Editing Class action (section)

===France===
Under French law, an association can represent the collective interests of consumers; however, each claimant must be individually named in the lawsuit. On January 4, 2005, [[Jacques Chirac|President Chirac]] urged changes that would provide greater consumer protection. A draft bill was proposed in April 2006 but did not pass.

Following the change of majority in France in 2012, the new government proposed introducing class actions into French law. The project of {{lang|fr|loi Hamon}} of May 2013 aimed to limit the class action to consumer and competition disputes. The law was passed on March 1, 2014.<ref>{{Citation|title=LOI n° 2014-344 du 17 mars 2014 relative à la consommation|language=fr|date=March 17, 2014|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000028738036/|access-date=2017-12-12}}</ref>