Activities of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2012/2133(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on a new agenda for European Consumer Policy PDF (226 KB) DOC (146 KB)
Amendments (28)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 41
Citation 41
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas consumers play a key role as agents ofin supporting European economic activity and boosting growth;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the objective is to achieve a high level of consumer awareness, empowerment and protection;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is necessary to boost consumer confidence, their trust in the market and knowledge of their rights, with a special focus on vulnerable consumerincrease confidence among European consumers – including the most vulnerable among them – and whereas in that respect it is essential to offer them better protection against the risks they face from products which represent a danger to their health or safety, and to ensure that they have a better understanding of their rights;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas e-commerce is very useful forallows all consumers to have easy access to numerous goods and services and thereby reap the fullest benefit from the single market, and whereas it is particularly beneficial to consumers with disabilities andor those living in rural and remote areareas or areas with geographic or natural handicaps;
Amendment 55 #
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 andand whereas a legislative initiative is required to establish a comprehensive plan for redress, including mechanisms such as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), a system of online dispute resolution (ODR) and collective redress;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the current economic crisis is seriously affecting consumers, the internal market is weakened by the reduction in people's wages and working conditions and these rights should prevail over market liberalisationalso affects the purchasing power of consumers in the single market;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the internal market has to offer a range ofproduction of environmentally-friendly, high -quality products and services sold at competitive prices, to encouraginge sustainable consumption for sustainable development, employment and economic growth should be encouraged;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas there is a need to strengthen the role of consumer associations in all areas by adopting the necessary legal and economic measures;
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 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that EU policies need to promoteincreased cooperation between consumer associations and public institutions in all fields, providing easy access to the financial resources required; notes that a register of European associations should be set up to assist the formation of European associations needed in the elaboration of all public policies and EU legislation; notes that this implies that these associations can access the resources they need to carry out their activities;
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 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that in order for consumers to fully enjoy their rights, it is essential for enterprises to have a good knowledge of those rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to that end, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that consumer confidence is essential for both national and cross-border e-commerce; emphasises that Internet commerce needs to ensure the quality of products, avoid criminal or unfair practices and comply with the protection of personal data;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that market information must be reliable, clear and comparable, and that binding commercial guarantees need to be adopted that ensure the administration of justice in cases where intermediaries become insolvent; emphasises the need to prosecute unfair commercial practices and unfair contract terms or mass market manipulation such as occurred in the Libor and/or Euribor markets; highlights the need to protect consumers ‘trapped’ by a financial product, and those with mortgages who, for reasons not attributable to the consumer, are at risk of being evicted from their homese need to prosecute unfair commercial practices and unfair contract terms or mass market manipulation;
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 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to providefor better protection of the rights of vulnerable consumer groups such as children and the elderly, particularly with regard to transportand for such groups to be better informed of their rights;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 206 #
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; considers it necessary to tackle food waste, markets fully accessible to consumers from the perspective of a social Europe based on solidarity consumer goods more durable, promote recycling and the consumption of second-hand goods and to further improve the energy efficiency of products available in the internal market;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Draws attention to the fact that the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014 -2020 will have to incorporateallow the Consumer Agenda and provide it with properto benefit from sufficiently ambitious funding;