10 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2017/2066(INI)
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that access to relevant and comprehensible information is crucial in enabling the consumer to take informed financial decisions; notes, however, that it is the quality and not the quantity of the information provided which is decisive; stresses the need to coordinate as effectively as possible the information requirements vis-à-vis customers laid down in various European legal acts;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises that double or contradictory disclosure requirements must be avoided, in order not to create unnecessary red tape and expenditure and not to confuse clients;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to propose an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 on cross- border payments, involving payments in non-euroEU currencies, with the aim of ensuring that the fees for all cross-border and national payments in the EU are identical;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. UrgStresses the Commission to set up promptly a well-organisusefulness of a well- structured and easy-to-use EU comparison portal covering the European retail financial markets in its entirety;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that addressing consumer over-indebtedness linked to credit activities must be given priority if the Commission aims to explore ways of facilitating cross- border access to loans; stresses that the relevant data protection rules must be taken into account in this connection;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Commission to assess carefully whether national rules and practices are motivated byUnderlines that the dismantling of national barriers should not be to the detriment of consumer protection; stresses that the relevant European consumer protection concerns; unrules often derlines that the dismantling of national barriers should not be to the detriment of consumer protecberately leave some leeway for national transposition, to enable European law to be inserted into existing national regulations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to present an all-inclusive FinTech Action Plan in the framework of its capital markets union (CMU) and digital single market (DSM) strategies, contributing to an effective and well-functioning integrated technology- driven single market of financial services benefiting all European end-users; with more innovations and more competition;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to adapt the existing EU legal framework for the digital world to counteract consumer protection risks connected with distance online selling, thereby creating new business opportunities for European start-ups and FinTechs; stresses that European consumer protection standards apply irrespective of whether selling takes place via traditional or modern distribution channels;