2011/0001(COD)

Consumer protection: cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (amend. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004)

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Amendments (4)
History

2011/0001(COD) Consumer protection: cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (amend. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004)

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	IMCO	REPO Mitro (S&D)	BUSUTTIL Simon (EPP), ROCHEFORT Robert (ALDE), RÜHLE Heide (Verts/ALE), SALVINI Matteo (EFD)
Opinion	JURI

Lead committee dossier: IMCO/7/04962
Legal Basis TFEU TFEU 114-p1

Subjects

Links

Activites

2011/10/04 Final act published in Official Journal
- Regulation 2011/954
- OJ L 259 04.10.2011, p. 0001
2011/09/14 Final act signed
2011/09/13 End of procedure in Parliament
2011/07/27 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2011/07/27 CSL Final Adoption
2011/07/15 CSL Final Agreement
2011/07/05 Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T7-0309/2011 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted by 654 votes to 10, with 1 abstention, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. It adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. The amended text introduces a review clause: by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in the Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all relevant stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- Results of vote in Parliament
2011/07/05 Commission response to text adopted in plenary
- SP(2011)8072/2
- DG Health and Consumers, DALLI John
2011/05/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
- A7-0201/2011
- IMCO IMCO/7/04962 REPO Mitro S&D
- JURI
2011/05/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- IMCO IMCO/7/04962 REPO Mitro S&D
- JURI
2011/05/05 Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
- CES0793/2011
2011/04/19 Deadline Amendments
2011/04/01 Committee draft report
- PE462.561
2011/01/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- IMCO IMCO/7/04962 REPO Mitro S&D
- JURI
2011/01/03 EP officialisation
2011/01/03 Legislative proposal
- COM(2010)0791 summary
  
  PURPOSE: to update the contents of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 aims to abolish the barriers to cross-border cooperation between public enforcement authorities to detect, investigate and bring about the cessation or prohibition of intra-EU infringements of the laws which protect consumers' interests to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market. Applicable as of 29th December 2005, the Regulation achieves this aim by creating an enforcement cooperation network between public enforcement authorities and thus increasing consumer confidence in taking up cross-border offers, and preventing sellers and suppliers from evading enforcement to the competitive detriment of law-abiding sellers and suppliers. The network established by the Regulation monitors and enforces legislation which protects consumers' interests. The legislation which falls into the scope of the network is listed in the Annex referred to in Article 3(a) of the Regulation. The amendment of the Annex will consist of the removal from the Annex of legislation which is not relevant for consumer protection cooperation and the updating of references to old legislation which is no longer in force by references to the current legislation in the field of consumer protection. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: since the proposed amending Regulation does not have significant economic, social and environmental impacts, an impact assessment is not necessary. LEGAL BASE: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the overall goals of the proposed amending regulation are to ensure that Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws remains efficient and continues to guarantee that there is no discrimination between intra-EU and national transactions as to the effectiveness with which infringements are pursued by the competent national authorities. To achieve these goals, the proposed amending regulation has as its objective to update the contents of the Annex to the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. The proposal deletes obsolete legislation referred to in the Annex and replaces them with references to legislation currently in force. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget.
- DG Health and Consumers, DALLI John

Documents

Legislative proposal published: COM(2010)0791
Committee draft report: PE462.561
Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0793/2011
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0201/2011
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0309/2011
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2011)8072/2
: Regulation 2011/954
: OJ L 259 04.10.2011, p. 0001

