Cap. 635 Art. 3Applicability.

This Act shall be applicable to:

(1) representative actions brought before the Civil Court and, or before a national administrative authority against infringements by traders of the provisions of European Union law referred to in the Schedule, including such provisions as transposed into Maltese law, that harm or may harm the collective interests of consumers; and

(2) domestic and cross-border infringements, including when those infringements ceased before the representative action was brought or when those infringements ceased before the representative action was concluded:

Provided that this Act shall not have an effect on rules under European Union or national law establishing contractual and non-contractual remedies available to consumers for the infringements referred to in this article:

Provided further that this Act is without prejudice to the provisions of European Union law referred to in the Schedule:

Provided further that the provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to European Union rules on private international law, in particular the rules regarding jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and rules on the law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations.