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108 Amendments of Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL related to 2018/0089(COD)

Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) It is important to ensure the necessary balance between access to justice and procedural safeguards against abusive litigation which could unjustifiably hinder the ability of businesses to operate in the Single Market. To prevent the misuse of representative actions, elements such as punitive damages and the absence of limitations as regards the entitlement to bring an action on behalf of the harmed consumers should be avoided and clear rules on various procedural aspects, such as the designation of qualified entities, the origin of their funds and nature of the information required to support the representative action, should be laid down. This Directive should not affect national rules concerning the allocation of procedural costs.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) The Commission has adopted legislative proposals for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air30 and for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations.31 It is therefore appropriate to provide that, onetwo years after the entry into force of this Directivee mentioned revised regulations, the Commission assesses whether the Union rules in the area of air and rail passengers' rights offer an adequate level of protection for consumers, comparable to that provided for in this Directive, and draws any necessary conclusions as regards the scope of this Directive. _________________ 30 COM(2013) 130 final. 31 COM(2017) 548 final.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Building on Directive 2009/22/EC, tThis Directive should cover both domestic and cross- border infringements, in particular when consumers concerned by an infringement live in one or several Member States other than the Member State where the infringing trader is established. It should also cover infringements which ceased before the representative action started or concluded, since it may still be necessary to prevent the repetition of the practice, establish that a given practice constituted an infringement and facilitate consumer redress.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) As only qualified entities can bring the representative actions, to ensure that the collective interests of consumers are adequately represented the qualified entities should comply with the criteria established by this Directive. In particular, they would need to be properly constituted according to the law of a Member State, which could include for example requirements regarding the number of members, the degree of permanence, or transparency requirements on relevant aspects of their structure such as their constitutive statutes, management structure, objectives and working methods. They should also be not for profit and have a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with the relevant Union law. These criteria should apply to both qualified entities designated in advance and to ad hoc qualified entities that are constituted for the purpose of a specific actionFurthermore, the qualified entity must be independent of third parties and have sufficient capacity in terms of financial resources, human resources, and legal expertise to represent multiple consumers acting in their best interest. The qualified entity must also have an established procedure to prevent conflict of interests, and it must publish an annual activity report. In particular, in order to ensure sufficient transparency the annual activity report should include at a minimum information about the number of actions launched and the types of injunctions and redress measures sought, the number of redress decisions in favour of consumers and the trader, and or the actions resolved by settlement, the number of representative actions which have been discontinued and the reasons behind it. Member States may require additional information to be provided in the annual activity report.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) IOnly independent public bodies and consumer organisations in particular should play an active role in ensuring compliance with relevant provisions of Union law and are all well placcan be allowed to act as qualified entities. Since these entities have access to different sources of information regarding traders' practices towards consumers and hold different priorities for their activities, Member States should be free to decide on the types of measures that may be sought by each of these qualified entities in representative actions.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Injunction orders aim at the protection of the collective interests of consumers independently of any actual loss or damage suffered by individual consumers. Injunction ordersand may require traders to take specific action, such as providing consumers with the information previously omitted in violation of legal obligations. Decisions establishing that a practice constitutes an infringement should not depend on whether the practice was committed intentionally or by negligence.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Where consumers concerned by the same practice are identifiable and they suffered comparable harm in relation to a period of time or a purchase, such as in the case of long-term consumer contracts, the court or administrative authority may clearly define the group of consumers concerned by the infringement in the course of the representative action. In particular, the court or administrative authority could ask the infringing trader to provide relevant information, such as the identity of the consumers concerned and the duration of the practice. For expediency and efficiency reasons, in these cases Member States in accordance with their national laws could consider to provide consumers with the possibility to directly benefit from a redress order after it was issued without being required to give their individual mandate before the redress order is issued.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) In low-value cases most consumers are unlikely to take action in order to enforce their rights because the efforts would outweigh the individual benefits. However, if the same practice concerns a number of consumers, the aggregated loss may be significant. In such cases, a court or authority may consider that it is disproportionate to distribute the funds back to the consumers concerned, for example because it is too onerous or impracticable. Therefore the funds received as redress through representative actions would better serve the purposes of the protection of collective interests of consumers and should be directed to a relevant public purpose, such as a consumer legal aid fund, awareness campaigns or consumer movements.