The access to justice of consumers in the current European Union legal system: challenges and perspectives

A multilevel legal architecture governs the European Union legal framework, including consumer protection, which has been instrumental to the European integration process, reinforcing the economic, legal, and constitutional status of EU citizens and residents, as equal players in the EU market, acti...

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Author: Sarrión Esteve, Joaquín
Format: article
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repository:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/31007
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/31007
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:5605.02 Derecho civil
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Summary:A multilevel legal architecture governs the European Union legal framework, including consumer protection, which has been instrumental to the European integration process, reinforcing the economic, legal, and constitutional status of EU citizens and residents, as equal players in the EU market, acting both in the legislative and in the jurisprudential fields of the EU legal architecture, but with limitations. In this paper, I present the situation and perspectives of the effectiveness of the protection of EU consumer rights, through the access to justice, largely guaranteed by CJEU case law, and I defend the potential to foster consumer participation in the infringement proceedings.