Changes between two versions
What changed between the adopted text of 13 Mar 2024 and the adopted text of 16 Dec 2025
From · adopted text· 13 Mar 2024
Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes
To · adopted text· 16 Dec 2025
Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes
These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).
+9 added · −181 removed · 5 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 4 of 4: Paragraphs 181–200
Removed:‘(g) information on available in-house complaint handling procedures and on alternative dispute resolution (‘ADR’) mechanisms pursuant to Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and, where applicable, on the ADR entity by which the trader is covered;’.
Removed:Article 3 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2019/2161
Removed:In Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2019/2161, point (b) is replaced by the following:
Removed:‘(b) submit a complaint to the competent centre of the European Consumer Centres Network, depending on the parties involved.’.
Removed:Article 4 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
Removed:In Annex I to Directive (EU) 2020/1828, point (44) is deleted.
Removed:Article 5 Transposition
Removed:1. By [ dd/month/year - 1 year after entry into force], Member States shall adopt and publish the measures necessary to comply with Article 1 of this Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Removed:They shall apply those measures from [date].
Removed:2. By [dd/month/year… 1 year after entry into force of Regulation xx/…. [the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 on online dispute resolution for consumers]], Member States shall adopt and publish the measures necessary to comply with Articles 2, 3 and 4 of this Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
Removed:They shall apply those measures from [insert date].
Removed:3. When Member States adopt the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
Removed:4. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Removed:Article 6 Entry into force
Removed:This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Removed:Article 7 Addressees
Removed:This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Removed:Done at …,
Removed:For the European Parliament For the Council
Removed:The President The President