Traduction de «Procédure extrajudiciaire » (Français → Anglais) :

7. Notes that achieving a once-and-for-all settlement for defendants is desirable to reduce uncertainty and exaggerated economic effects that are capable of impacting on employees, suppliers, subcontractors and other innocent parties; calls for an evaluation and a possible introduction of an out-of-court settlement procedure for mass claims that can either be initiated by the parties before taking legal action or that can be ordered by the court before which an action is brought; considers that such a settlement procedure should aim for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute, subject to seeking judicial approval of a settlement agre ...[+++]ement, which can be declared binding upon all the victims who have participated in the settlement procedure; stresses that such a procedure must neither entail an undue prolongation of proceedings, nor promote the unfair settlement of claims; calls for the Commission to seek ways of achieving greater certainty including evaluating whether any subsequent claimants should, in principle, be expected to benefit from no more than the outcome of such a settlement procedure;

7. Notes that achieving a once-and-for-all settlement for defendants is desirable to reduce uncertainty and exaggerated economic effects that are capable of impacting on employees, suppliers, subcontractors and other innocent parties; calls for an evaluation and a possible introduction of an out-of-court settlement procedure for mass claims that can either be initiated by the parties before taking legal action or that can be ordered by the court before which an action is brought; considers that such a settlement procedure should aim for an out-of-court settlement of the dispute, subject to seeking judicial approval of a settlement agre ...[+++]ement, which can be declared binding upon all the victims who have participated in the settlement procedure; stresses that such a procedure must neither entail an undue prolongation of proceedings, nor promote the unfair settlement of claims; calls for the Commission to seek ways of achieving greater certainty including evaluating whether any subsequent claimants should, in principle, be expected to benefit from no more than the outcome of such a settlement procedure;

A. whereas, in its conclusions approved by the Consumer Affairs Council of 25 November 1996, the Council emphasised the need to boost consumer confidence in the functioning of the Internal Market and consumers" scope for taking full advantage of the possibilities offered by the Internal Market, including the possibility for consumers to settle disputes in an efficient and appropriate manner through out-of-court or other comparable procedures,

C. whereas, in the Presidency conclusions of the European Council held in Tampere on 15-16 October 1999, it is stated that “Alternative, extra-judicial procedures should .be created by the Member States”,

In order to bring national extra-judicial dispute settlement bodies together as a network, each Member State designates a central point (clearing house) to act as a point of contact for consumers wishing to settle a dispute out of court in another Member State.

In order to encourage consumers and undertakings to have more faith in extrajudicial dispute procedures, the Commission establishes principles aimed at improving the quality of such procedures.