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2012/2037(INI) Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC
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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Opinion ECON STOLOJAN Theodor Dumitru (EPP)
Lead IMCO COLLIN-LANGEN Birgit (EPP) BUSUTTIL Simon (EPP), PRENDERGAST Phil (S&D), RÜHLE Heide (Verts/ALE), HARBOUR Malcolm (ECR), DE JONG Cornelis (GUE/NGL), SALVINI Matteo (NI)
Lead committee dossier: IMCO/7/07628
Legal Basis RoP 048

Activites

  • 2012/11/20 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
    • T7-0418/2012
  • 2012/11/19 Debate in Parliament
  • 2012/11/19 Prev DG PRES
    • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Health and Consumers'}, DALLI John
  • 2012/10/19 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
    • A7-0343/2012 summary
  • 2012/10/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2012/06/29 Amendments tabled in committee
  • 2012/05/10 Committee draft report
  • 2012/03/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2012/03/08 EP officialisation

Documents

  • Committee draft report: PE489.471
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0418/2012
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE492.635
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0343/2012
AmendmentsDossier
61 2012/2037(INI)
2012/04/25 ECON 32 amendments...
source: PE-487.936
2012/06/29 IMCO 29 amendments...
source: PE-492.635

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  • The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the own-initiative report by Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN (EPP, DE) on the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC.

    Members welcome the fact that, in preparation for its review, the Commission is already conducting a study of the impact of the Directive on the internal market and on consumer protection, in order to determine exactly what bearing it will have on the take-up of cross-border credit. In this context, the committee responsible makes the following observations:

    Pre-contractual information: the report recommends that supervisory authorities should require financial institutions to provide consumers with personalised, complete and easily understandable explanations regarding the risks involved in foreign currency lending.

    Some Member States have raised concerns about the way pre-contractual information is presented to consumers through the Standard European Consumer Credit Information (SECCI) form and which is of such technical nature that it affects consumers capacity to understand it effectively. Members consider that the efficiency of the SECCI form should be an important aspect in the assessment of the impact of the Directive carried out by the Commission.

    Advertising: Members welcomes the sweep operation, carried out by the Commission in September 2011, which revealed that 70 % of the financial institution websites checked failed to include relevant information in their advertising material, and certain items of key information in the credit offer itself, and contained misleading presentations of costs. They call on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate steps to remedy this problem. In this context, the report notes that the rules on representative examples are sometimes not used as prescribed and that there is need for improvement.

    Members call for the advertising and marketing practices of financial institutions to be strictly monitored in order to avoid misleading or false information in the advertising or marketing of credit agreements.

    Right of withdrawal: Members consider that more detailed consideration should be given to the problems which could arise in connection with the exercise of the right of withdrawal in cases where linked agreements have been concluded. They take the view that particular attention should be paid to the complicated rules on early repayment.

    Calculation of the annual percentage rate of charge: the report states that, prior to interest rate changes, notification to consumers should afford them enough time to survey the market and to change credit provider before the changes take effect. It emphasises that a uniform method of calculating the annual percentage rate of charge should be laid down, that ambiguous provisions should be clarified and that consistency should be established with all other legal instruments.

    SMS loans: given that the demand for SMS loans is increasing all the time, Members call on the Member States to extend the existing level of consumer protection to credit, including short-term credit, provided over the internet, through short message services (SMS) or other distance communication media involving amounts below the lower threshold of EUR 200, currently outside the scope of the Directive.

    In conclusion, the report stresses that there is currently no need to revise the Directive but that, instead, priority should be given to ensuring that it is correctly transposed and enforced. In this regard, Members consider that the practical impact of the Directive should be assessed before the Commission proposes any eventual amendments.

    The Commission is invited to present to Parliament and the Council an assessment report on the implementation of the Directive and a full assessment of its impact regarding consumer protection, taking into account the consequences of the financial crisis and the new EU legal framework for financial services.

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See also Directive 2008/48/EC
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