EU: Injunctions And Collective Redress: A New Deal For Consumers?

The European Commission is exploring ways that it might expand consumer access to justice, and in particular increase the availability of "class" or collective civil litigation across the EEA while avoiding what it characterizes as US style excess in class litigation.

Alternative Proposals

Non-legislative options: to enhance qualified entities' capacity to manage both injunction and redress actions.

Targeted revision of the Injunctions Directive: amends several key areas, in particular by expanding the scope of the Injunctions Directive to protect consumers in areas such as financial services, energy, telecommunications and environment.

Targeted revision of the Injunctions Directive + consumer collective redress: aims to introduce further procedural efficiencies such as a "one stop shop" where representative bodies could ask the courts and/or administrative authorities to stop any breach of the law that harms consumers and obtain redress for anyone that has