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Greece: Consumer collective redress and representative actions—scope, procedure, remedies, costs and 2023 reforms (Law 5019/2023; Directive (EU) 2020/1828)

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Class actions—Greece—Q&A guide

This Practice Note offers a jurisdiction-specific Q&A overview of class actions in Greece, featured in the Lexology Getting the Deal Through series by Law Business Research (Law stated at: 3 April 2023).

Authors:

Moussas and Partners Law Firm—Nicholas Moussas
Maria Malikouti
Charalampos Kondis
Christina Petra Grigoriadou
Evelina Leontiou

1. Outline the organisation of your court system as it relates to collective or representative actions (class actions). In which courts may class actions be brought?

Collective actions are primarily governed by the Greek Consumer Protection Law (Law 2251/1994). The framework has recently been amended by Law 5019/2023, which transposes Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for safeguarding consumers’ collective interests and repeals Directive 2009/22/EC. The new statute introduces provisions on collective proceedings, rebranding them as ‘representative actions’, and will take effect on 26 June 2023. Where the current regime diverges from the one commencing on that date, both the existing position and the amended framework are addressed. As a general rule, such actions are brought before the multi‑member court of first instance in the location of the defendant’s residence or registered seat. However, where the...

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