Activites

• 2011/10/04 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2011/954
  • OJ L 259 04.10.2011, p. 0001
• 2011/09/14 Final act signed
• 2011/09/13 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2011/07/27 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2011/07/05 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T7-0309/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 654 votes to 10, with 1 abstention, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws.It adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. The amended text introduces a review clause: by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in the Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all relevant stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

• 2011/05/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A7-0201/2011
• 2011/05/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/01/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2011/01/03 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2010)0791 summary

    PURPOSE: to update the contents of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection.PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 aims to abolish the barriers to cross-border cooperation between public enforcement authorities to detect, investigate and bring about the cessation or prohibition of intra-EU infringements of the laws which protect consumers' interests to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market. Applicable as of 29th December 2005, the Regulation achieves this aim by creating an enforcement cooperation network between public enforcement authorities and thus increasing consumer confidence in taking up cross-border offers, and preventing sellers and suppliers from evading enforcement to the competitive detriment of law-abiding sellers and suppliers. The network established by the Regulation monitors and enforces legislation which protects consumers' interests. The legislation which falls into the scope of the network is listed in the Annex referred to in Article 3(a) of the Regulation.  The amendment of the Annex will consist of the removal from the Annex of legislation which is not relevant for consumer protection cooperation and the updating of references to old legislation which is no longer in force by references to the current legislation in the field of consumer protection. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: since the proposed amending Regulation does not have significant economic, social and environmental impacts, an impact assessment is not necessary.  LEGAL BASE: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).CONTENT: the overall goals of the proposed amending regulation are to ensure that Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws remains efficient and continues to guarantee that there is no discrimination between intra-EU and national transactions as to the effectiveness with which infringements are pursued by the competent national authorities. To achieve these goals, the proposed amending regulation has as its objective to update the contents of the Annex to the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection.The proposal deletes obsolete legislation referred to in the Annex and replaces them with references to legislation currently in force. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Health and Consumers'}, DALLI John

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2010)0791
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0201/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0309/2011
• : Regulation 2011/954
• : OJ L 259 04.10.2011, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)