Activities of Heide RÜHLE related to 2011/2149(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a new strategy for consumer policy PDF (240 KB) DOC (173 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Commission and national enforcement authorities need to step up their efforts to achieve the objective of a high level of consumer protection, bearing in mind that the effectiveness of public market surveillance and enforcement is key in deterring illegal and unsafe products from being sold in Europe,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda: making sure private consumption becomes more sustainable, reducing levels of inequality between consumers, reducing consumers' exposure to hazardous chemicals and unsafe products and protecting children from advertising;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that, given the enormous increase in e-commerce, consumers' confidence in cross-border online purchasing arrangements needs to be increased by guaranteeing their rights on the internet as well; consumers should be ensured to have a right to software interoperability
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to ensure a more consumer-oriented balance when it comes to internet use and intellectual property rights, full respect of citizens' fundamental rights regarding access to the internet, as well as personal data and privacy protection;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
58 14. Stresses the urgent need to increase the general standard of safety of consumer products in the EU, as consumers are confronted daily with cocktails of chemicals which are carcinogenic or disruptive to the hormonal system; underlines that there is vital and pressing need to address chemicals in consumer articles in a consistent manner, through a European regulatory framework;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to adapt EU legislation to take into account so-called cocktail effects of chemicals and in particular, to provide further studies on the health risks of parabens; and other endocrine disrupting chemicals; 60
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
67 19a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the validity of claims related to the use of nano particles in products and to take actions to ensure that the use of nano- scale particles in products on the European market does not pose health and safety risks to consumers;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
78 24. Calls on the Commission to address the issue of how private consumption can become more sustainable in order to promote a low-carbon economy, in keeping with the objective set in the Europe 2020 strategy; special attention should be paid to smart energy systems: the use of new technologies should enable all users of the network to participate in the internal energy market in order to save energy and reduce or mitigate the costs of energy, while safeguarding the supply of energy to vulnerable consumers;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Considers that consumers should be helped to make sustainable choices through appropriate environmental labelling schemes on products; such schemes should be based on simple colour-graded scale and enable consumers to make informed choices; carbon footprint labels that rely exclusively on numerical values of CO2 emissions ought to be avoided but carbon emissions should, where relevant, nevertheless provide a starting point for the development of ecolabels associated with independent, third-party verification such as the EU Ecolabel