Details Publication date20 September 2022AuthorDirectorate-General for Justice and ConsumersRelated departmentDirectorate-General for Justice and Consumers Description On 26 November 2021, a diverse group of 300 hundred experts from consumer and business organisations, representatives of EU Member States, academics and practitioners were brought together for an online workshop on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive for the protection of the collective interests of consumers (EU) 2020/1828. The Directive was adopted in November 2020. EU Member States shall transpose the Directive into their national legal orders by 25 December 2022 and shall apply it from 25 June 2023. Online workshop on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive Recordings - Plenary sessions Recordings - Thematic debate 1: Designation of qualified entities/admissibility of actions Recordings - Thematic debate 2 Funding of actions and public assistance to qualified entities Recordings - Thematic debate 3: Consumer information, participation in actions and redress distribution Files 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Agenda - Workshop on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Summary report - Workshop on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Discussion paper 1 - Thematic debate on the criteria for designation of qualified entities and admissibility of representative actions 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Report from discussion paper 1 - Thematic debate on the criteria for designation of qualified entities and admissibility of representative actions 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Discussion paper 2 - Thematic debate on funding of actions and public assistance to qualified entities 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Report from discussion paper 2 - Thematic debate on funding of actions and public assistance to qualified entities 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Discussion paper 3 - Thematic debate on consumers information, participation in actions and redress distribution 20 SEPTEMBER 2022Report from discussion paper 3 - Thematic debate on consumers information, participation in actions and redress distribution Related links Representative Actions DirectiveConsumer protection law