Collective Redress in Europe

Emerging Practices and Remaining Dilemmas

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

November 6, 2025

In 2020, the European Union adopted the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (RAD) for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. Member States were under obligation to implement the RAD by December 2022 and its provisions apply from June 2023. A number of Member States were late in the transposition of the Directive, prompting the Commission to initiate several infringement proceedings. However, by now, all Member States have put in place the necessary measures and interested actors have started to use the relevant national mechanisms for collective redress. The time is therefore ripe for an assessment of the emerging practices and the remaining dilemmas for collective action in Europe.

This conference gathers leading European academics and practitioners working in the area of collective redress. The conference aims at mapping emerging practices of application of the…