2019/2190(INI) Addressing product safety in the Single Market
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | IMCO |
WALSMANN Marion ( EPP)
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LEITÃO-MARQUES Maria-Manuel ( S&D),
BOTOŞ Vlad-Marius ( Renew),
VAN SPARRENTAK Kim ( Verts/ALE),
BASSO Alessandra ( ID),
MAZUREK Beata ( ECR),
PELLETIER Anne-Sophie ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2021/06/02
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2020/11/25
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2020/11/25
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 688 votes to 8, with 1 abstention, a resolution on addressing product safety in the single market.
The resolution stressed that the COVID-19 crisis has shown that it is of paramount importance for the protection of people in the EU that the safety of all products needed to tackle this emergency and all the crises that might challenge the EU in the future is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, products sold online and offline, and products from outside the EU.
Safety of all products
While Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance only applies to products subject to EU harmonisation legislation, Parliament called on the Commission to define harmonised market surveillance rules for both harmonised and non-harmonised products placed on the offline or online market and to adapt them to the digital age to ensure a level playing field and improve product safety.
The Commission has been invited to address the challenges posed by emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things, robotics, 3D printing and other technologies in its review of the General Product Safety Directive. This review should redefine the terms "product" and "safe product" and give priority to consumer rights and legal certainty.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Members believe that AI systems, whether stand-alone or embedded in a product, offer many opportunities and that they should use high-quality, unbiased data sets in order to be trustworthy and enhance consumer protection.
The Commission should therefore: (i) review existing AI standards and consult relevant stakeholders to determine what new standards are needed; (ii) regularly evaluate the EU regulatory framework to ensure product safety and consumer and data protection; (iii) take action in areas where there is a need to promote legal certainty and ensure harmonisation of rules within the EU.
Compliance with product safety rules
Parliament stressed the need to ensure a coherent approach to the application of product safety legislation. It invited the Commission to examine the feasibility of risk-based assessment systems, adapting their application to products presenting a high level of risk, as well as conformity assessment mechanisms, in order to ensure safety by default or from the design stage of products with embedded emerging technologies.
Members called for mandatory human oversight to be the default option for high-risk AI products and for effective checks on high-risk AI products to be carried out throughout the supply chain using reliable and impartial procedures. Product safety should be guaranteed as well as the right of consumers to demand to speak to a human being and not to automated systems.
The resolution also called for:
- a guarantee that connectivity infrastructures, including new communication technologies such as 5G, incorporate security and privacy by design and by default in order to improve the safety of connected products;
- an assessment of the need for legislation on mandatory cybersecurity requirements and appropriate market surveillance mechanisms.
Effective market surveillance
Parliament encouraged the Commission and the Member States to: (i) increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities; (ii) strengthen cooperation between them; and (iii) develop joint actions, including cross-border and online market actions; (iv) improve the effectiveness of controls and (v) provide market surveillance authorities, including customs authorities, with sufficient staff to be able to identify dangerous products, in particular those from third countries, and prevent them from circulating in the internal market.
The Commission is invited to:
- get a clearer picture of the phenomenon of counterfeiting and the role that market surveillance authorities and online marketplaces could play to better protect the health and safety of consumers;
- set minimum sampling rates; market surveillance authorities should carry out sector-specific mystery shopping, including in online marketplaces, on a regular basis or on sweep days;
- cooperate with third country regulators, exchange information on dangerous products related to market surveillance and include market surveillance provisions in all EU free trade agreements.
Safe products on online marketplaces
Members called on the Commission to: (i) encourage new online marketplaces to provide consumers with clear information on their rights; (ii) assess the role that online marketplaces could play in limiting the circulation of unsafe products and (iii) propose binding rules on the obligations and responsibilities of marketplaces established inside and outside the EU under digital services legislation.
Parliament insisted on the need for a level playing field between European and third country platforms in terms of compliance with EU product safety rules.
Commission's 2020 standardisation programme and traceability
Parliament welcomed the fact that the EU standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the emerging challenges in the digital single market. It asked the Commission to assess how distributed ledger technology, such as the block chain, could enhance product safety by improving the traceability of products throughout the supply chain, including through product standardisation.
Product recalls
Parliament called on retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by providing adequate and reliable information to consumers. It called for online marketplaces to be required to put in place effective mechanisms to ensure that they can inform their users, buyers and sellers as quickly as possible when product recalls are necessary.
