4 Amendments of Heide RÜHLE related to 2007/2287(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the single market often serves the providers more than the consumers; advocates simplifying financial legislation and removing barriers to the mobility of consumers such as fees for terminating an account; emphasises, however, that simplification should not lead to a lowering of the consumer protection; insists that the removal of barriers must not result in products becoming more expensive;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RecognisesExpresses its doubt about the option of a 28th legal framework, such as the Common Reference Framework, as a possible new approach to European regulation, to enable cross-border market choice to be provided to a uniformly high consumer protection standard; calls on the Commission again to put forward a time-frame for developingstresses that it is not clear which legal protection system would be used to clear up disputes arising from a ‘28th lregal frameworkime’, i.e. which court or alternative dispute settlement court has jurisdiction;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that there is a growing number of consumers who are denied market access to basic financial services; regrets that the Green Paper fails to raise the issue of introducing a European right to a current account on a non-borrowing basis; stresses that the right to a current account would be a concrete benefit for consumers;