Commencement Order and Regulations for full RAD transposition | Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (Act 22 of 2023)

On 30 April 2024, by means of the ‘Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024’, Ireland’s implementation of the Representative Actions Directive was made complete. Ireland’s Act had first been published in March 2023, and subsequently signed by the President in July. Despite it being among the first EU Member States to notify the Commission of the RAD’s implementation, the law has been awaiting the final commencement order and regulations for its operation.

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