Electronic databases
Article 14
1. Member States may set up national electronic databases that are publicly accessible through websites and that provide information on qualified entities designated in advance for the purpose of bringing domestic and cross-border representative actions and general information on ongoing and concluded representative actions. 2. Where a Member State sets up an electronic database as referred to in paragraph 1, it shall notify the Commission of the internet address at which that electronic database is accessible. 3. The Commission shall set up and maintain an electronic database for the purposes of: (a) all communications between Member States and the Commission referred to in Article 5(1), (4) and (5) and Article 23(2); and (b) cooperation between the qualified entities referred to in Article 20(4). 4. The electronic database referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article shall be directly accessible to the extent relevant, respectively, for: (a) the national contact points referred to in Article 5(5); (b) courts and administrative authorities, if necessary under national law; (c) qualified entities designated by the Member States for the purpose of bringing domestic representative actions and cross-border representative actions; and (d) the Commission. Information shared by the Member States within the electronic database referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article regarding qualified entities designated for the purpose of bringing cross-border representative actions referred to in Article 5(1) shall be publicly available.