14 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2019/2190(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety and anti-counterfeiting framework;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’, the term ‘defect’ and the issues pertaining to damage liability and reverse burden of proof, as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand- alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro-enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety and protection of user privacy, and that thiese aspects needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, paying particular attention to online markets, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, trace their origin, identify their supply chain and prevent their circulation in the internal market;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls checking their origin, quality and conformity with the EU’s regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous and potentially dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements, so that companies from outside the EU which sell goods and services on the internal market are subjected to the same requirements as EU companies;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe productguarantee uniform controls at all points of entry to the Union and to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, as well as quality controls on products from non-EU countries;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to provide consumers with reliable information, guaranteeing the quality and safety of products sold online;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, whether on traditional markets or sold online, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly, in order to make stating the geographical origin of non-agricultural products obligatory;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Considers that a label stating unambiguously the geographical origin of a given product and how it has been manufactured, would protect companies, jobs and consumers, as it would lessen the likelihood of fraud and counterfeit goods;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; the development of solid and reliable electronic information would make checks by market supervisory authorities simpler and more effective;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for micro- enterprises and SMEs;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate and reliable information is available to consumers;