Cristian Cercel – Consumer protection comes for the first time with a law dedicated to „class actions” to defend consumer interests.

Romania adopted at the end of 2023 Law 414/2023 on the conduct of actions in representation for the protection of the collective interests of consumers [1] ("Law 414/2023") which transposes the European Union Directive 2020/1828 ("Directive 2020/1828"). Although Directive 2020/1828 had to be transposed into