Directive (EU) 2020/1828

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This text since 2 Aug 2026law://eu/dir/2020/1828/anx_I__pnt_39@2026-11-12

Contents

(39)Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).

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Key facts

Type: Directive · (EU) 2020/1828 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 25 Nov 2020
In force: 24 Dec 2020
Text current to: 2 Aug 2026
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32020L1828 · ELI

Topics

collective interest consumer policy consumer protection indemnification infringement of EU law injunction single market Approximation of laws Internal market - Principles

History · 1 version

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Cited by 16: this act3 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2023/9883 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2017/2394; Stichting Right to Consumer Justice and Stichting App Stores Claims v Apple Distribution International Ltd and Apple Inc (C-34/24)2 provisions; Directive (EU) 2024/1799; Directive (EU) 2025/2647; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/296; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/881; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2392; Regulation (EU) 2025/24553 provisions; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1535; Banco Santander SA v Asociación de Consumidores y Usuarios de Servicios Generales-Auge (C-346/23)3 provisions; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2958; Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (Cyber Resilience Act)
Cites 3: Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs; Council Directive 90/496/EEC of 24 September 1990 on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs

Defined terms · 10

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collective interests of consumers
means the general interest of consumers and, in particular for the purposes of redress measures, the interests of a group of consumers;
consumer
means any natural person who acts for purposes which are outside that person’s trade, business, craft or profession;
cross-border representative action
means a representative action brought by a qualified entity in a Member State other than that in which the qualified entity was designated;
domestic representative action
means a representative action brought by a qualified entity in the Member State in which the qualified entity was designated;
final decision
means a decision by a court or administrative authority of a Member State that cannot or can no longer be reviewed by ordinary means of appeal;
practice
means any act or omission by a trader;
qualified entity
means any organisation or public body representing consumers’ interests which has been designated by a Member State as qualified to bring representative actions in accordance with this Directive;
redress measure
means a measure that requires a trader to provide consumers concerned with remedies such as compensation, repair, replacement, price reduction, contract termination or reimbursement of the price paid, as appropriate and as available under Union or national law.
representative action
means an action for the protection of the collective interests of consumers that is brought by a qualified entity as a claimant party on behalf of consumers to seek an injunctive measure, a redress measure, or both;
trader
means any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned, that acts, including through another person acting in that person’s name or on that person’s behalf, for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession;