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Activities of Alessandra BASSO related to 2022/0147(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Financial services contracts concluded at a distance (debate)
2023/10/05
Dossiers: 2022/0147(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/83/EU concerning financial services contracts concluded at a distance and repealing Directive 2002/65/EC
2023/03/30
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2022/0147(COD)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(129 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Arba KOKALARI', 'mepid': 197406}]

Amendments (20)

Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Certain consumer financial services are governed by specific Union acts, which continue to apply to those financial services. In order to ensure legal certainty, it should be clarified that where another Union act governing specific financial services contains rules on pre-contractual information or on the exercise of the right of withdrawal, only the respective provisions of those other Union acts should apply to those specific consumer financial services with the exception of the relevant provisions of this Directive, unless provided otherwise in those acts. For instance, when Article 186 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 applies, the rules concerning the 'cancellation period' laid down in Directive 2009/138/EC apply and not the rules on the right of withdrawal laid down in this Directive and when Article 14(6) of Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council20 applies, the rules on the right of withdrawal under this Directive should not apply. Union acts governing specific financial services should prevail over the rules of this Directive even where these Union acts do not provide for any pre-contractual information or right of withdrawal or adequate information. Likewise, certain Union acts governing specific financial services21 contain extensive and developed rules designed to ensure that consumers are able to understand the essential characteristics of the proposed contract Furthermore, certain Union acts governing specific financial services, such as Directive 2014/17/EU on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property22 , already lay down rules on adequate explanations to be provided by the traders to the consumers with respect to the proposed contract. In order to ensure legal certainty, the rules on adequate explanations set out in this Directive should not apply to financial services falling under Union acts governing specific financial services that contain rules on the information to be provided to the consumer prior to the conclusion of the contract. _________________ 19 Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1). 20 Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 34). 21 Such as, Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan- European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) (OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 1), Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349), Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19), Directive 2014/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 214) 22 Directive 2014/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 February 2014 on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (OJ L 60, 28.2.2014, p. 34)
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) The use of means of distance communications should not lead to an unwarranted restriction on the information provided to the consumer. In the interests of transparency, requirements should be laid down with regard to when the information should be provided to the consumer prior to the conclusion of the distance contract and how that information should reach the consumer. In order to be able to make their decisions in full knowledge of the facts, consumers should receive the information at least one day prior to the conclusion of the distance contract. Only in exceptional cases can the information be provided less than a day befin good time priore to the conclusion of the distance contract for financial service. In case the contract is concluded less than one day before, the trader, within the established timeframe, should be obliged to remind the consumer about the possibility to withdraw from the distance contract for financial service.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) For distance contracts concluded by electronic means, the trader shouldmay provide the consumer with the possibility to use a withdrawal button. In order for ensure the effective use of the withdrawal button, the trader should ensure that it is visible and, when the consumer uses the button, the trader should adequately document its use.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
1. BIn good time before the consumer is bound by a distance contract, or any corresponding offer, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information, in a clear and comprehensible manner:
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16a – paragraph 1– point b
(b) the geographical address at which the trader is established as well as the trader’s telephone number andor email address or own digital platform; in addition, where the trader provides other means of online communication which guarantee that the consumer can keep any written correspondence, including the date and time of such correspondence, with the trader on a durable medium, the information shall also include details of those other means; all those means of communication provided by the trader shall enable the consumer to contact the trader quickly and communicate with him efficiently; where applicable, the trader shall also provide the geographical address and identity of the trader on whose behalf he is acting;
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In the case of telephone communications or another means of distance communication initiated by the trader, the identity of the tradlatter and the commercial purpose of the call initiated by the traderommunication shall be made explicitly clear at the beginning of any conversation with the consumer.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where the consumer explicitly agrees to continue the telephone communications, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, only the information referred to in points (a), (f), (g), and (p) of that paragraph needs to be provided.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The trader shall inform the consumer of the nature and the availability of the other information referred to in paragraph 1 and shall provide that information when fulfillingimmediately after the conclusion of the distance contract. For any other means of distance communication, which does not allow for the transmission of the contractual terms and conditions and the information in accordance with paragraph 1, the trader shall fulfil his obligations under that paragraph 3. immediately after the conclusion of the distance contract.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16a – paragraph 6
6. Where another Union act governing specific financial services contains rules on the information to be provided to the consumer prior to the conclusion of the contract, oand even if it does not provide for any information to be supplied in this respect, the application of the provisions of Article 16a of this Directive is excluded. Only the pre-contractual information requirements of that Union act shall apply to those specific financial services, unless provided otherwise in that act.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 –point b
(b) the day on which the consumer receives the contractual terms and conditions and the information in accordance with Article 16a,, provided Article 16a is applicable or other Union act with requirements of pre-contractual information, receives such information if that is later than the date in point (a) of this subparagraph.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2– point a
(a) consumer financial services whose price depends on fluctuations in the financial market outside the traders control, which may occur during the withdrawal period, such as, but not limited to, services related to:
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Directive 2011/83/EU
— foreign exchangeinancial instruments as defined in Annex I, Section C of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments (Mifid II);
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – point a –indent 2
money marpackaged retail and insurance- based investment product’ or ‘PRIIP’, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on kety instruments; transferable securitiesformation documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs);
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 3
— units in collective investment undertakings;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 4
— financial-futures contracts, including equivalent cash-settled instruments;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 6
— interest-rate, currency and equity swaps;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 7
— options to acquire or dispose of any instruments referred to in this point including equivalent cash-settled instruments. This category includes in particular options on currency and on interest rates;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 5– subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, for distance contracts concluded by electronic means, the trader provides on-line adequate and comprehensive information aimed at ensuring an easy and conscious withdrawal from the contract, while the trader may provide a possibility to use a withdrawal button in order to facilitate the consumer’s exercise of the right of withdrawal. Such button shall be clearly labelled with the words ‘Withdraw from CIf this withdrawal button is offered by the trader, it shall be clearly labelled “Cancel the contract or a corresponding unambiguous formulationformulation without ambiguity.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The trader shall ensure that the activation of the withdrawal button results in an instant confirmation notice to the consumer that the right of withdrawal has been exercised, which shall include the date and time of the exercise of the right of withdrawal. Confirmation of the exercise of the right of withdrawal shall be provided by the trader to the consumer on a durable medium.
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2011/83/EU
Article 16e
Article 16e Additional protection regarding online interfaces Without prejudice to Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and Council Directive 93/13/EEC25 , Member States shall adopt measures requiring that traders, when concluding financial services contracts at a distance, do not use the structure, design, function or manner of operation of their online interface in a way that could distort or impair consumers’ ability to make a free, autonomous and informed decision or choice. _________________ 24 Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to- consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22). 25 Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ L 95, 21.4.1993, p. 29).deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: IMCO