Catherine STIHLER
Constituencies
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United Kingdom
Labour Party
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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United Kingdom
Labour Party
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
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United Kingdom
Labour Party
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
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United Kingdom
Labour Party
1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
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United Kingdom
Labour Party
1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Groups
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S&D
Member
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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PSE
Member
Socialist Group in the European Parliament
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
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PSE
Member
Group of the Party of European Socialists
1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
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PSE
Member
Group of the Party of European Socialists
1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
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PSE
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Socialist Group in the European Parliament
2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2010/10/07 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2010/09/29 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the United States | 2009/09/16 | 2010/10/06 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 2010/10/06 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2002/02/06 | 2004/04/30 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee | 1999/10/06 | 2002/01/14 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee | 1999/10/06 | 2002/01/14 |
| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2002/02/06 | 2004/04/30 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2004/09/15 | 2009/07/13 |
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Rapporteur
| Opinion | 2012/0175(COD) | Insurance mediation. Recast |
| Shadow | 2012/0082(COD) | Single Market: simplifying the transfer of motor vehicles registered in another Member State |
| Opinion | 2011/2071(INI) | European semester for economic policy coordination |
| Opinion | 2009/2229(INI) | Internet governance: the next steps |
| Shadow | 2009/2138(INI) | SOLVIT |
| Responsible | 2008/0098(COD) | Construction products: harmonised conditions for the marketing (repeal. Directive 89/106/EEC) |
| Responsible | 2007/0114(CNS) | Fisheries: authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and access of third country vessels to Community waters (amend. Regulation (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 2847/93, repeal. Regulation (EC) No 3317/94) |
| Responsible | 2005/0045(CNS) | Common Fisheries Policy CFP: Community financial measures for the implementation of the Fisheries Policy and of the Law of the Sea 2007-2013 |
| Responsible | 2003/0090(CNS) | Conservation of fishery resources: cod, stock recovery |
| Responsible | 2002/2171(COS) | Health protection: breast implants, Community and national measures |
| Opinion | 2001/2068(INI) | Silicone mammary implants |
| Responsible | 2001/0801(CNS) | Public health: drinking of alcohol by children and adolescents. Recommendation |
| Responsible | 2001/0299(CNS) | Conservation of fishery resources: cod and hake, stock recovery |
Born
1973/07/30 Bellshill- MA (Hons.) Geography and International Relations, St Andrews University (1996); M.Litt. (International Security Studies), St Andrews University (1998). Political advisor to Anne Begg MP (1997-1999).
- Member of Unite trade union. Member of the Co-op Party.
- In the Labour Party: Youth representative on the Scottish Executive Committee (1993-1995); Youth representative on the National Executive Committee (1995-1997); Parliamentary Candidate, Angus constituency (1997). Labour candidate, Dunfermline and West Fife by-election (2006).
- In the European Parliamentary Labour Party: health spokesperson (1999-2004); fisheries spokesperson (1999-2004); fisheries and regional development spokesperson (2004-2009); Deputy Leader (2004-2006).
- Editor of the Parliament Magazine (2002-2011 ).
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2008/0098(COD) Construction products: harmonised conditions for the marketing (repeal. Directive 89/106/EEC)
2010/10/19
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 119 #
Council position Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. The CE marking shall be followed by the two last digits of the year in which it was first affixed, the name
source: PE-450.931
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2008/0196(COD) Consumer rights (amend. Directives 93/13/EEC and 1999/44/EC; repeal. Directives 85/577/EEC and 97/7/EC)
2010/10/25
IMCO
54 amendments...
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 50 a (new) (50a) Requiring a consumer to purchase ancillary goods or services not advertised in the price of the main contract should be presumed to be unfair. Contingent charges, such as penalties for breaching the contract terms, should be presumed to be unfair where they are clearly disproportionate to the costs incurred by the trader.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (1) "consumer" means any natural person who, in contracts covered by this Directive, is acting for purposes which are primarily outside his trade, business, craft or profession; Member States may maintain or extend the application of the rules of this Directive to legal or natural persons which are not 'consumers' in the meaning of the previous paragraph.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 (2) "trader" means any natural or legal person and anyone acting in the name or on behalf of the trader, irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned who, in contracts covered by this Directive, is acting for purposes relating to this person's trade, business, craft or profession
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part (4) "goods" means any tangible
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a Amendment 438 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point b Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 and paragraph 1 a (new) 1. Member States may
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) Unless indicated differently in the respective provisions in this Directive, Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions, compatible with the Treaty in the field covered by this Directive, to ensure a higher level of consumer protection.
Amendment 549 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new) Where Member States maintain or introduce more stringent provisions to ensure a higher level of consumer protection in the field harmonised by this directive, these provisions must be compatible with the Treaty and must be notified to the Commission. The Commission shall make that information public on a website or in another easily accessible way.
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1c (new) The rights resulting from this Directive shall be exercised without prejudice to other rights which the consumer may invoke under the national rules governing contractual or non-contractual liability.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 a (new) Article 4a New Harmonisation With regard to articles 5-7, unless indicated differently in this Directive, Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions, compatible with the Treaty in the field covered by this Directive, to ensure a higher level of consumer protection. Member States may not maintain or introduce, in their national law, provisions diverging from those laid down in this Chapter, except as provided for in articles 9, 10, 11, Article 13 paragraph 2, Article 19 and 20.
Amendment 578 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the geographical address of the place of business and the identity of the trader, such as his trading name and,
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) the final price inclusive of taxes, or where the nature of the product means that the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance, the manner in which the price is calculated, as well as, where appropriate, all additional freight, delivery or postal charges or, where these charges cannot reasonably be calculated in advance, the fact that such additional charges may be payable; In case of an open-ended contract, the final price shall mean the total monthly costs.
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) contact details including the telephone number and any other means of distance communication enabling the consumer to contact and communicate with the trader rapidly and directly.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) the existence, or the asence thereof, of a right of withdrawal,
Amendment 709 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (aa) The identity of the representative of the seller in the country of residence of the consumer, where appropriate;
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 818 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 5 Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 2 Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The withdrawal period ends fourteen days after the latest of the following times: a) the time of conclusion of the contract; b) the time when the entitled party receives from the other party adequate information on the right of withdrawal; or c) if the subject-matter of the contract is the delivery of goods, the time when the goods are received. d) if the subject-matter of the contract is a mixed-contract (both goods and services) the time when the latest event takes place (delivery of the good or provision of the service starts)
Amendment 859 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 4 Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 If the trader has not provided the consumer with the information on the right of withdrawal in breach of Articles
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. The trader shall reimburse any payment
Amendment 914 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 2 Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The co
Amendment 938 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2 2. The consumer
Amendment 949 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. For services contracts, the consumer is liable for any reasonable costs incurred up to the point of withdrawal only when he expressly requested the early performance of the contract.
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2b (new) 2b. Except as provided in this Article, the consumer does not incur any liability through the exercise of the right of withdrawal.
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) the supply of
Amendment 1048 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1055 #
Proposal for a directive Article 20 a (new) Article 20a With regard to articles 21-29a, unless indicated differently in this Directive, Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions, compatible with the Treaty in the field covered by this Directive, to ensure a higher level of consumer protection.
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a directive Article 23 a (new) Article 23a Payment means 1. Traders shall offer consumers at least one means of payment free of charge. 2. Member States shall prohibit traders to charge consumers with fees that exceed the cost born by the trader for the use of such means.
Amendment 1150 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) they are fit for the purposes for which goods of the same type are normally used
Amendment 1155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) they show the quality and performance which are normal in goods of the same type including the consideration of the purpose, the appearance and finish, the freedom from minor defects and the durability of the product, availability of after-sales services and of spare parts, the conformity to legal requirements regarding the safety of goods, and which the consumer can reasonably expect, given the nature of the goods and taking into account any public statements on the specific characteristics of the goods made about them by the trader, the producer or his representative, particularly in advertising or on labelling.
Amendment 1194 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. 1. As provided for in paragraphs 2 to 5, where the goods do not conform to the contract, the consumer
Amendment 1204 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a (a)
Amendment 1215 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b (b)
Amendment 1217 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) replacement,
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point c (c)
Amendment 1250 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 1269 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part 4.
