Scope
Article 1
1
The purpose of this Directive is to approximate the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to actions for an injunction referred to in Article 2 aimed at the protection of the collective interests of consumers included in the Union acts listed in Annex I, with a view to ensuring the smooth functioning of the internal market.
2
For the purposes of this Directive, an infringement means any act contrary to the Union acts listed in Annex I as transposed into the internal legal order of the Member States which harms the collective interests referred to in paragraph 1.
Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Regulation on consumer ODR).