Documents
2020/11/25
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/11/23
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2020/11/03
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2020/11/03
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2020/10/26
EP - Vote in committee
2020/05/20
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/04/02
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2019/12/19
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2019/11/06
EP - WALSMANN Marion (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in IMCO
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)129
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0319/2020
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0207/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0207/2020
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.340
- Committee draft report: PE647.016
- Committee draft report: PE647.016
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE652.340
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0207/2020
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)129
Activities
- Heidi HAUTALA
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Benoît LUTGEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A9-0207/2020 - Marion Walsmann - Am 2 #
2020/11/24 Outcome: -: 360, +: 323, 0: 17
NI
PPEA9-0207/2020 - Marion Walsmann - Am 1 #
2020/11/24 Outcome: -: 356, +: 325, 0: 19
A9-0207/2020 - Marion Walsmann – Résolution #
2020/11/25 Outcome: +: 688, -: 8, 0: 1
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2019/2190(INI)
2020/05/20
IMCO
289 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/515 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade and whereas the single market needs to be further equipped at its “external borders” with more effective, stronger and harmonized tools in order to detect unsafe products coming from third countries and prevent their circulation in the single market;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Commission to
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime and set up mechanisms such as re-evaluation procedures to demonstrate continuous compliance with product safety rules in light of possible emerging risks; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety; stresses that strong consumer rights, such as a right to transparency, support the development of safe and innovative AI products;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for mandatory human oversight, the consumer's right to demand personal communication and effective checks on
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that a regulatory framework on AI should follow a risk- based approach designed on clear and transparent criteria and set-up legal obligations according to the categories of products, based on the potential harm for the individual as well as for society at large, with increased obligations for high- risk products such as mandatory third- party conformity assessment schemes; Adds furthermore that human oversight should be the by-default option for such products;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle; notes, however, that many economic operators do not always exercise effective control over their products in terms of their entire lifecycle, and that numerous other involved parties are responsible for various product components;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the global trade in goods, including supply chains, has been disrupted not only as a result of the COVID 19 crisis, but also as a result of the trade war preceding the epidemic; whereas the intensity of trade in goods in the common market is linked to the dynamics of the global trade in goods;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages e
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety and security mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self- repair mechanisms
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure and improve safety throughout their lifecycle;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Asks the Commission that in its efforts to develop a framework that promotes the decrease of planned obsolescence, takes into account how it can affect the compliance with product safety rules;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to en
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, in order to improve the safety of connected products while keeping citizens' health as the greater good;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the General Product Safety Directive dates back from 2001 when e-commerce, business models and consumers’ purchase habits were very different;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including new communication technologies, like 5G, in order to also improve the safety of connected products;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure,
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses that these infrastructures must themselves be subject to thorough, renewed security controls, as they form the framework in which connected products would be likely to exercise their capabilities even as these evolve; calls for particular vigilance with regard to possible back doors in the networks deployed; recommends that the Commission and the Member States give priority to European operators in matters of deployment;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Highlights that the risks derived from software updates, faulty data and loss of connectivity of emerging digital technologies can result in risks safety and health damages and urges the Commission to update the current legislation in order to address those risks;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the weak cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules; therefore calls on the Commission to ensure that the scope of the GPSD also takes into account cybersecurity challenges by ensuring all the devices be remained up-to-date with continuously evolving industry web standards;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the lack of cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the low level cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules; therefore calls on the European Commission to ensure, in particular, that the scope of the GPSD also takes into account cybersecurity challenges, namely by making firmware updates mandatory;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity threats of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules in compliance with the applicable regulations, main security standards and considering also emerging cybersecurity trends;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity threats of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules in compliance with the applicable regulations, main security standards and considering also emerging cybersecurity trends;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas a previous reform attempt of the General Product Safety Directive, presented by the European Commission in 2012 could not be successfully concluded so far;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the horizontal revision of the relevant rules in order to avoid a selective approach;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety and protection of user privacy, and that th
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products, in accordance with the EU cybersecurity framework, and to create mandatory certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation; further calls on the Commission to launch guidance on cybersecurity requirements and proper market surveillance mechanisms;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas emerging technologies transform and improve the characteristics of products, and
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Asks the Commission to include in the review of the GPSD the clarification on how it is decided whether a consumer product which, although not foodstuff, resembles foodstuff and is likely to be confused with it, especially by young children, is safe or presents a risk; urges the Commission, by appropriately reviewing the GPSD, to repeal Council Directive 87/357/EEC, of 25 June 1987, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the crisis caused by the pandemic, several EU Member States have had to return protective medical equipment imported from third countries, such as medical masks, because they failed to meet safety requirements as they were faulty products; calls on the European Commission to pay particular attention to the safety of medical devices when procuring crisis equipment supplies and creating common European reserve of emergency medical equipment.
