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Regulation of debt collection in Europe : understanding informal debt collection practices / edited by Cătălin-Gabriel Stănescu

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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii, 242 pages).
Additional Creators
Stanescu, Catalin-Gabriel, 1980-
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Contemporary European debt collection practices through the prism of the rule of law (Tajti) -- Regulation of abusive informal debt collection practices in Croatia (Poretti) -- Debt collection services in Germany-a sector in turmoil (Markworth) -- Abusive informal debt collection practices in Greece (Kaprou) -- Abusive debt recovery practices in Estonia (Sein) -- Doubling down on debt? legal responses to private debt as a business model in the Netherland (Leone and van Duin) -- Regulation of abusive informal debt collection practices in Poland (Kępiński) -- Romania's struggle to regulate abusive informal debt collection practices (Stănescu and Albanezi) -- Regulation of abusive informal debt collection practices in Sweden (Holtz) -- The UK debt collection industry : why regulation is not enough (Gardner and Gray) -- Can the representative actions directive Combat abusive debt collection practices in the EU? (Horvath)
Summary
"Due to the absence of due process and other procedural guarantees generally offered by judicial enforcement, informal debt collection practices (IDCPs) can become abusive, harming both consumers and the economy by threatening consumers' physical, psychological, and economic wellbeing; exposing law-abiding debt collectors to unfair competition; undermining the financial system, and negatively impacting social peace by resorting to criminal activity. The need to control and harmonize IDCPs surfaced in connection with the European Commission's Action Plan to tackle the high level of non-performing loans caused by the financial crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic - specifically the Proposal for a Directive on Credit Servicers, Credit Purchasers, and the Recovery of Collateral (CSD). Harmonizing the regulation of abusive IDCPs is vital for several reasons. First, IDCPs have a cross-border dimension due to the freedom of movement, enabling debt collection operations across the internal market. Second, the internal market's size amounts to over 450 million citizens potentially exposed to abusive IDCPs. The regulatory frameworks addressing IDCPs in the EU display divergent characteristics that may be difficult to navigate and require creating a level-playing field for consumers and debt collectors, especially when approaches vary at Member State level. This book addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive guide to regulating informal debt collection practices in eight Member States (MS) of the EU and the United Kingdom (UK). It serves as a comparative law instrument for implementing the recently adopted Credit Servicers Directive (CSD). It will be important reading for students, academics and stakeholders with an interest in debt collection practices and the law"--
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9781003343158 electronic book
1003343155 electronic book
9781000789096 electronic book
1000789098 electronic book
9781000789034 electronic book
1000789039 electronic book
9781032380339 hardcover
9781032380346 paperback
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