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a directive Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point d (d) the same or another defect has reappeared
Amendment 1343 #
Proposal for a directive Article 28 – paragraph 2 2. When the trader has remedied the lack of conformity by rep
Amendment 1350 #
Proposal for a directive Article 28 – paragraph 3 Amendment 1356 #
Proposal for a directive Article 28 – paragraph 4 Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a directive Article 28 – paragraph 5 5. Unless proved otherwise, any lack of conformity which becomes apparent within
Amendment 1413 #
Proposal for a directive Article 29 c (new) With regard to articles 30-39, Member States may adopt or maintain in force more stringent provisions, compatible with the Treaty in the field covered by this Directive, to ensure a higher level of consumer protection.
Amendment 1568 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) Applying contingent charges, such as penalties for breaching the contract terms, that are clearly disproportionate to the costs incurred by the trader due to the breach of terms;
Amendment 1569 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new) (cb) Requiring a consumer to purchase ancillary goods or services not advertised in the price of the main contract;
source: PE-450.954
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2009/0054(COD) Commercial transactions: combating late payment (repeal. Directive 2000/35/EC). Recast
2010/10/03
IMCO
6 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) Late payment is particularly regrettable if it occurs despite the debtor’s solvency
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 5 (5) “interest for late payment” means statutory interest or interest negotiated and agreed upon between
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 6. “statutory interest” means simple interest for late payment at a rate which is the sum of the reference rate, plus at least
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 - introductory part 1. Member States shall ensure that in commercial transactions between undertakings and between undertakings and public authorities, the creditor is entitled to interest for late payment without the necessity of a reminder if the following conditions are satisfied:
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 3 Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Member States shall ensure that where services of general interest are also provided by the private sector, the provisions of this Article shall apply to both.
source: PE-439.270
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2009/0064(COD) Alternative Investment Fund Managers
2010/02/15
ECON
15 amendments...
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point c Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Entities which are neither authorised in accordance with this Directive nor, in case of an AIFM established in the Union that is not covered by this Directive, in accordance with the national law of a Member State, shall not be allowed to provide management services to AIF
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Member States may authorise the AIF to be the AIFM. However, each AIF can only have one AIFM.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 f (new) 2f. The AIFM shall be either: (a) an external manager, which is the legal person appointed by the AIF or on behalf of the AIF (the appointed AIFM) and which through this appointment is responsible for managing the entire portfolio of the AIF; or (b) where the law under which the AIF is established requires the AIF to have a governing body with responsibility for the management of the AIF and that governing body chooses not to designate an external manager as the AIFM, the AIF itself shall be authorised as the AIFM.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The valuat
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 2 2. AIFM shall ensure that
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 3 3. The rules applicable to the valuation of assets and the calculation of the net asset value per
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 4 4. The Commission shall adopt
Amendment 797 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Where a closed-ended AIF is authorised as the AIFM, and the AIF is a company established in a Member State, the AIFM need not appoint a depositary to carry out the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 points (ca),(cb), (cd) and (ce);
Amendment 895 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Any appointment of a depositary shall be subject to approval from the competent authority of the home Member State of the AIFM. The competent authority may permit the appointment of more than one depositary where it is satisfied that this will not interfere with the proper performance of all the obligations of the depositary set out in this Directive.
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 959 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 source: PE-438.497
2010/02/18
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 1464 #
Proposal for a directive Article 32 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 1471 #
Proposal for a directive Article 32 – paragraph 2 2. Notwithstanding Article 32(1), Member States
source: PE-439.135
2010/12/02
ECON
3 amendments...
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 (8) This Directive does not regulate AIF
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 8 a (new) (8a) This Directive should also establish high requirements for AIFM, but should not prevent Member States from adopting additional requirements in respect of AIFM established on their territory, for example, in order to ensure investor protection. Any additional requirements on locally domiciled AIFM should not be invoked to prevent the exercise of rights conferred by this Directive on AIFM authorised in another Member State in accordance with this Directive.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) Reliable and objective asset valuation is crucial for the protection of investor interests. Different AIFM employ different methodologies and systems for valuing assets, depending on the assets and markets in which they predominantly invest. It is appropriate to recognise these differences but to, nevertheless, require the
source: PE-439.111
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2009/0118(CNS) Value added tax VAT: administrative cooperation and combating fraud (repeal. Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003). Recast
2010/01/29
ECON
7 amendments...
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Tax evasion and tax avoidance extending across the frontiers of Member States lead to budget losses and violations of the principle of fair taxation and are liable to bring about distortions of capital movements and of the conditions of competition. They therefore negatively affect the operation of the internal market.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) In view of the repetitive nature of certain requests and the linguistic diversity within the Community, it is important to spread and promote the use of standard forms in the exchange of information so that information requests can be processed more quickly.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 (20) The conditions for the exchange of, and automated access of Member States to electronically stored data in each Member State and the means of storage of such data should be clearly defined.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) The persons referred to in point (b) shall be invited to give their opinion on the quality of the information held.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. The list and details of the data referred to in paragraph 1(b), (c), (d) and (
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 The
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 59 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new) (ca) ensure the highest standard of quality of the data exchanged, with the highest degree of transparency, where appropriate.
source: PE-438.380
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2009/0132(COD) Securities: offer to the public and harmonisation of transparency requirements (amend. Directives 2003/71/EC and 2004/109/EC)
2010/02/25
ECON
14 amendments...
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 10 Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 11 (11) In order to improve the efficiency of cross border right issues and to adequately take into account the size of issuers, notably credit institutions issuing the securities mentioned in Article 1(2)(j) of Directive 2003/71/EC at or above the limit laid down in that Article and companies with reduced market capitalization, a proportionate disclosure regime should be introduced for rights issues and for offers of shares of SMEs referred to in Article 2(1)(f) of Directive 2003/71/EC, and issuers with reduced market capitalization and offers of non-equity securities referred to in Article 1(2)(j) of Directive 2003/71/EC issued by credit institutions at or above the limit laid down in that Article.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 13 Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Recital 16 (16) When the prospectus is supplemented, harmonization at Community level of the time frame for the exercise by investors of the right of withdrawal of their previous acceptances would provide certainty to issuers making cross border offers of securities. To provide flexibility to issuers from Member States with traditionally longer time frame in this regard, the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for the admission to trading on a regulated market should be able to extend voluntarily the term for the exercise of that right. To improve legal certainty, the supplement to the prospectus should specify when the right of withdrawal ends.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 2 – point a a (new) Directive 2003/71/EC Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (aa) The following point is inserted after point f: "(fa) ‘company with reduced market capitalisation’ means a company listed on a regulated market or admitted to trading on a multilateral trading facility (MTF) as defined in Article 4(1)(15) of Directive 2004/39EC, provided that such companies are subject to appropriate ongoing disclosure requirements and that trade in the securities on the MTF is subject to rules on market abuse and having had an average market capitalisation of less than EUR 100 000 000 on the basis of end-year quotes during the last three calendar years."
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 3 – point -a (new) Directive 2003/71/EC Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b (-a) In paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) an offer of securities addressed to fewer than 250 natural or legal persons per Member State, other than qualified investors; and/or"
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 5 Directive 2003/71/EC Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part The prospectus shall contain information concerning the issuer and the securities to be offered to the public or to be admitted to trading on a regulated market. It shall also include a summary. The summary shall, in a brief manner and in non-technical language, convey the essential characteristics and risks associated with the issuer, any guarantor and the securities, in the language in which the prospectus was originally drawn up. The
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 6 Directive 2003/71/EC Article 6 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph However, Member States shall ensure that no civil liability shall attach to any person solely on the basis of the summary, including any translation thereof, unless it is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 7 – point b Directive 2003/71/EC Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point g (g)
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 9 – point a Directive 2003/71/EC Article 9 – paragraphs 1 and 2 1. A prospectus shall be valid for 12
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 9 – point b Directive 2003/71/EC Article 9 – paragraph 4 4. A registration document, as referred to in Article 5(3), previously filed and approved, shall be valid for a period of up to 12
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 13 Directive 2003/71/EC Article 14 – paragraph 4 Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 14 Directive 2003/71/EC Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. Every significant new factor, material mistake or inaccuracy relating to the information included in the prospectus which is capable of affecting the assessment of the securities and which arises or is noted between the time when the prospectus is approved and the final closing of the offer to the public or, as the case may be, the time when trading on a regulated market begins, whichever occurs
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive – amending act Article 1 – point 14 Directive 2003/71/EC Article 16 – paragraph 2 2. Investors who have already agreed to purchase or subscribe for the securities before the supplement is published shall have the right, exercisable within two working days after the publication of the supplement, to withdraw their acceptances in the event of adverse developments, provided that settlement has not yet taken place. This period may be extended by the issuer, the offeror or the person asking for the admission to trading on a regulated market. The final date of the right of withdrawal shall be stated in the supplement.
source: PE-439.226
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2009/2138(INI) SOLVIT
2009/11/12
IMCO
5 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that SOLVIT centres are understaffed; calls on all SOLVIT centres to recruit staff who are appropriately qualified and experienced for the position they will hold;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of the exchange of information between SOLVIT centres and therefore recommends that Member States' SOLVIT centres meet regularly to allow for the exchange of information and to share examples of best practice and systems;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on Member States to provide civil servants from within the relevant administrative services to facilitate the resolution of cases which are outside the remit of SOLVIT (SOLVIT+) to increase the success and efficiency of SOLVIT centres;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls
source: PE-430.971
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2009/2173(INI) Report on Competition Policy 2008
2010/01/02
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need for effective compensation mechanisms for individual victims of antitrust infringements, calls on the Commission to adopt a consistent approach between rules for collective redress in competition law and in the general consumer protection framework, while stressing that this approach must not delay or avoid the development of specific proposals and measures identified as necessary for the full enforcement of competition law;
source: PE-438.359
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2009/2175(INI) New developments in public procurement
2010/03/26
IMCO
8 amendments...
