13 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2012/2133(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas consumers play a key role as agents of growthin the economy since consumption is one of the main driver of growth in the Union;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective is to achieve the right balance between competitiveness of Union businesses and economies and a high level of consumer empowerment and protection;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas pertinent and adequate information means that it is easily accessible, transparent, not misleading and comparable;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, aside its incredible cross- border potential, e-commerce is also very useful for consumers with disabilities and those living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas consumers are dissatisfied with financial services due to the bad advice they receive and ignorance of their rights; whereas there is a need for arbiters who are independent of companies and,there is a strong need for consumers to be protected and informed in the casearea of financial institutions, for (national / European) Central Bank inspectors that act as arbitersand banking services, since such products could have a direct impact on their global welfare;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the current economic crisis is seriously affecting consumers, the internal market is weakened by the reduction in people's wages and working conditions and these rights should prevail overbe balanced with market liberalisation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the internal market has to offer a range of high quality products and services at competitive pricesprices set up in the framework of a free and open competition, encouraging sustainable consumption for sustainable development;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas there is a need to strengthen the role of consumer associations in all areas, by adoptproviding the necessary legal and economic measuresm with capacity building;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that adequate and pertinent information to consumers must go along with empowerment measures in order to allow them to fully benefit from the opportunities existing in the internal market;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Insists on the need for a clear legal framework making both consumers and businesses aware of their respective rights and duties in order to have the most efficient enforcement possible of policies for consumers in the Union;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the current financial and economic crisis is weakening the position of consa high numbers in the market of consumers, making them more and more vulnerable, and that increasing job insecurity, unemployment rates and the loss of purchasing power are widening inequalities within each country and between countries with negative effects on consumer profiles; empha; emphasises the need to take them into account in drafting policies for consumers; insisets on the need to facilitate the right of access to a basic payment account and to ban financial products that are complex and risky for the averagefor all consumers;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to promote responsible and sustainable consumption, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, and to make markets fully accessible to consumers from the perspective of a social Europe based on solidaritythe completion of a social market economy in the Union;