The consumer may terminate the mandate at any time. He must inform the association of this by any means that allows receipt to be acknowledged, and the association will notify the professional without delay. Revocation of the mandate entails renunciation of membership of the group.
A consumer who has not been compensated by the trader, and who has not provided the relevant documents in support of his claim before the expiry of the time limit set by the judge for referring to him claims for compensation which have not been granted by the trader, shall be deemed to have renounced his membership.
Each association shall open with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations an account specific to the consumer group defined by the judge pursuant to article L. 623-4. Any sum received under article L. 623-10 is immediately filed by the association acting on the basis of article L. 623-1 on the account mentioned in the first paragraph. Only the association holding the account is authorised, under its own responsibility, to make…
The maintenance of accounts opened pursuant to article R. 623-23 may give rise to management fees collected by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
Difficulties that arise during the implementation of the judgment on liability are, pursuant to article L. 623-19, submitted to the “juge de la mise en état” before the expiry of the time limit set for consumer compensation. This time limit is suspended until the Pre-Trial Judge’s decision. The order of the Pre-Trial Judge is not subject to appeal.
Claims for compensation which have not been granted by the professional shall be brought before the judicial court, with a view to the hearing set pursuant to the provisions of Article R. 623-8, in the form laid down for incidental claims and within the time limit set by the judge for referring the matter to him, in accordance with Article L. 623-11.
If no claim for compensation has been lodged with the court within the time limit set pursuant to Article L. 623-11, the judge shall declare the proceedings terminated.
The association representing consumers pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 623-20 is deemed to be a creditor within the meaning of articles L. 111-1 and L. 111-2 of the Code of Civil Enforcement Procedures for the compulsory enforcement of a judgment given on the basis of the provisions of Article R. 623-10.
In all acts relating to the judicial liquidation of damages and the compulsory enforcement of the judgment, the association shall specify, in addition to the particulars required by law, on pain of nullity, the identity of the consumers on whose behalf it is acting.
An application by an approved consumer protection association for it to be substituted for the rights of the applicant association pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 623-31 is made by way of incidental application.
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