The concept of a "class action" brought by a number of plaintiffs as is understood in the United States and other jurisdictions does not exist in Greece.

1. Section 10 of Law 146/1914 on "unfair competition" provides for an action which is similar to the concept of the German common action (Verbandsklage). According to this provi­sion, the commercial and industrial chambers as well as the commer­cial, industrial and - in general- professional associations may bring an action claiming that the infringer of unfair competition law be restrained in future from committing certain acts which are prohibited by the above law.

2. Also, the relevant right to sue commonly is granted to consumers' unions and associations under Law 2251/1994 (article 10) on "the protection of consumers", as in force today (see below under chapter III). Said Law provides for the right of consumers' unions to file an action in their own name or to lodge a complaint whenever the general consumers' interests are damaged or are in danger of being damaged and independently of the existence of personal damage or harm to those consumers' unions or to one of their members. Should the typical requirements of same Law be complied with, namely that the consumer union has at least 500 active members and it has been registered with the appropriate Registrar for two years prior to the lawsuit, the consumers' unions have the right to judicially pursue compliance with the consumer protection regulations and require, among other things, the recall of unsafe products, the present suspension or future restraint of actions which affect the consumers' interests, the criminal prosecution of the respon­sible persons and the taking of injunction measures.

3. Lastly, a basic provision regulating a claim similar to a group claim is section 669 (Greek) Code of Civil Procedure (CCP). According to this provision, professional associa­tions of employees or employers which are recognised by law and the unions of those associations and chambers may, among others, exer­cise in favour of their members all rights which are "deriving from a collective agreement or from other provisions which are assimilated to those of a collective agreement, unless their members have stated their opposition to the above". However, the applicability of this regulation presupposes infringement of personal rights, and also only covers those specific rights stemming from a collective agreement. In any case, said associations or unions or chambers can intervene in relevant trials.