8 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2010/2012(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas e-commerce is especially beneficial for citizens in rural, remote, and peripheral areas who may otherwise not have access to a wide choice of goods with such convenience or at such value,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas during the recent economic crisis e-commerce has continued to experience growth, job creation and presented an additional means for businesses to remain economically active and for consumers to take advantage of greater choice and better prices,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there remain a number of severe structural and regulatory barriers to a fully functioning European internal e- commerce market, such as the fragmentation along national lines of consumer protection rules and rules on VAT, recycling fees and levies, and the abuse of rules governing exclusive and selective distribution agreements,
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that priority should be given to tackling the administrative and regulatory barriers to cross-border e-commerce through the introduction of a single set of rules for consumers and businesses across the 27 EU Member States that will create a favourable unified digital environment, provide legal certainty to both enterprises and consumers, simplify procedures, reduce compliance costs, reduce unfair competition and unlock the potential of the EU e-commerce market; to this end, the uniform interpretation and application of legislative tools such as a consumer rights directive, the e-commerce Directive (2000/31/EC), Article 20(2) of the Services Directive (Directive 2006/123/EC) and the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) can be of major importance;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the significance of promoting EU-wide logos, trust marks and quality marks that will help consumers in identifying reputable online traders and, reward best practices and encourage innovation, which will support EU companies in their efforts to reach beyond their home market;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the efficient monitoring of legal, technical and economic developments in e -commerce and points out the need for careful impact assessment of all decisions affecting the digital single market and the information society; to this end an "e-commerce scoreboard" for the assessment of the european online digital market environment would be an important tool;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to bring an end to geographic discrimination against EU consumers based on their on- or offline address by employing Article 20(2) of the Services Directive to its full potential;