Editing Class action (section)

==== Associate Action ====
German law also recognizes the associative action ({{lang|de|Verbandsklage}}), which is comparable to the class action and is predominantly used in environmental law. In civil law, the associative action is represented by a foreign body in the matter of asserting and enforcing individual claims and the claimant can no longer control the proceedings.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/554206/25f3f376cf4a44e6f4a5c41f399642db/wd-7-070-12-pdf-data.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020192526/https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/554206/25f3f376cf4a44e6f4a5c41f399642db/wd-7-070-12-pdf-data.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-20 |url-status=live | title=Sachstand WD 7 –3000/070 –12 | publisher=Deutscher Bundestag: Wissenschaftliche Dienste | date=2012-03-19 | language=de | access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>