17 Amendments of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2012/2133(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas e-commerce is very useful for all consumers, including those with disabilities, and those living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas fragmentation of the digital single market jeopardizes the rights of consumers, given the absence of common rules; whereas most web sites are not suitable for cross-border shoppers and consumers and a legislative initiative is required to establish a comprehensive plan for redress, including mechanisms such asthe revised Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), a system of ond the Regulation on Online dispute resolution (ODR) and collective redreswill soon enter into force and provide useful tools for consumers, in particular for cross-border transactions;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Calls for consumers to be able to exercise their rights easimply and effectively in basic areas relating to, including food, health, energy, financial and digital services, pharmaceuticals and medical devices; access to broadband, data protection, transport, and telecommunication;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Enhancing knowledge (1) Welcomes the Commission's willingness to cooperate with traders and intermediaries to promote corporate social responsibility initiatives, which promote consumer safety; notes that the Commission should be in a constant dialogue with the private sector so that initiatives are accepted and applied in reality;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
(3) Parliament believes that it is necessary to promote e-platforms such as the European Enterprise Support Network and the website Your Europe, which contribute to the development of the European Single Market and provide important information for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Improving implementation, stepping up enforcement and securing redress (1) Insists that the Commission should continue to attentively monitor how legislation that supports the development of the single market is applied; calls on the Commission to take the necessary legal action against those Member States who infringe and do not implement or enforce single market legislation, in line with the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to focus special attention on consumer protection on the issue of short-term loans, as it is the most vulnerable people in times of crisis who use these financial products without fully realizing their obligations and risks as a credit taker;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that educating consumers reduces their risks vis-à-vis dangerous products, speculative financial products and misleading advertising; whereas there is the need to avoid information overload and instead reduce knowledge deficits and improve consumer awareness through reliable, clear, comparable and targeted information, and that such education and empowerment of consumers needs to be ongoing, from school onwards;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the application of the precautionary principleadequate consumer protection and product safety in the markets for consumer goods produced using nanotechnology or genetically modified organisms;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to provide better protection of the rights of vulnerable consumer groups such as children and the elderly, particularly with regard to transport;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that redress mechanisms, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR), collective dispute resolution or online dispute resolution, must be fast, accessible and effective; stresses that ADR procedures should be resolved within a maximum of 90 days, and that unemployed consumers should, either individually or through a consumer association, have access to free income- based legal aid for court proceedingshighlights that an effective access to justice in cross- border disputes should not be hampered by the difficulties arising from the cross- border nature of a dispute or the lack of resources and therefore calls for further improvements in the application of Council Directive 2003/8/EC of 27 January 2003;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need to promote responsible and sustainable consumption, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 strategy, and to make markets fully accessible to consumers from the perspective of a social Europehighly competitive social market economy Union based on solidarity;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17