4 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2010/2012(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that priority should be given to tackling the administrative and regulatory barriers to cross-border e-commerce through the introduction of a single set of rules for consumers and businesses across the 27 EU Member States that will create a favourable unified digital environment, provide legal certainty to both enterprises and consumers, simplify procedures, reduce compliance costs, reduce unfair competition and unlock the potential of the EU e-commerce market; to this end, the uniform interpretation and application of legislative tools such as a consumer rights directive, Article 20(2) of the Services Directive (Directive 2006/123/EC) and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) can be of major importance; calls on the EU institutions to remove the key regulatory and administrative obstacles to cross-border online transactions by 2013; calls on the Commission to further its ongoing assessment of the Community acquis affecting the digital single market and to propose targeted legislative action on key impediments;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Believes that consumer confidence can be further enhanced by ensuring public trust in the online environment, addressing concerns over the protection of personal data, regulating data collection, behavioural targeting, profiling and advertising, and raising consumer awareness through educational and information campaigns; calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the adaptation of the Data Protection Directive to the current digital environment;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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6. Believes that the development of self- regulatory codes of conduct by trade, professional, and consumer associations and the provisions of Parliament's report "on a new Digital Agenda for Europe: 2015.eu" calling for the creation of a European charter of uscitizens' and consumers’' rights in the digital environment and developing a "Fifth Freedom" that enables the free circulation of content and knowledge, would enhance consumer confidence in e- commerce by clarifying the rights and obligations of all information- society players;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 15
15. Believes that media and computer literacy and awareness are essential to the development of the European digital environment, and calls, therefore, for education and information campaigns to be mounted on consumer protection, digital privacy and security, and digital user rightsthe launch of a ‘Digital literacy and inclusion action plan’ at EU and Member State levels, notably comprising: specific digital literacy training opportunities for unemployed people and groups at risk of exclusion; incentives for private-sector initiatives to provide digital skills training to all employees; a European-wide ‘Be smart online!’ initiative to make all students, including those engaged in life- long learning and professional training, familiar with the safe use of ICT and online services; and a common EU-level ICT certification scheme;