8 Amendments of Martí GRAU i SEGÚ related to 2008/2126(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the dubious activities of ECG and other, similar companies stretch back over a number of decades (with the companies concerned relocating over time in order to continue their activities and avoid penalties), and whereas many businesses have been affected,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the activities of the European City Guides company have been the subject of legal and administrative action, such as that taken by the High Court and the regional government in Catalonia (Spain), which resulted in the temporary suspension of the company’s activities and the imposition of a fine,
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Member States to promote the proper implementation of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in order to prevent harm to consumers and to ensure that competition prevails as it should, without detriment to the economic interests of legitimate competitors;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls upon the Member States and the Commission to bring into operation the class-action mechanisms which will enable those affected to submit a joint claim for damages;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls – in order to prevent possible fraud – for more information to be provided concerning the existence of the dubious practices in question and for such information to be made available to businesses and the general public at consumer and user advice centres;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for Member States to cooperate actively to bring an end to the practices of misleading directory companies and any similar activities and for particular attention to be paid to the deliberate use of ambiguous language;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that where Member States are unwilling or unable to act, mechanisms should be devised to allow individual victims to seek joint redress through the courts on a cross-border basis; regrets the fact that the difficulties involved in tracking down activities of this nature distort the internal market and affect the way in which competition operates.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Member States to take action against all the fraudulent activities engaged in by European City Guide and other, similar companies, as a last resort by suspending their activities in order to prevent consumers and businesses from being harmed.