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EJF is pleased to share its position paper regarding the legislative own initiative report of MEP Axel Voss on Responsible Private Funding of Litigation. EJF outlined points of crucial importance to achieve an effective and coherent legal architecture that safeguards against potential abuses of TPLF. This is because while collective redress mechanisms and TPLF are meant to have a positive impact for consumers in facilitating the access to justice, there is the risk – if no sufficient safeguards are put in place – that private funders’ interests (especially their interest in commercial profit) may be disconnected from – or even opposed to – consumers’ interests. Concrete examples can be seen in the US or in Australia. In Europe we are seeing an increase in cases.

On 26^th September, Germany voted in its federal elections with a high participation rate of 76,6%.  

EJF has launched its first “Monitoring Report on Collective Redress Regulation” in February 2021. EJF’s Monitoring Report provides an overview of the collective redress mechanisms for, so far, 13 selected countries in Europe and the impact that the transposition of the Directive may have.  

On 24^th November the European Parliament formally approved the Directive on Representative Actions, following the trilogue agreement that had been reached by the co-legislators in June 2020.