More Efficient Collective Redress Mechanisms? Will the New Deal Directive on Representative Actions for Protecting the Collective Interests of Consumers Improve the Resolution of Mass Harm Situations in the Visegrad 4 Countries - European Review of Private Law View More Efficient Collective Redress Mechanisms? Will the New Deal Directive on Representative Actions for Protecting the Collective Interests of Consumers Improve the Resolution of Mass Harm Situations in the Visegrad 4 Countries by - European Review of Private Law More Efficient Collective Redress Mechanisms? Will the New Deal Directive on Representative Actions for Protecting the Collective Interests of Consumers Improve the Resolution of Mass Harm Situations in the Visegrad 4 Countries 27 6

Classic injunction actions before a court are very rarely used instruments in the Visegrad 4 countries; they are too expensive, too long proceedings, with uncertain results. On one hand, a lost court case can cause insolvency for the organization and on other hand a won case cannot ensure a direct compensation of the harmed consumer. Therefore, the Visegrad 4 consumer protection organizations tend to move to other redresses. After a short introduction to existing injunction actions and their shortcuts in the Visegrad 4 counties (1); the article explains why the way of amending representative actions, as recommended by the new Commission Proposal cannot provide more efficient or effective justice in the Visegrad 4 countries (2); and based on the best practices of the Visegrad 4 countries I will propose alternative instruments, such as public enforcement and more flexible enhanced consumer measures by administrative authorities, which have proved quite efficient in resolving mass harm situations (3).

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