Collective Redress in the EU
Date: 01 December 2023
Time: 09:00
Duration: 4 hours
Location: Online
Cost: € 150
Organiser: Academy of European Law
Web Link: https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=0598732b50d9340ab4bbe76dad7f2d38ea9de3a001027694843585&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=132487
Description:
Objective
This half-day online conference will begin with a discussion of national experiences in dealing with mass claims. It will then outline the state of implementation of the Directive on Representative Actions (EU) 2020/1828 which should have been transposed into national law by 25 December 2022.
This deadline was met by only a few EU Member States. By 25 June 2023, when national transitional provisions should have entered into force in EU Member States, the transposition process was uneven across EU Member States and is still ongoing.
The conference will examine some of the key issues, in particular the legal standing of qualified entities and litigation funding, including the transparency of funding sources. Finally, it will present the new EC-REACT online platform.
Key topics
- National experiences;
- Implementing the Representative Actions Directive;
- Preparing for upcoming representative actions;
- Litigation funding and transparency of funding sources;
- The Representative Actions Collaboration Tool (EC REACT).
Who should attend?
Legal practitioners specialised in the field of consumer law and policy; litigators who lead mass damage cases involving consumers, data protection or shareholders’ claims; in-house counsel in the financial or insurance sectors; representatives of business and consumer organisations; judges; ministry officials; academics.
Interactive online conference
The conference will be hosted on the Zoom videoconferencing platform. The highest security settings will be applied. You will be able to interact immediately and directly with our top-level speakers and other participants. We will make the most of the technical tools available to deliver an intensive, interactive experience.
