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Minister Troy launches Public Consultation on the Directive on Collective Representative Actions
Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation Robert Troy TD, today announced the launch of a public consultation to seek the views of interested parties on the implementation of the Representative Actions Directive.
The Directive modernises the current European Injunctions regime and aims to improve tools for stopping illegal practices. It will enable collective redress actions to be launched in the Irish Courts by qualified entities to protect the collective interests of consumers under EU consumer protection legislation.
Currently there are differing rules on injunction and redress actions across the EU with different levels of protection for consumers. There are also Member States that do not at present have any collective redress procedures in place, including Ireland. This Directive aims at ensuring that at least one representative action proced