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union incorporates the notion of a social market economy, a social clause, and a protocol on Services of General Interest defining the values that are shared in the EU, to ensure European policies develop in a way that meets the aspirations of Europe’s citizens,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Deplores, further, the fact that, in particular as a result of the plethora of soft law proposals put forward by the Commission and Commission departments and of the interpretation of the relevant legal provisions by European courts, the interaction between European, national and regional law has given rise to a complicated and confusing set of rules which is creating, in particular for smaller local authorities and for small and medium-sized undertakings, serious legal problems which they can no longer overcome without incurring substantial administrative costs or seeking external legal advice; urges the Commission to remedy this situation and, as part of the Better Lawmaking initiative, to examine the impact of soft law proposals and assess them in the light of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and taking into account the five principles set out in the 2001 White Paper on European Governance (openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence);
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Criticises the lack of transparency regarding the composition and results of the work of the internal Commission advisory committee on public procurement and calls on the Commission to take steps to ensure that both this committee and the planned new committee on public-private partnerships have a balanced composition including the social partners and work in a transparent manner;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission, when reviewing the public procurement directives, to take account of the opinions expressed in this report; expects that review to be carried out with the full involvement of all stakeholders, but warns that it regards a revision of the directives at this juncture as premature; when such a revision is carried out at a later date, however, advocates that it should also encompass the directive on review procedures concerning public contracts, in order to prevent any further fragmentation of public procurement law; takes the view that the practical impact of that directive cannot yet be assessed, as it has not been transposed in all the Member States, calls on the Commission to apply the relevant Treaty provisions to public procurement;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes the Commission Communication of 19 November 2009 on the development of public-private partnerships and awaits the relevant impact assessment with great interest; expects the Commission to draw lessons from failing PPPs; emphasises that due account must be taken of both the complexity of the procedures and the differences in legal culture and practice between the Member States with regard to service concessions, and doubts, therefore, whether a proposal for a legal act dealing with service concessions would have any added value; takes the view that with the 2004 public procurement directives and the supplementary case-law of the CJEU the process of defining the term ‘service concession’ and establishing the legal framework governing such concessions has been completed;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Is of the view that public contracts concern public funds and that therefore public contracts should be transparent and open for public scrutiny; asks the Commission to clarify this so local and other public authorities have certainty that they can inform their citizens of the contractual obligations entered into;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Draws attention to the great importance of public procurement for climate protection, energy efficiency, the environment and innovation and reiterates that public authorities should be encouraged and put in a position to base public procurement on ecological, social and other criteria; regrets that the Commission has still not published a Guide on Socially Responsible Public Procurement; welcomes the practical assistance given to public authorities and other public bodies in connection with sustainable procurement and urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the lack of clarity in the area of socially responsible public procurement and calls on the Commission to provide assistance in the form of manuals and ‘quality of work’ criteria to support public authorities in integrating employment-related social considerations in public procurement; in that connection, draws attention to the changes in the legal framework brought about by the Lisbon Reform Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and looks to the Commission to implement the relevant provisions in an appropriate manner; considers that the new EU legal framework strengthens the legitimacy of ILO Convention 94 on labour clauses in public contracts and that Member States who have not yet ratified the Convention should be encouraged to do so; emphasises the underlying problem that social criteria relate to the manufacturing process, so that their impact is generally indiscernible in the final product, and that globalised production systems and complex supply chains make compliance with the criteria difficult to monitor; expects, therefore, precise, verifiable criteria and a database containing product- specific criteria to be developed for the area of socially responsible public procurement as well; draws attention to the problems contracting authorities have, and the costs they incur, in verifying compliance with criteria and calls on the Commission to offer suitable assistance and to promote instruments which can be used to certify the reliability of supply chains; calls on the Commission to assist Member States monitor and evaluate the impact of public procurement processes on the quality of goods and services and employment;
source: PE-439.869
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2009/2229(INI) Internet governance: the next steps
2010/03/24
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the intensified use of the
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
source: PE-439.948
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2010/0207(COD) Deposit Guarantee Schemes. Recast
2011/03/25
IMCO
21 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 a (new) (9a) It should be possible for Deposit Guarantee Schemes to go beyond a pure reimbursement function by requiring member institutions to supply additional information and on this basis building up early warning systems. In this way risk- dependent contributions can be adjusted at an early stage or preventive measures against recognised risks can be proposed. In the event of impending imbalances, Deposit Guarantee Scheme operators should be able to decide on support measures or to use their resources to support orderly winding-up of problematic institutions in order to avoid the costs of reimbursing depositors and the other adverse impacts of insolvency.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 Such tests shall take place at least every
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the coverage for the aggregate deposits of each depositor shall be EUR 1
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new) (1a) Member States outside the euro area will be provided with an equivalent set protection sum in their currency, rounded to the nearest unit of 1000.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Member States shall ensure that Deposit Guarantee Schemes
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) deposits resulting from real estate transactions
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) deposits that
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) deposits that serve purposes defined in national law and are based on the payment of insurance benefits or compensation, for up to 12 months after the amount has been credited.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 Member States may round off the amounts resulting from the conversion, provided that such rounding off does not exceed EUR
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 6 6. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reviewed periodically by the Commission at least once every five years. If appropriate, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a Directive to adjust the amount referred to in paragraph 1, taking account in particular of developments in the banking sector and the economic and monetary situation in the Union, notably currency fluctuations. The first review shall not take place before 31 December 2015 unless unforeseen events necessitate an earlier review.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1a (new) (1a) Member States can decide that deposits are not aggregated within the same credit institution if national law allows for credit institution to operate under different brands. Deposits will be aggregated within the credit institution. In case the amount of the aggregated deposits exceeds the coverage level per depositor of Article 5 (1), the contributions of Articles 9 and 11 will be raised accordingly
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) From 1 January 2013, the applicable repayment period referred to in paragraph 1 shall be seven working days.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. Information to actual depositors shall be provided on their statements of account, on an information sheet when opening their account and at least annually by posted letter. This information shall consist of a confirmation that the deposits are eligible pursuant to Article 2(1) and Article 4. Moreover, reference shall be made to the information sheet in Annex III and where it can be obtained. The web site of the responsible Deposit Guarantee Scheme may also be indicated.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 6 6. If credit institutions merge, their depositors shall be informed of the merger at least one month before it takes legal effect. Depositors shall be informed that when the merger becomes effective, all their deposits held with each of the merging banks would after the merger be aggregated in order to determine their coverage under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme. Depositors will be given a three month period following notification of the merger to choose another bank brand to ensure they are protected in each bank account to the amount set out in Article 5 (1). During the three month period, if the amount set out in Article 5 (1) is exceeded, it will be protected by multiplying the amount set out in Article 5 (1) by the number of accounts which have merged.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 7 7. If a depositor uses internet banking, the information required to be disclosed by this Directive shall be communicated by electronic means in a way that brings it to the attention of the depositor or on paper if the depositor chooses.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 2 This repayment covers at maximum EUR 1
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 3 [Only where applicable]: This method will also be applied if a bank operates under different
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 4 In case of joint accounts, the limit of EUR 1
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 5 [Only where applicable:] However, deposits in an account to which two or more persons are entitled as members of a business partnership, association or grouping of a similar nature, without legal personality, are aggregated and treated as if made by a single depositor for the purpose of calculating the limit of EUR 1
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 7 The responsible Deposit Guarantee Scheme is [insert name and address, telephone, e-mail and web site]. It will repay your deposits (up to EUR 1
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 9 [Only where applicable:] Your deposit is guaranteed by an Institutional Guarantee Scheme [recognized/not recognized] as a Deposit Guarantee Scheme. This means that all banks that are members of this scheme mutually support each other in order to avoid a bank failure. However, if a bank failure would nevertheless occur, your deposits will be repaid up to EUR 1
source: PE-460.943
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2010/0252(COD) Radio spectrum policy: first programme
2011/07/03
IMCO
10 amendments...
