Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Belgium) - Cour constitutionnelle

Date: 03/17/2016

Subject: The decision of the Constitutional Court partially quashed the XVII Book of the Code of economic law, as modified by the law of 28 March 2014, aimed at introducing a juridical basis for a collective legal action for the compensation of damages caused to a group of consumers by a company, in the light of EU law and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice

Parties: Jean-Marc Van Nypelseer et Robert Wttervulghe

Original language: Belgian

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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