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 proposal, to provide increased and adequate resources for the new Single Market Programme[1],with the aim of effectively supporting Member States in their efforts to strengthen market surveillance and product safety crucial activities;[1] Programme for Single Market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021-2027 2018/0231(COD)
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027proposal, to provide increased and adequate resources for the new Single Market Programme[1],with the aim of effectively supporting Member States in their efforts to strengthen market surveillance and product safety crucial activities; Programme for Single Market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021- 20272018/0231(COD)
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that the use of third-party conformity assessment improves the safety and compliance of products with EU standards by providing independent, reliable and impartial procedures that should be reinforced, also through mandatory obligations, when reviewing the product safety legislation;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Asks the Commission to consider “child-appealing products", whose design, packaging and characteristics in any way resemble a toy or an object appealing to or intended for use by children, in order to assess their levels of risk and determine appropriate action to mitigate risk, in the context of the revision of the GPSD;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses that market surveillance activities are central in making sure that only safe products are placed on the market and that discrepancies among Member States in implementing EU market surveillance legislation are disadvantageous for consumers and businesses, resulting in an unequal playing field and different level of product safety across the internal market; Calls therefore for specific measures such as uniform rules on checks and penalties;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; calls on the Commission and Market Surveillance authorities (MSAs) to specifically identify unsafe products as also including counterfeit products in the RAPEX system, in order to help get a better and clearer picture of this concerning counterfeiting phenomenon and consequently better protect the health and safety of EU consumers, in particular the categories of consumers which can be particularly vulnerable, such as children and the elderly;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks,
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and to properly staff custom and market surveillance authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; encourages the use, on an initial phase, of the already existing “EU Customs Single Window: Certificates exchange (CERTEX)" project, that later can be enhanced through the future EU Single Window environment for customs project;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas emerging technologies transform and improve the characteristics of products, and
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; stresses, in this context, the particular importance of equipping the relevant authorities with modern equipment, as well as the use of innovative technologies;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Underlines the lack of financial and human resources many market surveillance authorities in Europe have faced over the last years; Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, paying particular attention to online markets, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, trace their origin, identify their supply chain and prevent their circulation in the internal market;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, in
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent their circulation in the internal market including for products sold online;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them,
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation and develop joint actions among them, including at cross- border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom and market surveillance authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Encourages the Commission to cooperate with the Member States in order to increase the resources and expertise of
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines the importance of the Single Market Programme for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021- 2027 in order to support effective market surveillance and product safety throughout the Union, and contribute to the fight against counterfeiting, to ensure that only safe and compliant products that offer a high level of consumer protection are made available on the Union market, including those sold online, as well as to greater homogeneity and capacity of the market surveillance authorities across the Union; reiterates in this regard its call to the Commission and the Council to provide it with adequate resources and a dedicated budget line on market surveillance;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines that the introduction of counterfeit products resulting from failures in market surveillance has also negative implications for many other policy areas that are important for EU citizens, such as intellectual property protection, which are of great economic and cultural value, and urges the Commission to effectively enforce the implementation of the customs legislation and harmonise customs controls throughout the EU;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the European Union Rapid Alert System for dangerous non- food products (RAPEX), stresses the extent of the dangers to health posed by counterfeit goods, i.e. that 97% of recorded dangerous counterfeit goods were assessed as posing a serious risk, 24% of the dangerous products recorded as counterfeit posed more than one danger to users, and that the most common danger reported (32%) was related to exposure to hazardous chemicals and toxins that could cause acute or long term health issues from immediate or long term exposure;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Encourages the enhancement of the cooperation among national authorities with powers related to product safety such as consumer protection authorities, data protection authorities, cybersecurity authorities, telecoms, market surveillance, and customs authorities to ensure proper enforcement of all consumer relevant aspects related to product safety and consumer rights;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Encourages the strengthening of the mutual cooperation among national authorities and bodies related to product safety such as consumer protection authorities, cybersecurity authorities, data protection authorities and customs authorities to ensure proper enforcement of relevant aspects related to consumer rights and product safety;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Stresses that the large amount of divergences in the level and quality of controls of products from third countries, and differences in customs procedures and sanctions policies at the EU’s points of entry into the Customs Union often result, not only in trade flows’ distortions, but also in large health and safety risks for consumers in the European single market; underlines that a coordinated and harmonised approach is of vital importance in view of ensuring an uninterrupted flow of supplies of goods in all Member States, in order to address any possible shortages in an efficient and speedy manner, whilst respecting a high standard of security checks that can detect and prevent sanitary, phytosanitary and biologic risks from third country imports; insists that the Commission ensures that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Encourages the use of new technologies such as blockchain in the field of market surveillance for a better traceability of products; namely by identifying counterfeit products, further encourages the use of AI tools by market surveillance authorities, so that data analytics can be used to mitigate risk and improve surveillance whilst smoothing data cooperation;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges Member States to carry out relevant studies in order to determine whether there is a need to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector- specific mystery shopping on a regular basis
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector- specific mystery shopping on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for products presenting a serious risk, and for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex)
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges the Commission and Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector- specific mystery shopping on a regular
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector- specific mystery shopping, including from online shopping marketplaces, on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the European market surveillance system is mostly focusing on economic actors present on the European market; whereas developments in ecommerce result in high numbers of direct imports by consumers from third- countries, however many of these products do not respect European Union safety standards and thereby risk harming the consumer, who is often unaware of these hazards;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recalls that environmental and sustainability requirements in product- specific legislation are also part of the EU safety framework in order to avoid that consumers are exposed to harmful and toxic substances; Calls on the Member States to dedicate additional resources to implementation and enforcement of these requirements with the support from the Commission;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Asks the Commission to use the revision of the GPSD to clarify market surveillance authorities should contact the relevant economic operator in the following orders: EU-based authorised representative with a mandate from the manufacturer, EU-based manufacturer, importer & distributor or fulfilment service provider;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products, and to include minimum requirements on checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to require economic operators placing products on the EU market to make available to the public and to the market surveillance authorities lists of their product models, technical specifications accompanied by a picture, to prevent circumvention of controls.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on customs and market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products; calls for an obligation for non- EU economic operators to establish an authorised representative in the EU internal market for all consumer products to facilitate accountability and enhance product safety and consumer protection; furthermore calls for online marketplaces to complementarily check whether their traders from outside the EU, which target European consumers, either have appointed an authorised representative or set up a branch in the EU; urges the Commission to consider online marketplaces liable for damages and guarantees, without prejudice to seek redress to the trader a posteriori, if it’s proven they failed to verify that obligation;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls including on quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and on the origin; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls including on quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and on the origin; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls on their quality, origin and compliance to the EU regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products and to keep the ICSMS system updated;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls checking their origin, quality and conformity with the EU’s regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas traceability of products along the supply chain is essential for improving the safety and protect consumers and whereas the indication of origin, and more specifically of the country of origin, are necessary elements that contribute to this aim;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products and to scrutinise online market places more actively to increase their responsibility;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance and customs authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Remarks that no comprehensive and reliable data is available on the safety of direct imports from third countries, therefore calls on the European Commission together with Market surveillance authorities to conduct a research into the safety of products directly available to consumers on online platforms or online marketplaces from sellers in third countries;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. European consumers have noticed that dangerous products more often come from non-European countries. Products from certain non-EU countries should therefore be subject to controls by the national authorities and the Commission as a matter of priority.
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous and potentially dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements, so that companies from outside the EU which sell goods and services on the internal market are subjected to the same requirements as EU companies;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous products with them, including whether or not products are counterfeits, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous products with them, and to include provisions on market surveillance
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance-related provisions in all bilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance- related information on dangerous products
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas traceability of products along the supply chain is essential for improving the safety and protect consumers and whereas the indication of origin, and more specifically of the country of origin, are necessary elements that contribute to this aim;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Asks the Commission to explore the option, that suppliers, which are established in a third country, have to designate a legal representative, established in the Union, who can beheld accountable for the selling of products, to European consumers, which do not comply with Union rules of safety;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, data protection, cybersecurity, telecoms, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products; urges the Commission, within the framework provided by Regulation 2019/1020, to enable the use of the Information and Communication System on Market Surveillance (ICSMS), which should run in parallel with the Common Risk Management System (CRMS) system, in order to increase the level of cooperation and exchange of information between Member States and the Commission;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and coordination of enforcement measures, and to make available to the public information about controls and sanctions, including a Union-wide blacklist of economic operators who are repeatedly found to intentionally infringe EU legislation;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level,
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and on quality checks of the manufacturing process of products coming from outside the EU that should be in compliance with the EU regulatory framework;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, including counterfeits;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Urges the Commission to improve and increase, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) - having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the precautionary principle should remain the guiding principle of the EU product safety legislation allowing competent authorities to take appropriate precautionary measures in case of serious doubt;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their cooperation in order to harmonize both, governance and powers of the market surveillance authorities; insists that in order to avoid disproportionate burden and obstacles to business activity, this harmonization process has to be done taking into account the proportionality principle, especially concerning the powers exercised by the market surveillance authorities and their effective independence;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their cooperation in order to harmonize both, governance and powers of the market surveillance authorities; insists that in order to avoid disproportionate burden and obstacles to business activity, this harmonization process has to be done taking into account the proportionality principle, especially concerning the powers exercised by the market surveillance authorities and their effective independence;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses the importance for Member States of strengthening cooperation and further harmonizing governance and powers of the respective market surveillance authorities, in order to reduce the current fragmentation of enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation, potentially compromising the level playing field among businesses and creating potential imbalances in the level of product safety throughout the Union;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Underlines that access to the relevant documentation is key for market surveillances activities to perform their activities and assess the compliance of products with relevant safety rules; Stresses that for AI-embedded products and connected devices, it is essential to provide access to market surveillance authorities to software documentation, data sets and algorithmic-decision making;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Reiterates its call for funding under the MFF Single Market Programme of activities to support and strengthen market surveillance authorities in their tasks across the internal market and ensure uniform enforcement of the rules;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Expects the Commission to prioritise product safety in its action plan for customs as customs are of paramount importance for the efficient enforcement of EU consumer protection; calls therefore on Member States to allocate sufficient resources to their customs services and urges on the interinstitutional negotiating parties to prevent decreasing budgets for the MFF Customs Programmes;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Urges the Commission to further harmonise the methodology and criteria for assessing risks in all Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for all economic operators; calls on the Commission to take any appropriate measures to prevent the availability of products posing a serious risk, in order to ensure a high level of protection of the public interest, when there is evidence that the risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member State;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Urges the Commission to further harmonise the methodology and criteria for assessing risks in all Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for all economic operators;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Reaffirms that the resources allocated to customs should not be used for other purposes than the surveillance of goods;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas recent research from European Consumer Organisations has shown that 66% of products sold on online marketplaces does not comply with European safety standards;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Asks for the Commission to apply to online marketplaces rules that cover all entities that offer products to consumers in the Union, including if they are established outside the Union in order to better tackle the sale of unsafe products;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the Product Safety 7 7 Pledge for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the Product Safety 7 7 Pledge for online marketplaces,
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes the positive contributions and possibilities online market places are bringing to retailers and customers alike; highlights the need for a level playing field between EU and third country platforms when it comes to compliance with EU rules on product safety and consumer rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that third country marketplaces selling products to EU consumers are subject to the same due care requirements and liability rules that apply to similar EU economic actors, namely importers, distributors and sellers; urges the Commission to explore ways in which contributions to Extended Producer Responsibility schemes by third country sellers could be increased.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Is concerned about the amount of unsafe products being sold on online market places; urges the Commission, in cooperation with consumer organisations, to better inform consumers about European safety standards and the possible dangers of purchasing products from third countries on online marketplaces;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas product safety by design and by default is fundamental because safety in the design phase can hugely impact the safety of products on the market;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Encourages online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Notes that online market places are often used to sell counterfeit products from third countries; asks the Commission to include the fight against the practice of selling of counterfeit products as a priority in the creation of a legal framework on the responsibility and liability of online market places;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Asks the Commission to ensure that online marketplaces
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Asks the Commission to ensure that online marketplaces
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Asks
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Asks online marketplaces to enhance their cooperation,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the number of dangerous products notified through the European Safety Gate remains too high as do the sales of dangerous and non-compliant products in brick-and-mortar shops and on online market places, according to the evidence obtained by consumer organizations, to keep consumers safe in the EU internal market;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Urges the Commission
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex alerting them that a product has been notified in the system in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex, provided that the latter is modernised and made compatible, for example through an application programme interface, in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to enhance the interrelation and interaction between national and EU databases on illegal unsafe products in order to create useful synergies and favour the information flow across the single market;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to enhance the interrelation and interaction between national and EU databases on illegal unsafe products in order to create useful synergies and favour the information flow across the single market;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide reliable information to consumers and guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, in order to protect consumers;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide reliable information to consumers and guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, in order to protect consumers;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and in particular with product safety rules, contributes to guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process and ultimately the safety of products;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products; stresses that such an opinion should be accompanied by a thorough assessment of the impact of such provisions, including potential costs for online marketplaces;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to provide consumers with reliable information, guaranteeing the quality and safety of products sold online;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide consumers with reliable information and guarantee the safety of products sold online;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to block misleading advertisements of these products;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to consider and assess if a timely procedure for blocking the payments for unsafe products sold online, could be an effective tool for improving actions to contrast the online sale of unsafe products;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to consider and assess if a timely procedure for blocking the payments for unsafe products sold online, could be an effective tool for improving actions to contrast the online sale of unsafe products;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on Member States to improve the connection and interaction between existing national and European public databases of illegal and unsafe products;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance coherence and interaction between European and national public databases on illegal products.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and in particular with product safety rules, contributes to guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process and ultimately the safety of products;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission to
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission to
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Considers that standardisation work should take into consideration sustainability aspects when developing product standards in order to prevent the use of harmful and toxic substances posing a serious risk from the design stage to maintain a high-level of safety for consumers;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Stresses that the safety of products should be a priority for the Commission in updating the legislation in order to cover security risks generated by connected products and the risks to be hacked.
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products and consumer protection, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to assess how the use of new technologies, such as QR codes on product packaging, could enhance consumer information on key aspects of the product, such as its origin; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the General Safety Product directive was adopted back in 2001 and consumers’ purchasing habits changed consequently since according to the growing e-commerce sales rates;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, whether on traditional markets or sold online, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly, in order to make stating the geographical origin of non-agricultural products obligatory;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety and quality of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Insists on the importance of providing relevant information to consumers to improve the product safety within the internal market, including by supplementing the basic traceability requirements with necessary elements such as the indication of the country of origin of a product according to the non- preferential origin rules of the EU Customs Code; calls on the Commission to consider the setting up an EU mandatory system to that aim; underlines that this objective should be pursued also with the support of digital technologies;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Insists on the importance of providing relevant information to consumers to improve the product safety within the internal market, including by supplementing the basic traceability requirements with necessary elements such as the indication of the country of origin of a product; calls on the Commission to consider the setting up an EU mandatory system to that aim; underlines that this objective should be pursued also with the support of digital technologies;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Stresses that the lack of EU mandatory rules on origin labelling of products and their main components generates uncertainty to consumers who are often misled by the packaging itself; points out that an EU effective and binding traceability system would ensure a higher level of consumer safety for all products placed on the EU market;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Considers that a label stating unambiguously the geographical origin of a given product and how it has been manufactured, would protect companies, jobs and consumers, as it would lessen the likelihood of fraud and counterfeit goods;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Stresses that product traceability throughout the supply chain is essential for informing consumers about the social and environmental safety and the impact of products and their production;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; underlines the application of blockchain notably in strengthening the certainty of both the provenance and the intellectual property rights of goods, thereby reducing the risk of illicit goods, including fake and counterfeit goods, entering the supply chain;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; the development of solid and reliable electronic information would make checks by market supervisory authorities simpler and more effective;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation or using the webcrawler tool;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the European single market can only thrive if consumer rights are properly and effectively protected;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Asks the Commission to evaluate
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Acknowledges, that the success of any product or innovation stands and falls with the trust placed in its quality and safety and that the EU’s goal must be to ensure this trust, especially in an increasingly digital networked world; encourages the European Commission to further develop the established and successful quality infrastructure, consisting of metrology, standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, in consultation with all partners involved, to meet these new challenges;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Highlights that many standards do not address how men and women may be impacted in different ways by standards which might lead for certain categories of products, such as protective equipment, to discrepancies in terms of safety; Welcomes the signature by over 50 standardisation bodies of the Declaration on Gender Responsive Standards and standards development to address this gender gap; and urges the Commission to include gender-mainstreaming aspects in its standardisation work;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 a (new) 29a. Encourages the Commission to further develop the established infrastructure consisting of metrology, standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, in consultation with all partners involved, to meet the new challenges associated with emerging technologies;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs, and in particular for micro enterprises;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Asks retailers
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas according to evidence gathered by consumer organisations further to a mystery -shopping performed in 2019 on online marketplaces, about two-third of the products purchased online were non-compliant or unsafe;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate information is available to consumers, asks the Commission to assess how new technologies and algorithms can make this process more effective and ensure that a larger number of affected consumers are reached;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate and reliable information is available to consumers;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) 31a. Urges the Commission to develop legislation obliging online marketplaces, given their direct communication with consumers, to inform consumers in case they bought an unsafe or otherwise non- compliant product from their online marketplace;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls, to increase product registration rates so that consumers affected can be more easily identified, even for cross-border purchases, and to enable economic operators to use data - such as loyalty schemes - to reach consumers without infringing GDPR rules; calls on consumer associations to strengthen their cooperation with market surveillance authorities on recall procedures by showing the products identified as unsafe in Rapex on their websites;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to foresee a
