Cap. 635 · Representative Actions (Consumers) Act (Cap. 635)
Cap. 635 чл. 14Information on representative actions.
Title II
(1) Qualified entities shall provide information, in particular on their website, about:
(a) the representative actions they have decided to bring before the Civil Court and, or a national administrative authority;
(b) the status of the representative actions they have brought before the Civil Court and, or a national administrative authority; and
(c) the outcomes of the representative actions referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) Consumers concerned by an ongoing representative action for redress measures shall be provided with information about the representative action in a timely manner and by appropriate means, in order to enable those consumers to express their wish explicitly or tacitly to be represented in that representative action pursuant to article 10(2):
Provided that without prejudice to the information referred to in sub-articles (1) and (2), the Civil Court, in the case of redress measures, shall require the defendant to inform the consumers concerned by the representative action, at the defendant’s expense, of any final decisions providing for the measures referred to in article 8 and any approved settlements as referred to in article 12, by means appropriate to the circumstances of the case and within specific time limits, including, where appropriate, informing all consumers concerned individually. This obligation shall not apply if the consumers concerned are informed of the final decision or approved settlement in another manner.
(3) The information requirements referred to in the proviso to sub-article (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to qualified entities concerning final decisions on the rejection or dismissal of representative actions for redress measures.
(4) The successful party shall be able to recover the costs related to providing information to consumers in the context of the representative action in accordance with article 13(1).