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) Qualified entities should be fully transparent about the source of funding of their activity in general and regarding the funds supporting a specific representative action for redress in order to enable courts or administrative authorities to assess whether there may be a conflict of interest between the third party funder and the qualified entity and to avoid risks of abusive litigation as well as to assess whether the funding third parqualified entity has sufficient resources in order to meet its financial commitments to the qualified entityobligations should the action fail. The information provided by the qualified entity at the earliest stage of the proceeding to the court or administrative authority overseeing the representative action should enable it to assess whether theany third party may influence procedural decisions of the qualified entity in general and in the context of the representative action, including on settlements and whether it provides financing for a representative action for redress against a defendant who is a competitor of the fund provider or against a defendant on whom the fund provider is dependant. If any of these circumstances is confirmed, the court or administrative authority shouldmust be empowered to require the qualified entity to refuse the relevant funding and, if necessary, reject standing of the qualified entity in a specific case. or stay proceedings. Member States should provide that where third party funding is permitted and in order to avoid the risks of abusive litigation Member States should be able to implement a licencing system through a public authority by which third party funders are licensed and subject to strict professional obligations and registered in a public registry for funders. Where such systems exist, Member States should ensure that third party funders have a legal obligation to act in the best interest of the qualified entity and the consumers it represents (fiduciary duty). Furthermore, Member States should prohibit third party funders and law firms from establishing qualified entities, law firms from owning third party funders and vice versa, and third party funders from basing remuneration on the settled or awarded compensation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action regarding the same practice. A competent court or administrative authority approving such collective settlement must take into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned, including individual consumers. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlementSettlements should be final and binding for all the concerned consumers.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) The court and administrative authority should have the power to invite the infringing trader and the qualified entity which brought the representative action to enter into negotiations aimed at reaching a settlement on redress to be provided to consumers concerned. The decision of whether to invite the parties to settle a dispute out-of-court should take into account the type of the infringement to which the action relates, the characteristics of the consumers concerned, the possible type of redress to be offered, the willingness of the parties to settle, in particular any actions with an impact on the procedural costs and on the legal fees to be borne by the parties, the impact on any funding arrangements and the compensation to be effectively paid to consumers, and the expediency of the procedure.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Any out-of-court settlement reached within the context of a representative action or based on a final declaratory decision should be approved by the relevant court or the administrative authority to ensure its legality and fairness, taking into consideration the interests and rights of all parties concerned. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by such a settlementThe settlement precludes any additional individual or collective rights for redress of consumers that have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Ensuring that consumers are informed about a representative action is crucial for its success. Consumers should be informed of ongoing representative action, the fact that a trader's practice has been considered as a breach of law, their rights following the establishment of an infringement and any subsequent steps to be taken by consumers concerned, particularly for obtaining redress. The reputational risks associated with spreading information about the infringement are also important for deterring traders infringing consumer rights.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) To be effective, the information should be adequate and proportional to the circumstances of the case. The infringing trader shouldMember States should ensure that the court or the administrative authority may require the defeated party to adequately inform all consumers concerned of a final decision concerning injunction and redress orders issued within the representative action, as well and both parties in cases of a settlement approved by a court or administrative authority. Such information may be provided for instance on the trader's website, social media, online market places, or in popular newspapers, including those distributed exclusively by electronic means of communication. If possible, consumers should be informed individually through electronic or paper letters. This information should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities upon request.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) To enhance legal certainty, avoid inconsistency in the application of Union law and to increase the effectiveness and procedural efficiency of representative actions and of possible follow-on actions for redress, the finding of an infringement or a non-infringement established in a final decision, including a final injunction order under this Directive, issued by an administrative authority or a court should not be relitigated in subsequent legal actions related to the same infringement or non-infringement by the same trader as regards the nature of the infringement or non-infringement and its material, personal, temporal and territorial scope as determined by that final decision. Where an action seeking measures eliminating the continuing effects of the infringement, including for redress, is brought in a Member State other than the Member State where a final decision establishing this infringement or non-infringement was issued, the decision should constitute a rebuttable presumption that the infringement has occurredmay be considered as evidence that the infringement has or has not occurred in related cases.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Actions for redress based on the establishment of an infringement by a final injunction order or by a final declaratory decision regarding the liability of the trader towards the harmed consumers under this Directive should not be hindered by national rules on limitation periods. The submission of a representative action shall have the effect of suspending or interrupting the limitation periods for any redress actions for the consumers concerned by this, who have given their specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be represented in such an action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 178 #
