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6 Amendments of Clara AGUILERA related to 2021/0171(COD)

Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Specific provisions should be laid down on advertising of credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services and certain items of standard information to be provided to consumers in order to enable them, in particular, to compare different offers. Such information should be given in a clear, concise and prominent way by means of a representative example, with particular care being required to make such information accessible to older consumers with little knowledge of digital procedures. The standard information should be shown upfront and saliently, in a clear way and in an engaging format. It should be clearly legible and adapted to take into account the technical constraints of certain media such as mobile telephone screens. Temporary promotional conditions, such as a teaser rate with lower interest rate for the initial months of the credit agreement or crowdfunding credit services, should be clearly identified as such. Consumers should see all essential information at a glance, even when they watch it on the screen of a mobile telephone. The creditor and, where applicable, credit intermediary and provider of crowdfunding credit services’ telephone number and email address should also be communicated to the consumer to enable him or her to contact the creditor, the credit intermediary or provider of crowdfunding credit services quickly and efficiently. A ceiling should be provided where it is not possible to indicate the total amount of credit as the total sums made available, in particular where a credit agreement gives the consumer freedom of drawdown with a limitation with regard to the amount. The ceiling should indicate the upper limit of credit which can be made available to the consumer. In specific and justified cases, in order to improve consumer understanding of information disclosed in advertising of credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services where the medium used does not allow to visually display it, such as in radio advertising, the amount of information disclosed could be reduced. In addition, Member States should remain free to regulate information requirements in their national law regarding advertising of credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services which does not contain information on the cost of the credit.
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – introductory part
(12) 'credit intermediary' means a natural or legal person recognised by both parties who is not acting as a creditor or notary and not merely introducing, either directly or indirectly, a consumer to a creditor, and who, in the course of his or her trade, business or profession, for a previously agreed fee, which may take a pecuniary form or any other agreed form of financial consideration:
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘advisory services’ means personal recommendations to a consumer provided free of charge in respect of one or more transactions relating to credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services and that constitute a separate activity from the granting of a credit and from the and from the activities of credit intermediary as defined in point (12);
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Directive 2005/29/EC, Member States shall require that any advertising and marketing communications concerning credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services are fair, clear and not misleading and, in the event that such misleading communications are made accessible, shall require their withdrawal. Wording in such advertising and marketing communications that may create false expectations for a consumer regarding the availability or the cost of a credit shall be prohibited.
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that clear and comprehensible general information about credit agreements or crowdfunding credit services is made available to consumers by creditors or, where applicable, by credit intermediaries or providers of crowdfunding credit services, at all times on paper or on another durable medium, and that clauses that are clearly unfair to consumers are not imposed.
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
No demands may subsequently be made on the consumer of the loan in respect of any information, cost, or requirement for an additional service not previously provided and not included in the contract documents.
2022/03/16
Committee: IMCO