Votes

A7-0201/2011 - Mitro Repo - Legislative resolution

2011/07/05

Position	Total	ALDE	ECR	EFD	GUE/NGL	NI	PPE	S&D	Verts/ALE	correctional
For	654	82	49	17	29	21	242	164	50	0
Against	10	0	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	1
Abstain	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Amendments	Dossier
4	2011/0001(COD) Consumer protection: cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (amend. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004) 2011/04/19 IMCO 4 amendments... Amendment 3 # Robert ROCHEFORT Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 10 a (new) (10a) It is necessary to assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and examine in detail the possible inclusion in its Annex of all laws that protect consumers' interests, with a view to broadening the scope of that regulation and providing national law-enforcement authorities with improved means of detecting, investigating and halting or preventing breaches of the law which harm the collective interests of consumers in cross-border situations. To that end, the Commission should submit as soon as possible, and at all events by 31 December 2014 at the latest, a report to the European Parliament and the Council based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all stakeholders and accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. Amendment 4 # Mitro REPO Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 10 a (new) (10a) It is necessary to assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in its Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests, with a view to a possible revision of that Regulation aimed at providing public enforcement authorities with improved means to effectively detect, investigate and bring about the cessation or prohibition of infringements harming the collective interests of consumers in cross-border situations. To that end, the Commission should submit as soon as possible, and in any event by the end of 2014, a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal. Amendment 5 # Robert ROCHEFORT Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article -1 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 Article 21 a (new) Article -1a In Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, the following Article is inserted: "Article 21a As soon as possible, and at all events by 31 December 2014 at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and examine in detail the possible inclusion in its scope of all legislative acts that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and broad consultation of all stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal." Amendment 6 # Mitro REPO Proposal for a regulation – amending act Article -1 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 Article 21 a (new) Article -1a In Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, the following Article is inserted: "Article 21a By 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in its Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal." source: PE-462.909

Amendments

Dossier

2011/0001(COD) Consumer protection: cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (amend. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004)

2011/04/19 IMCO 4 amendments...

Amendment 3 #

Robert ROCHEFORT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) It is necessary to assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and examine in detail the possible inclusion in its Annex of all laws that protect consumers' interests, with a view to broadening the scope of that regulation and providing national law-enforcement authorities with improved means of detecting, investigating and halting or preventing breaches of the law which harm the collective interests of consumers in cross-border situations. To that end, the Commission should submit as soon as possible, and at all events by 31 December 2014 at the latest, a report to the European Parliament and the Council based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all stakeholders and accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.

Amendment 4 #

Mitro REPO

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) It is necessary to assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in its Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests, with a view to a possible revision of that Regulation aimed at providing public enforcement authorities with improved means to effectively detect, investigate and bring about the cessation or prohibition of infringements harming the collective interests of consumers in cross-border situations. To that end, the Commission should submit as soon as possible, and in any event by the end of 2014, a report to the European Parliament and the Council, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.

Amendment 5 #

Robert ROCHEFORT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article -1 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004
Article 21 a (new)

Article -1a In Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, the following Article is inserted: "Article 21a As soon as possible, and at all events by 31 December 2014 at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and examine in detail the possible inclusion in its scope of all legislative acts that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and broad consultation of all stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal."

Amendment 6 #

Mitro REPO

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article -1 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004
Article 21 a (new)

Article -1a In Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, the following Article is inserted: "Article 21a By 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in its Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal."

