Close-up on punitive damages in French law

🔎 Close-up on punitive damages recently enacted in French law 1️⃣ The background is that Civil fines / punitive damages were, for the first time, added to French law, in Civil Code, article 1254, by Act no. 2025-391 of April 30, 2025. 2️⃣ The scope of punitive damages leads to their application to:– only traders in […]

Reform of class actions in France dated of April 30, 2025

By Karel Roynette / 2 September 2025

📢 Here are 6 takeaways from the French class action reform resulting from Act no. 2025-391 of April 30, 2025, transposing Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and Council of November 25, 2020: 1️⃣ The scope of class actions includes the following options:– In the domestic order: A class action can still be filed

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Close-up on punitive damages in French law

Reform of class actions in France dated of April 30, 2025