7 Amendments of Jiří POSPÍŠIL related to 2018/2008(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the recent submission of the proposal for Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business- to-consumer commercial practices; notes, however, that it contains an unclear and thus difficult-to-use definition of dual quality and will therefore require clarification;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Agrees with the Commission that in the single market, where consumers have a general understanding of the principles of free circulation and equal access to goods, consumers do not, a priori, expect branded products sold under the same brand and with the same packaging in different countries to differ from each other;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Invites consumer organisations to play an active role in the public debate and in informing consumers; is convinced that consumer organisations could make a significant contribution to tackling the problem of dual quality by carrying out comparative tests and publishing their results, which would indicate where the dual quality problem was uncovered; calls on the Commission and the Member States to create suitable conditions for consumer organisations to perform these comparative tests;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the experiences of competent authorities thus far suggest that they have been unable individually to tackle effectively any specific cases of dual quality at national level; calls on the Commission to launch a cooperation platform for national authorities to deal effectively with cases of dual quality that involve a cross-border dimension;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Draws attention to the fact that the issue of dual quality is directly related to the essence of the functioning of the single market and consumer trust and therefore requires a solution at Union level, preferably via directly enforceable measures; is convinced that given the possibility of action at national level, Union-level action would safeguard the integrity of the single market;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that Annex I to the UCPD was drawn up to enable the identification of certain unfair practices and the provision of a more immediate response; agrees with the Commission that listing a practice in Annex I leads to greater legal certainty; unfair commercial practices can be formulated in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in such a way that they are prohibited under all circumstances or under certain circumstances; considers that including dual quality in Annex I of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive would increase legal certainty that consumers will be genuinely protected from this practice;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls onNotes that the Commission, therefore, to amend Annex I to the UCPD by introducing has decided not to include dual quality as another item ontoin the ‘'blacklist’' in Annex I to the UCPD;