Activities of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2011/2149(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a new strategy for consumer policy PDF (240 KB) DOC (173 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 59 #
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, particularly cross-border arrangements, needs to be increased by guaranteeing their rights on the internet as well;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. (to be inserted between the heading and paragraph 5) Points out that consumer confidence is a driving force in the economy with regard to both domestic and cross-border trade, online and offline;
Amendment 66 #
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; , particularly with regard to intellectual property rights and personal data protection; Or. fr 32
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to provide consumers with more transparent information, for example through unit price indication rules and, accurate and transparent internet price comparison websites, and the introduction of clear, easily identifiable and effective labelling;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underscores the importance of labelling and, in this context, calls on the Commission to take account of consumers’ growing calls concerning, for example, fair trade, carbon footprints, the scope for and types of recycling, and origin marking;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
40 7b. Stresses the need to educate consumers, from as early an age as possible, so that they understand and make use of the information appearing on products; calls on the Commission to make European logos more identifiable and more intuitive, for which the recognition rate still appears unsatisfactory (e.g., in particular, the inadequate recognition rate for the CE conformity marking logo, the European Ecolabel, the Möbius strip for recycling or risk marking;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. DeplorNotes the ever increasing information overload on the internet as regards contract terms and conditions; stresses consumers’ need for readability;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to provide better support, through funding for capacity-building and publicity, consumer organisationsand the development of training courses, consumer organisations, in particular in Member States in which they are underdeveloped, and public authorities in their role as intermediaries, thereby enhancing consumer empowerment;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to examine the implications for consumers of existing concentrations in liberaliseddifferent sectors;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to provide better protection for vulnerable consumer groups, such as children and the elderly; points out that children are exposed to extensive advertising even though they have no possibility to make informed choicesstresses the need to educate and support them while making access to redress procedures easier;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
52 13. UrgNotes the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the Consumer Agendalarge-scale exposure of children to advertising and proposes a ban on TV advertising and direct advertising aimed at children under the age of 12;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for better product safety guarantees, particularly in e-commerce on the internal market, as regards chemical and/or dangerous substances (carcinogenic products, hormone disruptors, etc.); calls for better labelling of foodstuffs; calls for the issue of nanotechnologies to be taken into consideration;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for targeted research funding, in order to make for better consumer protection, given that project funding often does not cover the cost of scientific research; points out that, besides providing funding, it is also important to takefor action to encourage taking into account the views of consumers and households in EU research programmes;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Proposes expanding European support for research in emerging sectors, such as green and ethical consumption, and for pooling everyday consumer goods (cars, bicycles, household electricals, etc.);
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading IV
Subheading IV
73 IV. Towards a more social and sustainable Europe geared towards innovation and growth
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
75 23. Calls on the Commission to include a consumern affordability perspective in the Consumer Agenda and to stress the importance of a more social Europe where welfare services are financed on the basis of solidarity; points out that the elderly and disabled have difficult access to products and services; backs, accordingly, European-level standardisation efforts to provide straightforward and reliable universal access; stresses also the positive role of standardisation as regards economic growth and the smooth functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to address the issue of how private consumption can become more sustainable in order to promote innovation, economic growth and a low-carbon economy, in keeping with the objective set in the Europe 2020 strategy;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)