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A responsible TPLF regulatory framework should aim at lowering costs, simplifying unnecessary procedures, increasing the predictability of costs, and delivering efficient services at costs that are proportionate to the amounts in dispute. We explored additional effective safeguards and a number of policy options regarding the contractual, ethical and procedural aspects of TPLF. We then estimated the European added value (EAV) for two alternatives, namely a moderate and a strong regulatory approach ...

On 11 April 2018, the European Commission published a proposal for a new directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. Currently, consumer organisations or independent public bodies can bring actions in the name of consumers in courts or before administrative authorities to stop infringements of consumer legislation. According to the proposal, they would be able to demand compensation for consumers as well. The co-legislators adopted a new directive ...

Nel quadro degli sforzi volti a migliorare il rispetto delle norme in materia di tutela dei consumatori, la Commissione europea ha proposto una direttiva sulle azioni rappresentative a tutela degli interessi collettivi dei consumatori. La proposta, presentata nell'ambito del "New deal per i consumatori", mira a consentire ai consumatori di tutta l'UE di ricorrere ad azioni rappresentative per chiedere un risarcimento alle imprese che violano i loro diritti. Il Parlamento europeo dovrebbe votare la ...

This briefing provides an overview of the main issues relating to the restructuring of sovereign debt, and outlines the factors which impact the decision as to whether or not to proceed with debt restructuring. Restructuring is a complex issue – it involves positive and negative aspects, which need to be analysed in order to be able to determine whether it can deliver any added value. ‘A sovereign debt restructuring can be defined as an exchange of outstanding sovereign debt instruments, such as ...