Article 14 Judicial proceedings by representative organisations or associations and by public bodies

Organisations and associations that have a legitimate interest in representing business users or in representing corporate website users F1have the right to take action before a court listed in paragraph 1A to stop or prohibit any non-compliance by providers of online intermediation services or by providers of online search engines, with the relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation.

The courts referred to in paragraph 1 are:

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Organisations or associations shall have the right referred to in paragraph 1 only where they meet all of the following requirements:

To this end, organisations or associations shall fully and publicly disclose information on their membership and source of financing.

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F6The Secretary of State may designate:

that are granted the right referred to in paragraph 1. F9...

The Secretary of State must publish a list of any organisations or associations designated in accordance with paragraph 5. The list must specify the purpose of those organisations and associations. Changes to the list must be published as soon as is reasonably practicable.

The court shall accept the list referred to in paragraph 6 as proof of the legal capacity of the F11organisation or association, without prejudice to the court’s right to examine whether the purpose of the claimant justifies its taking action in a specific case.

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The right referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the rights of business users and corporate website users to start any action F13... which is based on individual rights and aims to stop any non-compliance, by providers of online intermediation services or providers of online search engines, with the relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation.