COLLECTIVE REDRESS ACTIONS BY BEUC MEMBERS
Brochure: Why we need collective redress at EU level
VW Dieselgate:
- Press release: Five years after Dieselgate scandal Volkswagen still failing to compensate European consumers
- Press release: Settlement reached – Volkswagen to compensate consumers affected in Germany
- Press release: Four years after Dieselgate still no compensation for most consumers
- Background info on the Dieselgate affair
EVENTS, TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS
Online webinar series “RAD & The judiciary”: Background document: Judges and collective redress
Collective Redress project funded by Luminate: BEUC project on collective redress for digital rights
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
Joint letter BEUC and Better Finance: Representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of financial consumers as individual investors
Factsheet: Representative actions and collective redress
Response to consultation: Proposal for a Directive on representative actions
Press release: EU top court ruling exposes need for European collective redress tool
