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Act on Model Case Proceedings in Disputesunder Capital Markets Law
(Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz – KapMuG)

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Übersetzung durch Jane Yager. Laufende Aktualisierung der Übersetzung durch Samson Übersetzungen GmbH, Dr. Carmen v. Schöning

Translation provided by Jane Yager. Translation regularly updated by Samson Übersetzungen GmbH, Dr. Carmen v. Schöning

Stand: Das Gesetz wurde als Artikel 1 des Gesetzes vom 16. Juli 2024 (BGBl. 2024 I Nr. 240) vom Bundestag beschlossen. Es tritt gem. Artikel 10 Satz 1 dieses Gesetzes am 20. Juli 2024 in Kraft. Ersetzt Gesetz 310-24 vom 19. Oktober 2012 (BGBl. I 2012, 2182) (KapMuG 2012).
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Version information: The Act was adopted by the Bundestag as Article 1 of the Act of 16 July 2024 (Federal Law Gazette 2024 I no. 240). It enters into force, as stipulated in Article 10 sentence 1 of said Act, on 20 July 2024. It takes the stead of the Act 310-24 of 19 October 2020 (Federal Law Gazette I 2012, p. 2182) (KapMuG 2012).
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Division 1
Application for the establishment of a model case; referral procedure
Section 1Scope; relationship to the Act on the Enforcement of Consumer Rights (Verbraucherrechtedurchsetzungsgesetz)
Section 2Application for the establishment of a model case
Section 3Decision on the application for the establishment of a model case
Section 4Notice by publication of the application for the establishment of a model case
Section 5 Register of Model Case Proceedings; authorisation to issue statutory instruments
Section 6 Interruption of the proceedings
Section 7Referral to the higher regional court; authorisation to issue statutory instruments
Section 8Preclusive effect of the referral order
Division 2
Conducting the model case proceedings
Section 9Opening of the model case proceedings; determination of the model case plaintiff
Section 10Suspension of original proceedings
Section 11Parties involved in the model case proceedings
Section 12Expansion of the model case proceedings
Section 13Application for a claim to be registered as part of the model case proceedings
Section 14General procedural rules
Section 15Electronic maintenance of files
Section 16Preparation for the hearing; written pleadings
Section 17Production of evidence
Section 18Withdrawal of the action brought; new determination of the model case plaintiff; termination of the proceedings
Section 19Model case ruling
Section 20Settlement proposal
Section 21Approval and effectiveness of the settlement
Section 22Service of the settlement, disengagement
Section 23Complaint on points of law
Section 24Model case complainant
Division 3
Effect of the model case ruling and of the settlement; costs
Section 25Effect of the model case ruling
Section 26Effect of the settlement
Section 27Subject matter of the decision on costs in the original proceedings
Section 28Violation of the prerequisites for referring the matter to the higher regional court or for opening the model case proceedings
Section 29Decision on costs in proceedings on a complaint on points of law
Division 4
Transitional provisions and final provisions
Section 30Transitional provisions
Section 31Evaluation