A nationally representative consumer defence association approved under Article L. 811-1 may bring an action before a civil court to obtain compensation for individual losses suffered by consumers placed in a similar or identical situation and having as their common cause a breach by one or more of the same traders of their legal obligations, whether or not covered by this code, or contractual obligations :
<1° In connection with the sale of goods or the provision of services as well as in connection with the rental of property;
<2° Or where such losses result from anti-competitive practices within the meaning of Title II of Book IV of the Commercial Code or Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.