(37) Evidence is an important element for establishing whether a given practice constitutes an infringement of law, whether there is a risk of its repetition, for determining the consumers concerned by an infringement, deciding on redress and adequately informing consumers concerned by a representative action about the ongoing proceedings and its final outcomes. However, business-to- consumer relationships are characterised by information asymmetry and the necessary information may be held exclusively by either the trader, making it inaccessible to the qualified entity. Qualified enti or the qualified entity, or the consumers it represents, making it inaccessible to the other party. The parties should therefore be afforded the right to request, upon presenting a substantiated explanation to the competent court or administrative authority the disclosure by the trader of evidence relevant to their claim or needed for adequately informing consumers concerned about the representative action, without it being necessary for them to specify individual items of evidenceother party of specific and clearly defined evidence relevant to their claim. The need, scope and proportionality of such disclosure should be carefully assessed by the court or administrative authority overseeing the representative action having regard to the protection of legitimate interests of third parties and subject to the applicable Union and national rules on confidentiality. Member States should ensure that the court or administrative authority verify that the requested evidence is narrowly and precisely circumscribed based on reasonable and available facts. In particular, the court or the administrative authority should assess the relationship between the claim or defence and the requested evidence, the scope and cost of the disclosure, and whether the evidence sought contains any confidential or privilege information protected under relevant national laws.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Having regard to the fact that representative actions pursue a public interest by protecting the collective interests of consumers, Member States should ensure that qualified entities are not prevented from bringing representative actions under this Directive because of the costs involved with the procedures. However, subject to the relevant conditions under national provisions, this should be without prejudice to the fact that the party that loses a representative action reimburses necessary legal costs borne by the winning party (‘loser pays principle’). The unsuccessful party should bear the costs of the proceedings. However, the court or administrative authority should not award costs to the successful party to the extent that they were unnecessarily incurred or are disproportionate to the claim.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) Member States should ensure that contingency fees are avoided and lawyers’ remuneration and the method by which it is calculated do no create any incentive to litigation that is unnecessary from the point of view of the interest of consumers or any of the parties concerned and could prevent consumers to fully benefit from the representative action. The Member States that allow for contingency fees should ensure that such fees do not prevent obtaining full compensation by consumers.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) In order to effectively tackle infringements with cross-border implications the mutual recognition of the legal standing of qualified entities designated in advance in one Member State to seek representative action in another Member State should be ensured, provided that qualified entities can demonstrate the relevant accreditation of their standing issued in the country of their domicile. Furthermore, qualified entities from different Member States should be able to join forces within a single representative action in front of a single forum, subject to relevant rules on competent jurisdiction. For reasons of efficiency and effectiveness, one qualified entity should be able to bring a representative action in the name of other qualified entities representing consumers from different Member States that have given a specific and exclusive mandate for bringing the specific action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive sets out rules enabling qualified entities to seek representative actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers, while at the same time ensuring appropriate safeguards to avoid abusive litigation.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not prevent Member States from adopting or maintaining in force provisions designed to grant qualified entities or any other persons concerned other procedural means to bring actions aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers at national level, provided that these procedural means contain at least equivalent binding safeguards and mechanisms as those set out in this Directive.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that representative actions can only be brought by qualified entities designatedthat have been granted accreditation, at their request, by the Member States in advance for this purpose and placed in a publicly available list.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Member States shall designate an entity as qualified entity if it complies with all of the following criteria:
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) it is properly constituaccredited according to the law of a Member State and exists for more than four years;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) its statues, objectives, governance and history of protecting consumers demonstrate that it has a legitimate interest in ensuring that provisions of Union law covered by this Directive are complied with;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) it has a non-profit making character.is financially and functionally autonomous, has a non-profit making character and has no structural or contractual links with lawyers, funders, or other private entities that may benefit financially from any actions it may pursue;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) it has sufficient capacities in terms of financial resources, human resources, and legal expertise to represent multiple consumers acting in their best interest;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) it has established internal procedures to prevent a conflict of interest between itself and its funders and the consumers it represents;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c c (new)
(cc) it has at least 10 member associations with the same area of interest or at least 350 natural person as members.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall assess on a regular basis whether a qualified entity continues to comply with these criteria. Member States shall ensure that the qualified entity submit an annual activity report, and that the entity loses its status under this Directive if it no longer complies with one or moreany of the criteria listed in the first subparagraph.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may designate a qualified entity on an ad hoc basis for a particular representative action, at its request, if it complies with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall communicate the name and purpose of these designated entities to the European Commission. The Commission will draw up a list of the qualified entities referred to in paragraph 1 and publish it in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that in particularonly consumer organisations and independent public bodies meeting the criteria listed in paragraph 1 are eligible for the status of qualified entity. Member States may designate as qualified entities consumer organisations that represent members from more than one Member State.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. TWithout prejudice to the compliance by a qualified entity with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1 is without prejudice to the right of, the court or administrative authority toshall examine whether the purpose of the qualified entity justifies its taking action in a specific case in accordance with Article 4a(new) and 5(1).
