# Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services (Text with EEA relevance), Article 14: Judicial proceedings by representative organisations or associations and by public bodies

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Organisations and associations that have a legitimate interest in representing business users or in representing corporate website users have 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.
1A. The courts referred to in paragraph 1 are:
(a) in relation to England and Wales, the county court or the High Court;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, a county court or the High Court;
(c) in relation to Scotland, the sheriff court or the Court of Session.
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3. Organisations or associations shall have the right referred to in paragraph 1 only where they meet all of the following requirements:
(a) they are properly established in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom or any part of it;
(b) they pursue objectives that are in the collective interest of the group of business users or corporate website users that they represent on a sustained basis;
(c) they are of a non-profit making character;
(d) their decision-making is not unduly influenced by any third party providers of financing, in particular by providers of online intermediation services or of online search engines.
To this end, organisations or associations shall fully and publicly disclose information on their membership and source of financing.
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5. The Secretary of State may designate:
(a) organisations or associations established in the United Kingdom that meet at least the requirements of paragraph 3 at the request of those organisations or associations;
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that are granted the right referred to in paragraph 1. ...
6. 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.
7. The court shall accept the list referred to in paragraph 6 as proof of the legal capacity of the organisation 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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9. 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 ... 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1150/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1150/article-14
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