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 11 (11) Harmonised standards under Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity7 are essential to achieve efficient spectrum use and should take account of legally defined sharing conditions. European standards for non-radio electric and electronic equipment and networks should also avoid disturbance to spectrum use. The cumulative impact of the increasing volume and density of wireless devices and applications combined with the diversity of spectrum use challenges current approaches to interference management. These should be examined and reassessed together with receiver characteristics and more sophisticated interference avoidance mechanisms, with the aim of avoiding harmful interference or disturbance to the existing and future spectrum users.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) The 800 MHz band
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. This Decision is without prejudice to existing EU law and to measures taken at national level, in compliance with EU law, to pursue general interest objectives, and in particular relating to content regulation and audiovisual policy and to the right of Member States to organise and use their spectrum for public order and public security purposes and defence.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Article 2 – point a (a) encouraging efficient use of spectrum to best meet the increasing demand for use of frequencies, while at the same time respecting the important social, cultural and economic value of spectrum;
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – point a (a) make sufficient appropriate spectrum available in a timely manner to support Union policy objectives, while taking into account important general interest objectives such as cultural diversity and media pluralism, as well as the interests of various radio spectrum users;
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 3 3. Member States shall, by 17 J
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, shall ensure that the provision of access to broadband content and services using the 790-862 MHz (800MHz) band is encouraged in sparsely populated areas, in particular through coverage obligations; in doing so, they shall examine ways and, where necessary, take appropriate measures to ensure that the freeing of the 800 MHz band does not adversely affect programme making and special events (PMSE) users nor lead to disruption of the existing broadcasting services.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. The Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, shall implement necessary technical and regulatory measures in order to avoid harmful interference from electronic communications services in the 800 MHz band to broadcasting and PMSE services below 790 MHz.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. The Commission shall encourage Member States to ensure the timely availability of sufficient funds to cover the migration costs and the costs associated with the measures to limit interferences to broadcasting services.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. The inventory referred to in paragraph (1) shall allow the assessment of the technical efficiency of existing spectrum uses and the identification of inefficient technologies and applications, unused or inefficiently used spectrum and spectrum sharing opportunities, based on clearly defined and transparent assessment criteria and methodologies. It shall take into account future needs for spectrum based on consumers ‘and operators’ demands, and of the possibility to meet such needs.
source: PE-458.837
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2010/2051(INI) Future of European standardisation
2010/09/15
IMCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensure direct participation by societal stakeholders at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees in most Member States remains weak; affirms that, as very limited
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Believes that similar procedures, establishing an alternative model featuring a predetermined number of seats for the various stakeholder
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Urges Member States to ensure effective representation of all relevant stakeholders on national technical committees by establishing monitoring and reporting mechanisms and
source: PE-448.863
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2010/2052(INI) Impact of advertising on consumer behaviour
2010/10/21
IMCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to update, clarify and strengthen its guidelines on the implementation of the UCPD on a
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Calls on the Commission to conduct a detailed analysis of the impact of misleading and aggressive advertising on vulnerable consumers, in particular children and adolescents by 2012;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls for all children's specific interests to be free from targeted advertising;
source: PE-450.619
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2010/2152(INI) New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy
2011/03/24
IMCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take due account of the importance of innovation for strong and sustainable growth by ensuring that innovation is properly financed, namely through the creation of EU project bonds and through a legislative framework to allow venture capital funds to invest freely throughout the EU
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Underlines the importance of ensuring that industry is able to compete in the sustainable economy of the future and considers that trade policy should continue to support green growth and climate change objectives, in particular reduced carbon emissions.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Takes the view that with an ageing population the older workforce are a valuable resource in trade and barriers should be removed to encourage and incentivise them to remain working.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls on the Commission and the Council to promote sustainable development and international labour standards both inside and outside the EU.
source: PE-460.946
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2010/2304(INI) European broadband: investing in digitally driven growth
2011/03/25
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on Member States, the Commission and BEREC, in consultation with the public authorities, to facilitate public-private partnerships and deploy other European funding instruments, including ERDF and EBRD funds;
source: PE-460.945
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2011/0062(COD) Credit agreements: residential property
2011/06/10
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 44 (44) The efficient functioning of this Directive will need to be reviewed, as will progress on the establishment of an internal market with a high level of consumer protection for credit agreements relating to residential immovable property. The Commission should therefore review the Directive five years after the deadline for its transposition. The review should include, among other things, an analysis of the evolution of the market for non-credit institutions providing credit agreements relating to residential immovable property, and an impact assessment on the implications of early repayments and a possible cap on indemnity. An assessment on the need for further measures, including a passport for such non-credit institutions, an examination of the necessity to introduce rights and obligations with regard to the post-
Amendment 684 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) Requests the European Commission to undertake an impact assessment on the structural implications of early repayments and a possible cap on indemnity on the EU mortgage market. Furthermore with the intention of ensuring that any reductions in indemnity does not cause further costs and less flexibility for the consumer in the long term.
source: PE-473.729
2011/10/27
IMCO
5 amendments...
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Where a creditor or a credit intermediary provides services in a Member State other than their home Member State, supervision of the ongoing activities of the creditor or credit intermediary shall be performed by the competent authority of the host Member State. The competent authority of the home Member State shall be required to provide the competent authority of the host Member State with all relevant information requested by the that authority. Competent authorities of the host Member State shall have the power to intervene including by denying the right to provide services in the host Member State, if the creditor or credit intermediary fails to comply with the professional requirements, and other regulatory duties and responsibilities defined in this Directive or otherwise required of creditors or credit intermediaries operating in that Member State. The competent authority of the host Member State shall notify the competent authority of the home Member State, the other competent authorities of the EU Member States and the European Banking Authority of any action taken against a creditor or credit intermediary in such circumstances, and the reasons for such action.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 As regards the information to be
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new) 2a. Member States shall ensure that creditors and, where applicable, credit intermediaries undertake appropriate due diligence to verify that the consumer has provided necessary information as requested under paragraph 1. Member States shall ensure that subsequent to an offer of credit being made, the consumer may not be sanctioned by the creditor for failing to provide complete information where the credit provider or where applicable, credit intermediary failed to request such information from the consumer or failed to undertake appropriate due diligence to ensure such complete information had been provided.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 source: PE-475.786
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2011/0187(COD) Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union. Recast
2011/12/21
IMCO
51 amendments...