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that representative actions can be brought before national courts or administrative authorities only by qualified entities accredited in accordance with Article 4(1) and provided that there is a direct relationship between the main objectives of the entity and the rights granted under Union law that are claimed to have been violated in respect of which the action is brought.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that qualified entities are entitled to bring representative actions seeking the following measures: if necessary to avoid serious and irreparable harm:
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) an injunction order as an interim measure for stopping theillegal practice or, if the practice has not yet been carried out but is imminent, prohibiting the illegal practice;
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply in the cases where: (a) consumers concerned by the infringement are identifiable and suffered comparable harm caused by the same practice in relation to a period of time or a purchase. In such cases the requirement of the mandate of the individual consumers concerned shall not constitute a condition to initiate the action. The redress shall be directed to the consumers concerned; (b) amount of loss and it would be disproportionate to distribute the redress to them. In such cases, Member States shall ensure that the mandate of the individual consumers concerned is not required. The redress shall be directed to a public purpose serving the collective interests of consumers.deleted consumers have suffered a small
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The redress obtained through a final decision in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be without prejudice to2 shall exclude any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law regarding the same trader and regarding the same infringement.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The damages should be restitution in nature. The redress awarded should not exceed the compensation that would have been awarded if the representative action had been pursued by means of individual action. In particular, Member States should prohibit any form of punitive damages that lead to the overcompensation of the consumer in relation to the damage actually suffered.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Funding, Fees for Lawyers and Intermediaries and Costs
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TIn accordance with Article 4(1), the qualified entity seeking a redress order as referred in Article 6(1) shall declare at ansubmit to the court or administrative authority at the earlyiest stage of the action thea complete financial overview, listing all sources of the funds used for its activity in general and the funds that it uses to support the action. It shall demonstrate that it has sufficient financial resources to represent the best interests of the consumers concerned and to meet any adverse costs should the action fail.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that in cases where a representativprohibit qualified entities from receiving any part of the financing of the actions for redress is funded by a third party, it is prohibited for theeseen by Articles 5 and 6 from commercial third party: funders.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to influence decisions of the qualified entity in the context of a representative action, including on settlements;deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) to provide financing for a collective action against a defendant who is a competitor of the fund provider or against a defendant on whom the fund provider is dependant;deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that courts and administrative authorities are empowered to assess the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2 and accordingly require the qualified entity to refuse the relevant fundingand obliged to assess whether the provisions in paragraph 2 and 4 are being met and review the proportionality and fairness to consumers of any compensation paid to third parties, lawyers and, if necessary, reject the standing of the qualified entity in a specific case.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Neither lawyers nor other parties assisting or representing qualified entities, or assisting consumers as intermediaries, shall charge fees based on a proportion of any award or settlement amount.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Member States shall ensure that where adverse costs are awarded against a party, any third parties that have supported the action shall also be responsible for those costs on a joint and several basis.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may provide that a qualified entity and a trader who have reached a settlement regarding redress for consumers who have chosen to be represented in the action and who have been affected by an allegedly illegal practice of that trader can jointly request a court or administrative authority to approve it. Such a request should be admitted by the court or administrative authority only if there is no other ongoing representative action in front of the court or administrative authority of the same Member StateOnce approved, the settlement reached shall be binding and preclude any additional individual or collective rights for redress of consumers that have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action regarding the same trader and regarding the same practice.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority that issueds the final declaratory decision referred to in Article 6(21) is empowered to request the parties to the representative action to reach within a reasonable set time limit and before a final decision is taken a settlement regarding the redress to be provided to consumers on the basis of this final decisthat have specifically and exclusively mandated the collective action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Individual consumers concerned shall be given the possibility to accept or to refuse to be bound by settlements referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. The redress obtained through an approved settlement in accordance with paragraph 4 shall be without prejudice to any additional rights to redress that the consumers concerned may have under Union or national law.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where a settlement or final decision may benefit consumers who may be unaware of it, Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority shallmay require the infringing trader to inform affected consumersdefeated party or both parties in case of a settlement, to publish at its expense about the final decisions providing for measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, and the approved settlements referred to in Article 8, by means appropriate to the circumstance of the case and within specified time limits, including, where appropriate, through notifying all consumers concerned individually.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that public communications by qualified entities about claims are factual and take into account both the right for consumers to receive information and Defendants’ reputational rights and rights to business secrecy.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an infringement harming collective interests of consumers established in a final decision of an administrative authority or a court, including a final injunction order referred to in Article 5(2)(b), is deemed as irrefutably establishing the existence or non-existence of that infringement for the purposes of any other actions seeking redress before their national courts against the same trader for the same infringementfacts.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that a final decision referred to in paragraph 1, taken in another Member State is consideredshould be included in the file for relevant cases by their national courts or administrative authorities as a rebuttable presumption that an infringement has occurred. It may be considered as evidence in related cases.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the submission of a representative action as referred to in Articles 5 and 6 shall have the effect of suspending or interrupting limitation periods applicable to any redress actions for the consumers concerned, who have given a specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be represented in such an action, if the relevant rights are subject to a limitation period under Union or national law.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, at the request of a qualified entityone of the parties that has presented reasonably available facts and evidence sufficient to support the representative action, sufficient evidence and a substantive explanation to support its views, and has indicated further specific and clear defined evidence which lies in the control of the defendantother party, the court or administrative authority may order, in accordance with national procedural rules, that such evidence be presented by the defendantis party, subject to the applicable Union and national rules on confidentiality.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that the court or administrative authority verify that the evidence requested is circumscribed as precisely and as narrowly as possible on the basis of reasonable available facts and that the disclosure is limited to what can be seen as proportionate. In determining whether any disclosure requested by a party is proportionate, courts or administrative authorities shall consider the legitimate interest of all parties, including all third parties concerned. In particular, they shall consider: (a) the extent to which the claim or defence is supported by available facts and evidence justifying the request to disclose evidence; (b) the scope and the cost of disclosure, especially for any third parties concerned, including preventing non- specific searches for information, which are unlikely to be of relevance for the parties in the procedure; (c) whether the evidence sought contains confidential information, especially concerning any third parties, and what arrangements are in place for protecting such confidential information. Member States shall ensure that national courts give full effect to applicable legal professional privilege under Union or national law when ordering the disclosure of evidence. Member States shall ensure that those from whom disclosure is sought, are provided with an opportunity to be heard before a national court that orders the disclosure under this Article.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to non- compliance with the final decisions issued within thensure that the party that loses a collective repdresentative action and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasives action reimburses necessary legal costs borne by the winning party (‘loser pays principle’), subject to the conditions provided for in the relevant national law.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that penalties may take the form of fines.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. When deciding about the allocation of revenues from fines Member States shall take into account the collective interests of consumers.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify provisions referred to in paragraph 1 to the Commission by [date for transposition of the Directive] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall be encouraged – in line with Article 7(1) – to ensure that qualified entities have sufficient funds available for representative actions. They may take the necessary measures to ensure that procedural costs related to specific representative actions do not constitute financial obstacles for qualified entities to effectively exercise the right to seek the measures referred to in Articles 5 and 6, such as limiting applicable court or administrative fees, granting them access to legal aid where necessary, or by providing them with public funding for this purpose. In any case, qualified entities shall bear a reasonably high share of resulting costs.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that any qualified entity designaaccredited in advance in one Member State in accordance with Article 4(1) may apply to the courts or administrative authorities of another Member State upon the presentation of the publicly available list referred to in that Article. THowever, the courts or administrative authorities shall accept this list as proof ofreview the legal standing of the qualified entity without prejudice to their right toby examineing whether the purpose of the qualified entity justifies its taking action in a specific case.
