{"id":3173,"date":"2026-05-15T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaancronenberg.at\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=3173"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T13:45:00","slug":"verbandsklage-mehrerer-verbraucher-bei-vorliegen-von-im-wesentlichen-gleichartiger-sachverhalte","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/kaancronenberg.at\/en\/blog\/verbandsklage-mehrerer-verbraucher-bei-vorliegen-von-im-wesentlichen-gleichartiger-sachverhalte\/","title":{"rendered":"Class-action lawsuit filed by multiple consumers where the \u201cfacts are essentially the same\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div id=\"standard-header-block_0b45674d173ad04f04ab4d10d521485d\" class=\"content-row module-standard-header\">\r\n        <div class=\"container\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-9\">\r\n                            <h1 class=\"mb-4 d-flex gap-2 align-items-start\">LEXIKON<\/h1>\r\n                                        <p class=\"h2\">Class-action lawsuit filed by multiple consumers where the \u201cfacts are essentially the same\u201d<\/p>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"row\">\r\n                <div class=\"col-lg-8\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"editor mt-4\"><p>With the implementation of the European Directive on Collective Redress, it is now also possible in Austria to consolidate the claims of multiple consumers (at least 50) into a single lawsuit, provided that the \u201cfacts of the cases are essentially similar.\u201d In its decision of January 27, 2026 (9 Ob 111\/25a, www.ris.bka.gv.at\/jus), the Supreme Court addressed this procedural requirement for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>First, the Supreme Court stated that failure to meet this procedural requirement can lead to immediate dismissal by the court on its own motion, even in class action proceedings. Accordingly, the common factual elements underlying the legal relationships at issue must already be set forth in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Whether \u201cessentially similar facts\u201d within the meaning of Section 624(1) of the Austrian Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO), which implements the Class Action Directive, actually exist must therefore, in the Supreme Court\u2019s view, be examined as a legal question based on the plaintiff\u2019s specific allegations in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>In connection with the loan processing fees at issue in the proceedings, the OGH assumed the existence of \u201cessentially similar facts\u201d where there were similar loan agreements or, at the very least, similar clauses concerning the loan processing fee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n                                                                <div class=\"d-flex gap-2 flex-wrap mt-4\">\r\n                             <div class=\"category\">05 \/ 2026<\/div>                                                       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