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new) (1a) A Single Market for telecommunications cannot be said to exist while significant price differences exist between domestic and roaming prices; therefore the ultimate aim of this Regulation should be to eliminate roaming charges altogether, thus establishing a pan-EU mobile communications market.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 b (new) (1b) Higher domestic tariffs on calls, SMS and data's (including those bound for other countries than the domestic country) comparing to roaming tariffs are not beneficial to the consumer and create a market distortion; from 2012, domestic tariffs should hence not exceed the retail price caps defined for the roaming tariffs.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 c (new) (1c) To achieve a single telecoms market, each linked telecom company belonging to the same group should be encouraged to couple their national licenses under the umbrella of one single European operator; in the future, existing telecommunication licences as well as new licenses for mobile network should cover the whole European territory and not only a single Member State.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 a (new) (17a) Protecting the principles of the neutrality and openness of the Internet and the end users’ ability to access and distribute information and run applications and services of their choice should become even more important as the Digital Single Market is created in particular through roaming.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) In order to allow for the development of a more efficient and competitive market for roaming services, there should be no restrictions that prevent undertakings from effectively negotiating wholesale access for the purpose of providing roaming services. However, at present there are obstacles to the access to such wholesale roaming services, due to differences in negotiating power and in the degree of infrastructure ownership of undertakings. The removal of these obstacles would facilitate the development of alternative and innovative roaming services and offers for customers
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 (41) Providers of regulated roaming calls at the retail level should therefore be required to bill their customers on a per second basis for all calls subject to a Eurotariff
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 a (new) (42a) Operators should take the appropriate measures to ensure that cross-border consumers do not face problems due to their cross-border location, such as roaming charges while they are still in their home country.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 64 (64) To ensure that all users of mobile voice telephony may benefit from the provisions of this Regulation, the transitory retail pricing requirements should apply regardless of whether roaming customers have a pre-paid or a post-paid contract with their home provider, and regardless of whether the home provider has its own network,
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 68 (68) Transparency also requires that providers furnish information on roaming charges, in particular on the Eurotariff and the all-inclusive flat-rate should they offer one, when subscriptions are taken out and each time there is a change in roaming charges. Home providers should provide information on roaming charges by appropriate means such as invoices, the internet, TV advertisements or direct mail. All information and offers should be clear, understandable, comparable and transparent with regard to prices and service characteristics. Advertising of roaming offers and marketing to consumers should fully comply with consumer protection legislation, in particular with Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)1. Home providers should ensure that all their roaming customers are aware of the availability of regulated tariffs for the period concerned and should send a clear and unbiased communication to these customers describing the conditions of the Eurotariff and the right to switch to and from it. _____________ 1 OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 69 (69) Moreover, measures should be introduced to improve the transparency of retail prices for
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 This Regulation introduces a common approach to
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 It lays down
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) ‘home provider’ means an undertaking that provides a customer with Union-wide roaming services either via its own network or as a
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point m Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point n (n) ‘wholesale roaming access’ means the making available of facilities and/or services to another undertaking, on a non- discriminatory basis, under defined conditions, for the purpose of providing roaming services to retail customers;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point o Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Mobile network operators shall meet all reasonable requests for wholesale roaming access, including those from
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 a (new) Article 4 a With effect from 1 July 2014, the retail prices for calls, SMS and data use shall be identical, irrespective of whether the customer is roaming or not. Until 30 June 2016, the retail price caps as laid down in Article 7, Article 9 and Article 12 shall have effect.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. The average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network may levy from the customer's home provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive inter alia of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed EUR 0,1
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The average wholesale charge referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply between any pair of operators and shall be calculated over a twelve-month period or any such shorter period as may remain before the end of the period of application of a maximum average wholesale charge as provided for in this paragraph or the expiry of this Regulation. The maximum average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0,
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 The average wholesale charge referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by dividing the total wholesale roaming revenue received by the total number of wholesale roaming minutes actually used for the provision of wholesale roaming calls within the Union by the relevant operator over the relevant period, aggregated on a per second basis
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0,
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 5 5. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Eurotariff. Any switch must be made within one working day of receipt of the request and free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to other elements of the subscription, save that where a roaming customer who has subscribed to a special roaming package which includes more than one roaming service (namely, voice, SMS and/or data) wishes to switch to a Eurotariff, the home provider may require the switching customer to forego the benefits of the other elements of that package. A home provider may delay a switch until the previous roaming tariff has been effective for a minimum specified period not exceeding t
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. With effect from 1 July 2012, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-SMS tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for a regulated roaming SMS message sent by that roaming customer may vary for any roaming SMS message but shall not exceed EUR 0,
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 6 6. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Euro-SMS tariff at any time. Any switch must be made within one working day of receipt of the request and free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to elements of the subscription other than roaming. A home provider may delay such a switch until the previous roaming tariff has been effective for a minimum specified period not exceeding t
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 With effect from 1 July 2012, the retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Euro-data tariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming data shall not exceed EUR 0,
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 5 5. Any roaming customer may request to switch to or from a Euro-data tariff respecting their contractual conditions at any point in time. Any switch must be made within one working day of receipt of the request and free of charge and shall not entail conditions or restrictions pertaining to elements of the subscription other than roaming. A home provider may delay such a switch until the previous roaming tariff has been effective for a minimum specified period not exceeding t
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 To alert a roaming customer to the fact that he will be subject to roaming charges when making or receiving a call or when sending an SMS message, each home provider shall, except when the customer is at least 18 years old and has notified his home provider that he does not require this service, provide the customer, automatically by means of a Message Service, without undue delay and free of charge, when he enters a
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part This basic personalised pricing information shall include the
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b (b) sending regulated roaming SMS messages while in the visited
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 On the occasion of each message, a customer who is at least 18 shall have the opportunity to give notice to home provider, free of charge and in an easy manner, that he does not require the automatic Message Service. A customer who has given notice that he does not require the automatic Message Service shall have the right at any time and free of charge to require the home provider to provide the service again.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Home providers shall ensure that their roaming customers, both before and after the conclusion of a contract, are kept adequately informed of the charges which apply to their use of regulated data roaming services, both inside and outside the Union, in ways which facilitate customers' understanding of the financial consequences of such use and permit them to monitor and control their expenditure on regulated data roaming services in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3. The safeguard mechanisms referred to in paragraph 3 shall not apply to pre-paid customers.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 An automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, an e-mail or a pop-up window on the computer, every time the roaming customer enters a
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 To this end, the home provider shall make available one or more maximum financial limits for specified periods of use, provided that the customer who is at least 18 years old is informed in advance of the corresponding volume amounts. One of these limits (the default financial limit) shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 50 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). For customers younger than 18 years the limit shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 20 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT).
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 Alternatively, the home provider may establish limits expressed in volume, provided that the customer who is at least 18 years old is informed in advance of the corresponding financial amounts. One of these limits (the default volume limit) shall have a corresponding financial amount not exceeding EUR 50 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT). For customers younger than 18 years old the limit shall be close to, but not exceed, EUR 20 of outstanding charges per monthly billing period (excluding VAT).
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6 Each home provider shall also ensure that an appropriate notification is sent to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, for example by an SMS message, an e-mail or a pop-up window on the computer, when the data roaming services have reached 50% and 80
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 a (new) Article 15 a Price comparison Any price information about retail voice, SMS and data roaming services to customers shall include VAT. The Commission shall investigate transparency and comparability of different tariffs proposed by operators to their customers, and report back to the European Parliament and the Council on further measures necessary to ensure that consumers can easily compare these tariffs, and thus make it easier to take a decision to switch from one operator to another.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Those penalties shall include an obligation of providers to provide a compensation to subscribers when they delay or hinder a subscriber's switch to an alternative roaming provider. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission no later than 30 March 2012 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 2 Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 4 Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 2 source: PE-478.641
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2011/0202(COD) Financial supervision: prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms
2012/07/03
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) Eligible partnership capital
source: PE-483.850
2012/09/03
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 1264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 416 – paragraph 1 1. Institutions, other than investment firms that are not authorised to provide the investment services listed in points 3 and 6 of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC, shall calculate their leverage ratio according to the methodology set out in paragraphs 2 to 10.
source: PE-483.854
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2011/0203(COD) Financial supervision: access to the activity of credit institutions and supervision of credit institutions and investment firms
2012/07/03
ECON
2 amendments...
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 56 (56) It is therefore appropriate to require credit institutions and relevant investment firms to hold, in addition to other own fund requirements, a Capital Conservation Buffer and a Countercyclical Capital Buffer to ensure that credit institutions and investment firms accumulate during periods of economic growth a sufficient capital base to absorb losses in stressed periods. The Countercyclical Capital Buffer would be built up when aggregate credit growth is judged to be associated with a build-up of system-wide risk, and drawn down during stressed periods.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a directive Article 122 – paragraph 1 a (new) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to investment firms that are not authorised to provide the investment services listed in points 3 and 6 of Section A of Annex I to Directive 2004/39/EC .
source: PE-483.817
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2011/0284(COD) Common European Sales Law
2013/04/25
IMCO
2 amendments...
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 source: PE-510.531
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2011/0298(COD) Financial supervision: markets in financial instruments. Recast
2012/05/15
ECON
4 amendments...
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 52 (52) In order to give all relevant information to investors, it is appropriate to require investment firms providing investment advice to clarify the basis of the advice they provide, notably the range of products they consider in providing personal recommendations to clients, whether they provide investment advice on an independent basis and whether they provide the clients with the on-going assessment of the suitability of the financial instruments recommended to them. It is also appropriate to require investment firms to explain their clients the reasons of the advice provided to them. In order to further define the regulatory framework for the provision of investment advice, while at the same time leaving choice to investment firms and clients, it is appropriate to establish the conditions for the provisions of this service when firms inform clients that the service is provided on an independent basis. In order to strengthen the protection of investors and increase clarity to clients as to the service they receive, it is appropriate to further restrict the possibility for firms to accept or receive inducements from third parties, and particularly from issuers or product providers, when providing the service of investment advice on an independent basis and the service of portfolio management. In such cases, only limited non-monetary benefits as training on the features of the products should be allowed subject to the condition that the
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – indent 4 – costs and associated charges, which must include the cost of advice and how the client may pay for it.
