Article 5 Access to ADR entities and ADR procedures
1. Member States shall facilitate access by consumers to ADR procedures and shall ensure that disputes covered by this Directive and which involve a trader established on their respective territories can be submitted to an ADR entity which complies with the requirements set out in this Directive.
2. Member States shall ensure that ADR entities:
(a) maintain an up-to-date website which provides the parties with easy access to information concerning the ADR procedure, and which enables consumers to submit a complaint and the requisite supporting documents online;
(b) provide the parties, at their request, with the information referred to in point (a) on a durable medium;
(c) where applicable, enable the consumer to submit a complaint offline;
(d) enable the exchange of information between the parties via electronic means or, if applicable, by post;
(e) accept both domestic and cross-border disputes, including disputes covered by Regulation (EU) No 524/2013; and