Últimas tendencias en la Unión Europea sobre las acciones colectivas de consumo. La posible introducción de fórmulas de ADR.

Abstract

This article deals with the last initiatives in the European Union in consumer collective redress. I t analyses the main procedural questions of this type of actions from a judicial perspective, such as: legal standing, judicial control, constitution of the claimant’s party, provision of information, funding and cross-border cases. I t presents the recommendations and guidelines that the European Commission tries to organize as common principles, and compares it with the situation in our country. Finally, it discusses the possibility of introducing alternative disputes resolution methods (ADR) in collective redress. For that, it describes two pioneer examples in Europe: the Spanish consumer collective arbitration and the Dutch collective settlement in mas damage cases.