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Committee: JURI
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that where the infringement affects or is likely to affect consumers from different Member States the representative action may be brought to the competent court or administrative authority of a Member State by several qualified entities from different Member States, acting jointly or represented by a single qualified entity, for the protection of the collective interest of consumers from different Member States, who have given a specific and exclusive mandate to a qualified entity to be included in such an action. In such circumstances, a consolidated list of all consumers who have given such a specific and exclusive mandate and who are presented will be provided to the court or administrative authority and the defendant at the beginning of an action.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of cross-border representative actions, and without prejudice to the rights granted to other entities under national legislation, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission the list of qualified entities designated in advance. Member States shall inform the Commission of the name and purpose of these qualified entities. The Commission shall make this information publicly available and keep it up to date.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. If a Member State or, the Commission or the trader raises concerns regarding the compliance by a qualified entity with the criteria laid down in Article 4(1), the Member State that designated that entity shall investigate the concerns and, where appropriate, revoke the designation if one or more of the criteria are not complied with.
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. After two years after the entry into force of the revised rules on air and rail passenger rights, the Commission shall assess whether they offer a level of protection of the rights of consumers comparable to that provided for under this Directive. Where that is not the case, the Commission shall evaluate the necessity to make appropriate proposals, which may consist in particular in introducing the acts referred to above in the Annex I of this Directive as defined in Article 2. No later than one year after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall assess whether the rules con air and rail passenger rightscerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway offer a level of protection of the rights of consumers comparable to that provided for under this Directive. Where that is not the case, the Commission intendsshall evaluate the necessity to make appropriate proposals, which may consist in particular in removintroducing the acts referred to in points 10 and 15 of Annex I from the scope of applicationabove in the Annex I of this Directive as defined in Article 2.
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Committee: JURI
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – subheading 1
LIST OF PROVISIONS OF CONSUMER UNION LAW REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2(1)
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Committee: JURI
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1
(1) Council Directive 85/374/EEC of 25 July 1985 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (OJ L 210 , 07.08.1985, p. 29 –33)37 . _________________ 37 The said Directive was amended by Directive 1999/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 1999 amending Council Directive 85/374/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning liability for defective products (OJ L 141, 04.06.1999, p. 20 - 21).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 7
(7) Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive) (OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 51–77).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 10
(10) Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (OJ L 46, 17.2.2004, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 13
(13) Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 21): Article 1, point (c) of Article 2 and Articles 4 to 8.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 15
(15) Regulation (EC) No 1371/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations (OJ L 315, 3.12.2007, p. 14).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 18
(18) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1–1355).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 20
(20) Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 55–93).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 21
(21) Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94–136).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 22
(22) Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32–96).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 23
(23) Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on cross- border payments in the Community and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2560/2001 (OJ L 266, 9.10.2009, p. 11–18).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 24
(24) Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC (OJ L 267, 10.10.2009, p. 7– 17).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 25
(25) Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 26
(26) Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46–58).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 27
(27) Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1–155): Articles 183, 184, 185 and186.deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 29
(29) Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 30
(30) Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1–19).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 31
(31) Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 32
(32) Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 33
(33) Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45–65).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 517 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 34
(34) Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1– 73).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 36
(36) Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18–63).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 37
(37) Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and business requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 (OJ L 94, 30.3.2012, p. 22–37).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 38
(38) Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10–35).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 39
(39) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1–56).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 42
(42) Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European venture capital funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 1–17).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 43
(43) Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 18–38).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 45
(45) Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349–496).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 48
(48) Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs) (OJ L 352, 9.12.2014, p. 1–23).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 49
(49) Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 98–121).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 50
(50) Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 35– 127).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 51
(51) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1– 18).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 52
(52) Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (recast) (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19–59).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 53
(53) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 54
(54) Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 37–85).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 532 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 56
(56) Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (OJ L 168, 30.6.2017, p. 12– 82).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 57
(57) Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money market funds (OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 8–45).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 58
(58) Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1– 23).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59
(59) Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 60, 02.03.2018, p. 1).deleted
2018/11/08
Committee: JURI