Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

The judgment provided for in Article L. 623-14, after determining the criteria for identifying the members of the group, specifies the deadline and the procedures for informing, accepting and compensating the consumers concerned.

The individual consumer information measures referred to in article L. 623-15 to which the professional must proceed must include, in addition to any particulars prescribed by the judgment: 1° A reproduction of the operative part of the judgment; 2° Details of the professional from whom each consumer may accept compensation and of the association that must be informed; 3° The form, content and deadline for acceptance of compensation under the…

The consumer’s acceptance shall be sent, by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged, to the trader and the requesting association or, where there is more than one, to one of them, within the time limit and in the manner determined by the judge.

Consumers who are members of the group and who have not expressed their acceptance within the period and in the manner set by the judge pursuant to the provisions of article L. 623-15 and under the conditions set out in article R. 623-13 are no longer eligible to claim their compensation under the group action and are not represented by the claimant association.

The provisions of articles R. 623-20 to R. 623-22 are applicable to this section.