Two additional organisations have been designated as Irish qualified entities (“QEs”) by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment under the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumer Act 2023 (the “Act”).
The designation of Euroconsum e.V. (“Euroconsum”) and WhizzBang e.V. (“WhizzBang”) as the fourth and fifth QEs, follows the previous similar designations of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (“ICCL”), noyb-European Centre for Digital Rights (“noyb”), and Digital Rights Ireland (“DRI”).
Representative actions under the Act, which implemented the EU Representative Actions Directive in Ireland and was commenced at the end of April 2024, can only be brought by a QE acting on behalf of consumers impacted by alleged infringements of prescribed consumer legislation.