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 6 6. When providing investment advice, portfolio management
Amendment 775 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. An Investment firm which advises on or sells financial instruments to retail clients shall ensure it does not remunerate or assess the performance of its staff in a way that conflicts with its duty to act in the best interests of its clients. In particular it shall not make any arrangement by way of remuneration or otherwise that could benefit staff such that they are incentivised to recommend a particular financial instrument to a retail client when the firm could offer another financial instrument which would better meet that client's needs.
source: PE-489.463
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2011/0373(COD) Alternative consumer dispute resolution
2012/04/06
IMCO
5 amendments...
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 (20) ADR procedures should be free of charge or of moderate costs for consumers so that it remains economically reasonable for consumers to use such procedures. In the event that costs are applied, they should be reasonable, proportionate and modest to ensure that the ADR procedure is accessible, attractive and at a low cost for consumers. This should not restrict the ability of dispute resolution services which already operate by charging businesses for their services on a case by case basis or an industry-wide levy.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new) An agreement between a consumer and a trader to submit complaints to an ADR entity should not be binding on the consumer if it was concluded before the dispute arises and if it deprives the consumer of his right to bring an action before the courts for the resolution of the dispute. In the case of ADR entities which impose solutions, the solutions should only be binding on the parties if they were informed of binding nature in advance and specifically accepted this. This provision should not apply where national rules provide that solutions are binding on the trader.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new) Member States may provide for procedural rules that can be applied by an ADR entity in order to ensure that it only deals with those disputes which are appropriate to be dealt with through ADR and that these disputes are submitted in a timely manner. Member States should ensure that such procedural rules do not unreasonably limit the scope of application of ADR in that Member State.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 a (new) Article 9 a 1. Member States shall ensure that the decision taken by the ADR entity shall be binding on the parties only if they were informed of its binding nature in advance and specifically accepted this. 2. Member States shall ensure that an agreement between a consumer and a trader to submit complaints to an ADR entity is not binding on the consumer if it was concluded before the dispute arises and if it deprives the consumer of his right to bring an action before the courts for the resolution of the dispute. This provision shall not apply where national rules provide that solutions are binding on the trader.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall designate an authority as competent authority in
source: PE-489.695
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2011/0435(COD) Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
2012/10/17
IMCO
3 amendments...
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Directive 2005/36/EC only applies to professionals who want to pursue the same profession in another Member State. There are cases where the activities concerned are part of a profession with a larger scope of activities in the host Member State. If the differences between the fields of activity are so large that in reality a full programme of education and training is required from the professional to compensate for shortcomings and if the professional so requests, a host Member State should under these particular circumstances grant partial access. However, in case of overriding reasons of general interest, such as in the case of a doctor of medicine or other health professionals, or area-specific character, a Member State should be able to refuse partial access.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 20 (20) Graduates wishing to pursue a remunerated traineeship which provides the trainee with certain professional rights and forms part of the training for a regulated profession in another Member State where such traineeship is possible should be covered by Directive 2005/36/EC in order to foster their mobility. It is also necessary to provide for the recognition of their traineeship by the home Member State.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 2005/36/EC Article 1 – paragraph 2 This Directive also establishes rules concerning partial access to a regulated profession and access to and recognition of remunerated traineeships which form part of the training for a regulated profession, insofar as the trainee acquires certain professional rights, pursued in another Member State.
source: PE-496.438
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2011/0438(COD) Public procurement
2012/12/07
IMCO
13 amendments...
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 a (new) (4 a) Under Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union must, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health. This Directive contributes to attaining these objectives by encouraging socially sustainable public procurement, ensuring that social criteria are employed at all stages of the procurement procedure, and reinforcing all existing obligations at Union, national and international level relating to working conditions, social protection and public health.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 (38) Where contracting authorities choose to award a contract to the most economically advantageous tender, they must determine the award criteria on the basis of which they will assess tenders in order to identify which one offers the best value for money. The determination of these criteria depends on the subject-matter of the contract since they must allow the level of performance offered by each tender to be assessed in the light of the subject-matter of the contract, as defined in the technical specifications, and the value for money of each tender to be measured. Furthermore, the chosen award criteria should not confer an unrestricted freedom of choice on the contracting authority and they should ensure the possibility of effective competition and be accompanied by requirements that allow the information provided by the tenderers to be effectively verified. Where justified on public policy grounds in order to promote sustainable economic growth, contracting authorities may include criteria related to socio- economic impact in order to identify which tender offers the best value for money. Such cases may arise where there is a need to develop and retain a skilled workforce, foster business capacity in order to ensure that contracting authorities' future requirements can be met, or avoid any detrimental impact on the workforce or business capacity as a result of the contract award decision.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 41 a (new) (41 a) Taking into account recent case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, contracting authorities can chose an award criterion which refers to the fact that the product concerned is of fair trade origin, including the requirement to pay a minimum and price premium to producers.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 41 (41) Furthermore, in technical specifications and in award criteria, contracting authorities should be allowed to refer to a specific production process, a specific mode of provision of services, or a specific process for any other stage of the life cycle of a product or service, provided that they are linked to the subject-matter of the public contract. In order to better integrate social considerations in public procurement, procurers may also be allowed to include, in the award criterion of the most economically advantageous tender, characteristics related to the working and employment conditions of the persons directly participating in the process of production or provision in question. Those characteristics may only concern the protection of health of the staff involved in the production process or the favouring of social integration of disadvantaged persons or members of vulnerable groups amongst the persons assigned to performing the contract, including accessibility for persons with disabilities. Any award criteria which include those characteristics should in any event remain limited to characteristics that have immediate consequences on staff members in their working environment. They should be applied in accordance with Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services22 and in a way that does not discriminate directly or indirectly against economic operators from other Member States or from third countries parties to the Agreement or to Free Trade Agreements to which the Union is party. For service contracts and for contracts involving the design of works, contracting authorities should also be allowed to use as an award criterion the organisation, qualification and experience of the staff assigned to performing the contract in question, as this may affect the quality of contract performance and, as a result, the economic value of the tender.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new) (22a) 'Life cycle characteristics' relate to choices relating to any part of the life cycle of a product or works or the provision of a service, as defined in point (22) of this article, including all aspects of choices relating to environmental protection, working conditions, labour rights, equality, social inclusion, human rights and ethical trade. Life cycle characteristics are embedded in a product as a result of choices made in the production or other non-use phases of the life cycle of the product, even if such characteristics are not apparent in the physical characteristics or functional qualities of the resulting product or service.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 point 23 b (new) (23b) 'Accessibility' means easiness to approach, enter, exit, operate, participate in and use safely, independently, and with dignity a good, service, site, technology (including information and communication technologies and systems) or built environment, by a person with a disability or reduced mobility under all circumstances (including emergency cases). This does not exclude the use of assistive devices or augmentative and alternative communication to achieve accessibility for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 Member States may reserve the right to participate in public procurement procedures to sheltered
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 The means of communication chosen must be generally available, accessible to persons with disabilities, and not restrict economic operators' access to the procurement procedure.
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a directive Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 For all procurement the subject of which is intended for use by persons, whether general public or staff of the contracting authority, those technical specifications shall,
Amendment 1054 #
Proposal for a directive Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) where it is aware of any violation of obligations established by Union legislation or national laws, regulations and other binding provisions in the field of gender, social and labour law or environmental law or of the international social and environmental law provisions listed in Annex XI. Compliance with Union legislation or with international provisions also includes compliance in an equivalent manner.
Amendment 1111 #
Proposal for a directive Article 61 – paragraph 1 1. Where they require the production of certificates drawn up by independent bodies attesting that the economic operator complies with certain quality assurance standards, including on accessibility for disabled persons, social and solidarity economy and ethical trade requirements, contracting authorities shall refer to quality assurance systems based on the relevant European standards series certified by accredited bodies or multi-stakeholder third-party verified organisational assurance schemes. They shall recognise equivalent certificates from bodies established in other Member States. They shall also accept other evidence of equivalent quality assurance measures from economic operators that have no access to such certificates, or no possibility of obtaining them within the relevant time limits.
