Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 · Chapter
Article 65 — Representative actions
Representative actions: consumer collective redress reaches this Regulation.
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Directive (EU) 2020/1828 shall apply to the representative actions brought against infringements by economic operators of provisions of this Regulation that harm, or may harm, the collective interests of consumers.
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TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
sha256:27b7c6c64c773001… · CELEX 32024R2847What this article does
Article 65 connects this Regulation to the consumer collective-redress framework: infringements harming consumers' collective interests can be pursued through representative actions under the amended Directive (EU) 2020/1828.
The enforcement triangle completed
Authorities police the market with corrective powers, sanctions provide the state's financial lever F-033, and this article adds the private one: representative actions against infringements that harm, or may harm, the collective interests of consumers. For consumer-facing products, incident fallout is no longer only a regulator conversation — the same facts can surface in front of an authority and in a representative action.
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- F-033 Fines up to EUR 15,000,000 or 2.5% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (essential requirements in Annex I; obligations in Arts. 13 and 14); up to EUR 10,000,000 or 2% (other listed obligations, incl. Arts. 18–23, 28, 30, 31, 32); up to EUR 5,000,000 or 1% (incorrect, incomplete or misleading information to notified bodies or authorities). Microenterprises and small enterprises are not fined for missing the 24-hour early-warning deadline; open-source software stewards are not subject to fines. Art. 64(2)–(4), (10)
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