source: PE-462.909

History

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

2012-02-09

activities	added	body EP date 2011-01-03 type EP officialisation date 2011-01-03 docs text PURPOSE: to update the contents of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 aims to abolish the barriers to cross-border cooperation between public enforcement authorities to detect, investigate and bring about the cessation or prohibition of intra-EU infringements of the laws which protect consumers' interests to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market. Applicable as of 29th December 2005, the Regulation achieves this aim by creating an enforcement cooperation network between public enforcement authorities and thus increasing consumer confidence in taking up cross-border offers, and preventing sellers and suppliers from evading enforcement to the competitive detriment of law-abiding sellers and suppliers. The network established by the Regulation monitors and enforces legislation which protects consumers' interests. The legislation which falls into the scope of the network is listed in the Annex referred to in Article 3(a) of the Regulation. The amendment of the Annex will consist of the removal from the Annex of legislation which is not relevant for consumer protection cooperation and the updating of references to old legislation which is no longer in force by references to the current legislation in the field of consumer protection. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: since the proposed amending Regulation does not have significant economic, social and environmental impacts, an impact assessment is not necessary. LEGAL BASE: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the overall goals of the proposed amending regulation are to ensure that Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws remains efficient and continues to guarantee that there is no discrimination between intra-EU and national transactions as to the effectiveness with which infringements are pursued by the competent national authorities. To achieve these goals, the proposed amending regulation has as its objective to update the contents of the Annex to the Regulation on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. The proposal deletes obsolete legislation referred to in the Annex and replaces them with references to legislation currently in force. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget. celexid CELEX:52010PC0791:EN type Legislative proposal published title COM(2010)0791 body EC commission DG Health and Consumers Commissioner DALLI John type Legislative proposal date 2011-01-18 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP shadows group EPP name BUSUTTIL Simon group ALDE name ROCHEFORT Robert group Verts/ALE name RÜHLE Heide group EFD name SALVINI Matteo responsible True committee IMCO date 2011-02-04 committee_full Internal Market and Consumer Protection rapporteur group S&D name REPO Mitro body EP responsible False committee_full Legal Affairs committee JURI date 2011-04-01 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE462.561 type Committee draft report title PE462.561 body EP type Committee draft report body EP date 2011-04-19 type Deadline Amendments date 2011-05-05 docs url http://eescopinions.eesc.europa.eu/eescopiniondocument.aspx?language=EN&docnr=0793&year=2011 title CES0793/2011 type Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report celexid CELEX:52011AE0793:EN body ESOC type Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report date 2011-05-25 text The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the report drafted by Mitro REPO (S&D, FI) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. It recommended that the European Parliament's position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should be to amend the Commission proposal. Members introduce a review clause stipulating that by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in its Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal. body EP committees body EP shadows group EPP name BUSUTTIL Simon group ALDE name ROCHEFORT Robert group Verts/ALE name RÜHLE Heide group EFD name SALVINI Matteo responsible True committee IMCO date 2011-02-04 committee_full Internal Market and Consumer Protection rapporteur group S&D name REPO Mitro body EP responsible False committee_full Legal Affairs committee JURI type Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date 2011-05-31 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-0201&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A7-0201/2011 body EP committees body EP shadows group EPP name BUSUTTIL Simon group ALDE name ROCHEFORT Robert group Verts/ALE name RÜHLE Heide group EFD name SALVINI Matteo responsible True committee IMCO date 2011-02-04 committee_full Internal Market and Consumer Protection rapporteur group S&D name REPO Mitro body EP responsible False committee_full Legal Affairs committee JURI type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading date 2011-07-05 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-0309 text The European Parliament adopted by 654 votes to 10, with 1 abstention, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. It adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure. The amendments adopted in plenary are the result of a compromise negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council. The amended text introduces a review clause: by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in the Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all relevant stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal. This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0309/2011 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=20172&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading date 2011-07-05 docs type Commission response to text adopted in plenary title SP(2011)8072/2 body EC commission DG Health and Consumers Commissioner DALLI John type Commission response to text adopted in plenary body CSL date 2011-07-15 type CSL Final Agreement date 2011-07-27 body type Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading body CSL date 2011-07-27 type CSL Final Adoption date 2011-09-13 body EP type End of procedure in Parliament date 2011-09-14 body type Final act signed date 2011-10-04 text PURPOSE: to update the contents of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) No 954/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. CONTENT: following an agreement with the European Parliament at first reading, the Council adopted a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation to reflect recent legislative developments in the field of consumer protection. The amending Regulation seeks to maintain the effectiveness of Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 with regard to cooperation between the national authorities responsible for the application of consumer protection legislation, but also to ensure that the Regulation continues to guarantee that there is no discrimination between intra-EU and national transactions as far as the effectiveness with which the transactions are undertaken by the competent national authorities is concerned. To achieve these objectives, the new Regulation seeks to update the content of the Regulation's annex in such a way as to reflect recent developments in consumer protection legislation. From a practical point of view, the redundant provisions in the annex are deleted and replaced by up-to-date references to the new legislation. The amending Regulation introduces a revision clause: by 31 December 2014, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council which shall assess the effectiveness and operational mechanisms of this Regulation and thoroughly examine the possible inclusion in the Annex of additional laws that protect consumers' interests. The report shall be based on an external evaluation and extended consultation of all relevant stakeholders, and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 07/10/2011. type Final act published in Official Journal docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011R0954 title Regulation 2011/954 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:259:SOM:EN:HTML title OJ L 259 04.10.2011, p. 0001
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links	added	National parliaments url http://www.ipex.eu/IPEXL-WEB/dossier/dossier.do?code=COD&year=2011&number=0001&appLng=EN title IPEX European Commission url http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/liste_resultats.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COD&DocYear=2011&DocNum=0001 title PreLex
other	added	body EC dg Health and Consumers commissioner DALLI John
procedure	added	dossier_of_the_committee IMCO/7/04962 reference 2011/0001(COD) subtype Legislation legal_basis Treaty on the Functioning of the EU TFEU 114-p1 stage_reached Procedure completed instrument Regulation title Consumer protection: cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (amend. Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004) type COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision) final url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011R0954 title Regulation 2011/954 subject 4.60.06 Consumers' economic and legal interests 7.40.02 Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters

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