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a directive Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) quality, including technical merit, aesthetic and functional characteristics, accessibility, design for all users, environmental characteristics
Amendment 1185 #
Proposal for a directive Article 66 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (ba) socially sustainable production process criteria, which may also involve the employment of disadvantaged individuals or members of vulnerable groups;
source: PE-492.857
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2011/2013(INI) Policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses
2011/02/03
IMCO
17 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital B Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas in its Green Paper1 the Commission sets out a range of options for a European contract law instrument which could help
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas the negotiations on the consumer protection directive2 illustrated just how difficult it is to fully harmonise con
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Takes the view that the development of a
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Takes the view that it needs to be further considered if Articles 114 and 169 or 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union would constitute the appropriate legal basis for an instrument regulating business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) contracts;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises the particular importance of facilitating e-commerce in the EU
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Points out that
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that the regulatory focus of a potential European Contract Law initiative should be the principles underpinning contracts: in the case of consumer contracts, the focus should be on the law governing sales and, where appropriate, service and works contracts and th
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Is convinced that
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Points out that for consumers
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Takes the view that any initiative on European Contract Law in the B2C sphere must establish a very high level of consumer protection and that, should Member States nevertheless guarantee a higher level of protection,
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Emphasises that although the supreme test of the effectiveness of any final instrument is the internal market itself
source: PE-460.655
2011/04/03
JURI
22 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas it is clear that the application of foreign (consumer) law to cross-border transactions under the Rome-I Regulation
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas this needs verifying in the light of the application of Article 6(2) and Article 4(1), point (a) of the Rome-I Regulation, which allows businesses to apply their national law, bearing in mind that Rome I has only been applied since December 2009;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas such transaction costs are perceived as
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas it is of paramount importance that any initiative from the EU will have to answer real needs and concerns of both businesses and consumers; whereas these concerns also extend to legal/linguistic problems (provisions of standard terms and conditions for small businesses in all EU languages) and the difficulties in enforcing contracts across borders (provisions of autonomous EU measures in the field of procedural law);
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas any steps taken in the area of European contract law must be co
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Looks forward to the publication of the Expert Group's results in order to clarify the scope and the con
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the contents of the toolbox and to consider complementing the OI by "model contract terms and conditions" for small businesses, translated into all languages; further calls on the Commission to expand the range of autonomous cross- border procedural instruments so as to facilitate the enforcement of cross-border transactions;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the advantages of such an instrument for both consumers and businesses;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Is concerned about the confusion the additional set of rules would create for SMEs, but, in particular, for consumers, bearing in mind that in order to enforce their rights consumers have to be aware of them;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Insists that the legislation creating the OI be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure and that the optional instrument itself be subject to scrutiny and amendment under that procedure;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that both business-to-business and business-to-consumer contracts should be covered; emphasises that the level of consumer protection would need to be high
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission and the Expert Group to clarify what is to be considered as "core contractual law issues";
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Sees benefits in an OI containing specific provisions for the most frequent types of contract, in particular for the sale of goods and provision of services; reiterates its earlier call to include insurance contracts within the scope of the OI, believing that such an instrument could be particularly useful for small-scale insurance contracts; points out that some specific issues in connection with which an OI might be beneficial have been raised, such as digital rights and beneficial ownership; considers that, on the other hand, there might be a need to exclude certain types of complex public law contracts; in any case believes that the scope of the OI should be limited in the first instance;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that the OI should be coherent with the existing acquis in contract law;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that further work on cross- border alternative dispute resolution (ADR), which is speedy and cost-effective in particular for SMEs and consumers, remains a priority, but emphasises that, if the parties use one body of law provided by an OI, ADR will be further facilitated; calls on the Commission to consider synergies when putting forward a proposal;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Notes concerns that consumers seldom feel they have a choice with regard to contract terms and are confronted with a ‘take it or leave it’ situation; strongly believes that an attractive OI, by opening up business opportunities and strengthening competition, will actually broaden the overall choice available to consumers while ensuring a high level of protection; wishes however for an explanation as to how this high level of protection can be achievable and as to how, at the same time, it would be possible to make the OI attractive to business;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Emphasises the vital importance of involving stakeholders from throughout the Union and from different sectors of activity, including legal practitioners and recalls the Commission to undertake a wide and transparent consultation with all the stakeholders before it takes a decision based on the results of the Expert Group;
source: PE-460.697
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2011/2013(INI)(INI)
2011/02/21
ECON
6 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the European Contract Law project
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that EU-level harmonisation of contract law practices would be more efficient in ensuring convergence and a more level playing field, but that, given the challenges of harmonising national legal systems, an optional instrument
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point a (new) (a) Considers that other policy options should be assessed as well in order to establish which is the appropriate tool according to the needs of a single market at the service of consumers and businesses;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point b (new) (b) The impact assessment should especially investigate whether the harmonization of European contract law would really bring added value to businesses, in particular SMEs , and to look into the costs harmonization would incur;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to ensure close alignment of the proposed Consumer Rights Directive and
source: PE-458.830
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2011/2024(INI) Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
2011/09/22
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to revise the language requirements regime for the healthcare professions by providing competent authorities with the necessary flexibility to ascertain and, if necessary, test the language skills of professionals as part of the recognition process, further calls on the Commission to clarify the respective roles of employers and regulators in testing language competence;
source: PE-472.324
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2011/2048(INI) Modernisation of public procurement
2011/07/26
IMCO
10 amendments...
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reconfirms the importance of Article 14 and the Protocol No 26 on Services of General Interest of the TFEU, which recognise the specific nature and importance of public services, and the need to ensure a high level of quality, safety, access and user rights. Furthermore, recognises the wide discretion of national, regional and local authorities to decide on how they are provided, commissioned and organised, including in-house and public-public co- operation, which are not subject to public procurement rules.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that, in order to develop the full potential of public procurement, the criterion of the lowest price should be removed, and that
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recognises that public procurement, if used effectively, could be a real driver to promoting quality jobs, wages and conditions, equality, developing skills, training, promoting environmental policies, and providing incentives for research and innovation;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Maintains that the new Public Procurement Directive should allow the quality of the supplier to be taken into account at the selection stage of tenders.
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – point a (new) (a) Takes the view that, in any future revision of the directives, the EU Commission should include reference to ILO Convention C94 on Labour Clauses in public contracts, in the interests of quality public service delivery. This is already legally binding in 11 EU Member States, and other Member States should be encouraged to adopt the Convention. Decent employment conditions in public contracting are vital to ensure quality. Social dumping in employment standards and conditions not only impacts negatively on workers, and people relying on these services, products or works, but also discriminates against good companies who know the value of treating workers with respect;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines that Public Private Partnerships is not a best practice contracting model and the EU Commission does not have a role in promoting this form of contracting. There is wide evidence that PPP’s too often fail to deliver value for money to the taxpayer;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Believes that the current provisions in terms of subcontracting need strengthening. Multiple layers of subcontracting are commonplace, and create difficulties in enforcing collective agreements, working conditions and health and safety procedures. Public authorities should be given more scope to control the contract to meet quality, social and environmental objectives. Where subcontractors are used, all details relating to their use should be declared before the contract is awarded, and the public authority should specify the responsibilities and liabilities to enable effective monitoring and control of the contract. There should be mechanisms in place for public authorities to vet and reject subcontractors where they have concerns;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the EU Commission to remove, or make considerably more flexible, the link to the subject matter of the contract to allow more effective social and environmental procurement choices, which will make public contracting more transparent.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 – subparagraph 1 (new) The external dimension of EU public procurement cannot ignore the EU’s obligations to promoting decent work, equality, respect for fundamental rights, freedoms and labour standards and environmental protection and energy efficiency in third countries. These are not principles we leave behind when we move outside our borders. Any revision of public procurement rules must reinforce these principles externally as well as internally. More has to be done at EU level to improve social and environmental standards in supply chains, and needs to be addressed simultaneously in trade policy. The EU Commission has to seriously engage with the key actors involved such as trade unions and NGOs to developing workable strategies and structures;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 – subparagraph 2 (new) The procedures for penalising and excluding bidders under the abnormally low tender article should be less complex, particularly in relation to ensuring compliance with employment protection and working conditions in force. Requirements should be established for bidders to provide information to the contracting authority rather than the authority having to seek this information;
source: PE-469.956
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2011/2155(INI) Internal Market Scoreboard
2012/03/26
IMCO
1 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the current average deficit of 1 % is in accordance with the target agreed by the Heads of State and Government in 2007, but the latest trend shows that more Member States (16) are failing to comply with this target, laments the growing trend of increased transposition deficits, encourages Member States to direct greater resources to combat this trend;
source: PE-486.092
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2012/0011(COD) Personal data protection: processing and free movement of data (General Data Protection Regulation)
2012/08/11
IMCO
45 amendments...
