25 Amendments of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2011/2149(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2011 on a more efficient and fairer retail market;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas, as shown in the Special Eurobarometer 342 on Consumer empowerment from April 2011, a strong majority of consumers feels confident and knowledgeable but, at the same time, an important share shows a lack of knowledge of basic consumer legislation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas consumers do not form one single homogenous group, and whereas these conditions of inequality between consumers need to be addressed in the Consumer Agenda,s there are strong discrepancies among consumers in terms of consumer skills, awareness of legislation, assertiveness and their willingness to seek redress;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU has set targets for the reduction of CO2 emissions, calling for consumption of goods to be reduced and for consumption to become more sustainable, more sustainable patterns of consumption, Or. en 10
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
13 G. whereas consumers seem reluctant to enjoy the benefits that market integration provides, as they do not feel confident that their rights will be properly protected when making cross-border purchasesempowered consumers can better identify the best prices, selling conditions and quality, therefore driving competition and innovation,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas theall stakeholders (including the European Commission and, national enforcement authorities, consumer organisations and the private sector) need to step up their efforts to achieve the objective of a high level of consumer protection, and empowerment, Or. en 14
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for the proper implementation of existing legislation (in particular the latest consumer rights directive) accompanied by appropriate dissemination of the new ‘rules of the game’rights and obligations of each parties;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
25 3. Highlights the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda: making sure private consumption becomes more sustainable, reducing levels of inequality betweenimportance of removing hinders to full access to the common market for consumers, regardless of their mobility and where they live in the EU, and ensuring true freedom of choice, without creating additional burdens for businesses; stresses, in particular, among the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda, the importance of a more sustainable consumersption, reducing consumers' exposure to hazardous chemicals and products, and protecting children from direct misleading advertising;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 61 #
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 increasing consumers’ and retailers' confidence in cross-border online purchasing is needed to reap the full potential of e-commerce; underlines the key role that proper implementation and enforcement of existing legislation, as well as the dissemination, through appropriate channels, of each party's rights and obligations play there;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to provide consumers with more transparent and comparable information, for example through the use of unit price indication rules and accurate and transparent internet price comparison websites;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
44 9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide betadequater support, through funding for and capacity- building and publicity,to consumer organisations and public authorities in their role as intermediariesin each Member State, thereby enhancing consumer empowerment;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to examine the implications for consumers of concentrations in libRegrets that switching of provider or tariff is still cumbersome in certain sectors, hampering consumers' freedom of choice and damaging competition; calls on the Commission to further look into this issue to ensure that consumers reap the full potential of the Internalised sectors Market;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the Consumer Agenda and propose a ban on TV advertising and direct advertising aim, with particular focus on aggressive or misleading TV advertising and online games creating dependency, targeted at children under the age of 12;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses also the need to increase the standards of safety for toys and urges Member States to quickly transpose and fully implement the new Toy Safety Directive;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new)
(1) Considers it important for the Commission to ensure correct application of the regulation now being published on the provision of food information to consumers;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
71 22. Calls on the Commission to take decisions on matters such as the sale of goods and unfair contract terms, a review of the rules on unfair commercial practices (UCP)Urges Member States to fully and correctly implement the internal market rules and legislation, notably the Goods Package, the Consumer CreditRights Directive, misleading advertising, extending the scope of the Late Payment Directive20 to cover business-to-cthe E-Commerce Directive, the Food Information to Consumer res Regulations and the broader issue of whether the rules on UCP need to apply to business-to-business relationsUnfair Commercial Practices Directive;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading IV
Subheading IV
IV. Towards a more social and sustainableustainable consumption in Europe
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to develop a common assessment and labelling system, as indicated in its resolution on a single market for enterprises and growth, based on the product's whole life cycle, particularly in order to simplify, harmonise and overcome the cost of fragmentation for business and consumers and avoid misleading advertising;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new) 80
Paragraph 24 a (new) 80
24a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and stakeholders to coordinate their efforts to better inform consumers on more efficient ways to buy and consume food, in order to prevent and combat food waste;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
81 25. Encourages the Commission to help the ECC-net and the CPC network to use all forms of media to make consumers more aware of their work and build up their capacity to communicate better with consumers and traderfurther support and communicate the roles of the European Consumer Centres (ECC-Net) which should play a central role in informing consumers of their rights and in supporting them in the event of a complaint; underlines the key role played by the Cross-border enforcement and cooperation Network (CPC network) in ensuring that consumer protection laws are correctly enforced and fostering cooperation between national competent authorities;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
82 25a. Calls on the Commission to use all powers under the Treaties to improve transposition, application and enforcement of all consumer-related EU legislations; calls on the Member States to step up their efforts in order to fully and correctly implement these legislations;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework for the post-2013 period to be well funincluded and to take into account the ambitious aims set out in thedequate budgetary line for the goals set out in this report and in the forthcoming Consumer Agenda;