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on Commission and Member States to foresee a
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on Member States to foresee a
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas in the EU a high number of counterfeit goods were reported as dangerous and posed a serious risk to consumers health and safety;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU)No .../2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas the amount of consumer protection should not depend on whether a consumer shops online or in a physical shop;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas voluntary initiatives from digital platforms and online market places have not resulted in sufficient protection of their consumers and therefore a more extensive regulatory framework is needed to ensure platform responsibility and liability;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas it is unacceptable that Union consumers are exposed to illegal and unsafe products, that go from containing dangerous chemicals to unsafe software and to other safety hazards;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new) Be. whereas it is essential to ensure that consumers can really benefit from the internal market;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas the precautionary principle, as laid down in Article 191(2) TFEU and outlined inter alia in the Commission Communication of 2 February 2000entitled "On the precautionary principle", is important for the safety of products and consumers and should be taken into due account when laying down the criteria for assessing the safety of a product;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas applying the precautionary principle means that consumers will be given the benefit of the doubt and products, which might jeopardize their safety will be removed from the market faster;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B h (new) Bh. whereas it is practically impossible to adopt Union legislation for all consumer products that exist or may be developed, and therefore there is a need for a legislative framework of a horizontal nature to act as a safety net and ensure consumer protection not otherwise ensured, in particular with a view to achieving a high level of protection of health and safety of consumers, as required by Articles 114, 169 and 191 TFEU;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products, needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products sold online and from outside the EU;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; notes that the application of products based on AI, the internet of things or robotics offers solutions that help to combat current and future crises that undermine Europe's strategic position; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions both within the product safety framework, and within the Union Product Compliance Network;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU)No … /2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety and anti-counterfeiting framework;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the precautionary principle should be the cornerstone of the GPSD revision;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Draws attention to the existing asymmetry in citizens' access to information on the processes by which advanced algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems make decisions; stresses that AI offers more opportunities than threats, as do other breakthrough technologies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age in order to ensure a level playing field and improve product safety;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update and establish aligned market surveillance rules
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continuously improve the part of the public administration that will be responsible for regulating and implementing future legislation on breakthrough technologies; notes the risk of a significant asymmetry arising between the development dynamics of selected products and the ability of the public administration to assess them;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world to tackle emerging risks and threats for the safety to consumers and protect their financial interests, such as privacy and security, including cybersecurity; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to its interim Report of 14 November 2018 on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027,1a __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0449.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world, including in terms of consumer protection and removing potential barriers to the development of breakthrough technologies; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation; considers the need to establish a dedicated expert group that would offer an innovative approach to the revision of regulations:
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation and ensuring consistency and coherence among all different initiatives;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that consumers' health and safety is put at risk through a very high number of dangerous products that freely circulate in the EU as safety rules on chemicals and other toxic substances in products are missing, not properly enforced ,or need to be reviewed for a stricter framework; therefore calls on the Commission to take additional regulatory measures to eliminate toxic chemicals and substances from consumer products which is a pre-condition for a safe circular economy;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD in coordination with potential revision of other legislative frameworks such as the Product Liability Directive (PLD), so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’, the term ‘defect’ and the issues pertaining to damage liability and reverse burden of proof, as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand- alone software and software or updates which entail
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on a longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies,2a __________________ 2a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0287.
