The 2014 Directive on Private Enforcement—Looking Back and Looking Forward

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Andreas Reindl, Jan 21, 2015

The Directive on Private Enforcement was formally adopted in late 2014 after a smooth and largely uncontroversial legislative process, and less than two years after the European Commission published its initial proposal. The quick adoption of the final text may have been unexpected, given the Directive’s impact on national civil procedure laws that Member States tend to guard jealously as their nati