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product; urges the Commission to prioritise consumer rights and legal certainty for consumers while revising the GPSD;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it takes into account the negligible physical character of products, in order to reflect
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including AI, IoT and robotics embedded products, stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD and the Product Liability Directive so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term “safe product”, as part of the revision of the GPSD, in order for it to also apply to products that use software or emerging technologies in an unsafe manner;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the nature of products, and have an impact on their safety after they have been placed on the market, in particular as a result of software updates or in the case of self-learning technology
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Proposes that the issue of changing the certification period for evolutionary products be resolved by considering compliance reviews, with certification and warranty, which would be renewed over time during the lifetime of the product; suggests that the proper conduct of these reviews should be duly notified to consumers when purchasing the product, for example by means of a form to be signed, without prejudice to the legal liability applicable in the event of a refusal to sign; stresses that these reviews must enable monitoring of how the evolving system is developing and of the safeguarding of its security over time; considers that the issue of certification standards should be considered in the Commission text; calls for the decision about whether the reviews should be entrusted to the manufacturer, the national regulatory authority, third-party certifiers, or more than one of these together should be left to the Member States; also calls for clarity on what the consequences of a lack of monitoring would be;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; regrets, at the same time, that the Commission has decided to use the proposed recommendations selectively in its strategies; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on the single market strategy,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; to support the trustworthiness through standardised certificates, reflecting an external auditing process, informing consumers about the safety and security of AI and products where these are embedded; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that a
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition but also quality-, transparency- and debiasing requirements, especially on the data sets used, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty and weaken the EU’s economic competitiveness;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the protection of consumers, the trust of citizens and businesses
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of sustainability of products for enhancing their safety though their entire life cycle. Welcomes in this respect the Circular Economy Action Plan and the intention of the Commission to come up with specific measures that will address the need to improve product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability, as well as to tackle the premature obsolescence of products; stresses furthermore the importance of providing consumers with reliable information about products at the point of sale, including on their lifespan and other environmental performance.
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the Commission's Communication (COM(2019)168) taking into account the seven key requirements set out in the guidelines of the High Level Expert Group; feels that basing further regulatory work and the shaping of ethical habits in AI discipline on this foundation will bring benefits at European and global level, given the OECD's consideration of these requirements;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the Commission should screen the existing AI standards in place and consult with businesses and other stakeholders to understand which new standards are needed, should carry out a periodic assessment of the European regulatory framework related to AI in order to ensure the product safety, consumer and data protection;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that AI systems, whether stand alone or embedded in the product, should use high quality and unbiased data sets, as well as explainable, unbiased, transparent and auditable algorithms, in order to be trustworthy and promote consumer protection;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses that the Commission should find ways to use AI technology and blockchain for the benefit of the product safety by for instance the creation of complex interoperable databases regarding the real physical and psychological damage inflicted on the consumer by unsafe products raising awareness for both the consumers and the producers and thus lead to the improvement of the products
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission, when planning legislation on AI, to consider the investment approach, leaving the regulatory approach only to those areas where intervention is necessary to reduce negative social impacts, promote legal certainty and ensure harmonisation of rules within the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) - having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on the single market strategy,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Considers that the harmonisation of safety rules for products based on breakthrough technologies represents not only a boost to entrepreneurship, but also a more effective and fairer form of consumer protection throughout the single market;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where the
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to jointly develop measures, together with the relevant economic sectors and social organisations, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where the
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro-enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade and whereas the single market needs to be further equipped at its “external borders” with more effective, stronger and harmonized tools in order to detect unsafe products coming from third countries and prevent their circulation in the single market;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the Commission to propose European benchmarks for 'regulatory sandboxes', drawing on the rich experience of individual Member States; notes that 'regulatory sandboxes' make it possible to verify the compliance of a product with the applicable legislation in a modern way, thereby minimising the risk of harmful effects of modern technology, for example on fundamental rights; points out that creating a single environment for testing and improving technologies such as AI will help European businesses to overcome the barrier of fragmentation of the Single Market and to effectively exploit growth potential throughout the EU;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that the lack of enforcement means, in practical terms, that products imported directly to consumers from non-EU countries through online platforms do not require the same level of compliance, as if the products where bought through the traditional chain where an EU-importer or distributor buys the products from a supplier and sell it to European consumers. Is of the opinions that the current gaps in the existing legal framework affect negatively the competitiveness of European companies, in particular SMEs and the rights of European consumers.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. underlines that European SMEs must not be adversely affected by obligations and rules on product safety that may entail a disproportionate burden, and calls the Commission to support them and to explore solutions that ensure a stable, predictable and properly regulated environment in which SMEs can conduct their businesses and keep their competitiveness in the European Single Market;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the fact that the connectivity of products can lead to new safety and security risks; urges the Commission to thoroughly reassess the potential risks of connected products and adapt the application of conformity assessment modules for those products with a substantially increased risk level;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recognises the significant role that Digital Innovation Hubs can play in simultaneously acting as an intermediary between the regulator and the company, and in assisting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to adapt to new technology legislation while also facilitating market entry;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 source: 652.340
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