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) In order to ensure a consistent level of protection for individuals throughout the Union and to prevent divergences hampering the free movement of data within the internal market, a Regulation is necessary to provide legal certainty and transparency for economic operators, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, and to provide individuals in all Member States with the same level of legally enforceable rights and obligations and responsibilities for controllers and processors, to ensure consistent monitoring of the processing of personal data, and equivalent sanctions in all Member States as well as effective co-operation by the supervisory authorities of different Member States.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 23 a (new) (23 a) Following the principle of data protection by default, online services and products must initially be set on maximum protection of personal information and data without demanding any action from the data subject.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 24 (24) When using online services, individuals may be associated with online identifiers provided by their devices, applications, tools and protocols, such as Internet Protocol addresses or cookie identifiers. This may leave traces which, combined with unique identifiers and other information received by the servers, may be used to create profiles of the individuals and identify them. It follows that identification numbers, location data, online identifiers or other specific factors
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 40 a (new) (40 a) In general, harmonisation of the Union law as regards to data protection must not take away the possibility of Member States to practice sector specific legislation, inter alia in the field of register-based research.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 40 b (new) (40 b) Processing of personal data collected to another purpose can be made available for public scientific research when a scientific relevance of the processing of the collected data can be documented. Privacy by design must be taken into account when making data available for public scientific research.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 42 (42) Derogating from the prohibition on processing sensitive categories of data should also be allowed if done by a law, and subject to suitable safeguards, so as to protect personal data and other fundamental rights, where grounds of public interest so justify and in particular for health purposes, including public health and social protection and the management of health-care services, including information sent via electronical text messages or e-mail to patients regarding appointments at hospitals or clinics, especially in order to ensure the quality and cost-effectiveness of the procedures used for settling claims for benefits and services in the health insurance system, or for historical, statistical and scientific research purposes.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 61 a (new) (61 a) The principle of data protection by design require data protection to be embedded within the entire life cycle of the technology, from the very early design stage, right through to their ultimate deployment, use and ultimate disposal. The principle of data protection by default requires privacy settings on services and products should by default comply with the general principles of data protection, such as data minimisation and purpose limitation.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 67 (67) A personal data breach may, if not addressed in an adequate and timely manner, result in substantial economic loss and social harm, including identity fraud, to the individual concerned. Therefore, as soon as the controller becomes aware that such a breach has occurred, the controller should notify the breach to the supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new) (e a) in areas covered by Articles 153, 154 and 155 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) regarding regulation of recruitment and conclusion and compliance of collective agreements.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 a (new) Article 3 a This regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects not residing in the Union by a controller or processor established in the Union, through their economic activities in a third country(ies)
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (1) ‘data subject’ means an identified natural person or a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly,
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (1) ‘data subject’ means an identified natural person or a natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by means reasonably likely to be used by the controller or by any other natural or legal person, in particular by reference to an identification number, location data, Internet Protocol addresses, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person;
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 a (new) Article 6 a The data will not be used against the data subject in a disciplinary hearing, or to blacklist, vet or bar them from employment
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (f a) The processing of data, inter alia information of members of an organisation, which is done by the organisation in question in compliance with its statutory rules, is of outmost importance for the data controller in voluntary membership based organisations.
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Access to a given consent in regards to Article 6, paragraph 1 (a), as well as Article 9, paragraph 2 (a), can be limited in cases where internal rules of organisations regarding fraud and of crime prevention reasons, in accordance with legislation of the Member State, are enforced.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. This provision shall not apply to the right of the employer to process data on the basis of consent by the employee nor the right of public authorities to process data on the basis of consent by the citizen.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, in relation to the offering of information society services directly to a child, the processing of personal data of a child below
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. The processing of personal data, revealing race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or beliefs, trade-union membership and activities, and the processing of genetic data or data concerning health or sex life or criminal convictions or related security measures shall be prohibited.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) the data subject has given consent to the processing of those personal data, subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 7 and 8, except where Union law or Member State law provide that the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 may not be lifted by the data subject. In particular, this would include safeguards to prevent the blacklisting of workers, for example in relation to their trade union activities or health and safety representative roles; or
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. The controller shall establish procedures for providing the information referred to in Article 14 and for the exercise of the rights of data subjects referred to in Article 13 and Articles 15 to 19. The controller shall provide in particular mechanisms for facilitating the request for the actions referred to in Article 13 and Articles 15 to 19. Where personal data are processed by automated means, the controller shall also provide means for requests to be made electronically. The procedures referred to in this Article can be procedures already established by public authorities in the Member States provided that the procedures comply with the provisions of the Regulation.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 3 3. Where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, the controller shall inform the data subject, in addition to the information referred to in paragraph 1, from which source the personal data originate. This would include data sourced from a third party illegally and passed on to the controller.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 5 – point b Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 2 2. The data subject shall have the right to obtain from the controller communication of the personal data undergoing processing and profiling. Where the data subject makes the request in electronic form, the information shall be provided in electronic form, unless otherwise requested by the data subject.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 15 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Subject to the necessary legal safeguards, especially in order to ensure that information are not used to take measures or decisions regarding specific persons, Member States can, in cases with no risk of violation of privacy, by law limit the rights following article 15 only if these rights are processed as part of scientific research in compliance with article 83 of this Regulation or only if these personal data are stored in the specific timeframe it takes to make statistics.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 a (new) Article 17 a In compliance with the data requirements of this Regulation, especially privacy by design, the provisions in paragraph 4 and 6 of this Article do not change the right of public authorities to store data to have the possibility of having documentary evidence of a given case history.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 1. Every natural person shall have the right both offline and online not to be subject to a measure
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 1. Having regard to the state of the art
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Anonymisation or pseudonymisation of personal data should be applied by the data processor where feasible and proportionate according to the purpose of processing.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 23 – paragraph 2 2. The controller shall implement mechanisms for ensuring that, by default, only those personal data are processed which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing, that the settings automatically comply with the general principles of data protection of this Regulation, and are especially not collected or retained beyond the minimum necessary for those purposes, both in terms of the amount of the data and the time of their storage. In particular, those mechanisms shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible to an indefinite number of individuals.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new) (h a) When a processor is processing data on behalf of the controller, the processor must implement privacy by design and privacy by default.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. a public authority when dealing with data other than personal sensitive data as referred to in Article 9, paragraph 1, of this Regulation.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 28 – paragraph 4 – point b Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 1 1. When the personal data breach is likely to adversely affect the protection of the personal data or privacy of the data subject, inter alia by identity theft or fraud, physical harm, significant humiliation or damage to reputation, the controller shall, after the notification referred to in Article 31, communicate the personal data breach to the data subject
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 2 2. The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 shall describe the nature of the personal data breach and contain at least the information and the recommendations provided for in points (b), (c) and (
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 73 – paragraph 1 1. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every data subject shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in any Member State if they consider that the processing of personal data relating to them does not comply with this Regulation. This complaint must not inflict costs on the data subject.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 77 – paragraph 1 1. Any person who has suffered material or immaterial damage as a result of an unlawful processing operation or of an action incompatible with this Regulation shall have the right to receive compensation from the controller or the processor for the damage suffered.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 77 – paragraph 1 1. Any person who has suffered damage as a result of an unlawful processing operation, including blacklisting, or of an action incompatible with this Regulation shall have the right to receive compensation from the controller or the processor for the damage suffered and for any emotional injury.
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 78 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Any person or enterprise that is known to have infringed the provisions of this regulation, for example by illegally accessing employees' personal data to blacklist them or bar them from employment, should be excluded from receiving EU grants and funding and from taking part in calls for tender for other public procurement contracts at EU, national or public authority level until all legal proceedings are proven to be completed and all compensation has been paid in full to all victims.
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 79 – paragraph 3 – point b Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 79 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new) (a a) uses employees' or potential employees' personal data to blacklist them, vet them or bar them from access to future employment
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 82 – paragraph 1 1. Within the limits of this Regulation, Member States may adopt by law specific rules regulating the processing of employees‘ personal data in the employment context, in particular for the purposes of the recruitment, the performance of the contract of employment, including discharge of obligations laid down by law or by collective agreements, management, planning and organisation of work, health and safety at work, and for the purposes of the exercise and enjoyment, on an individual or collective basis, of rights and benefits related to employment, and for the purpose of the termination of the employment relationship. This Regulation must, in accordance with the principles of Article 5, respect collective agreements regarding decentralized regulation of the employer's data processing concluded in accordance with this Regulation.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 83 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Member States can adopt specific measures to regulate the processing of personal data for historical, statistical or scientific purposes while respecting the provisions of paragraph 1 and 2 of this article as well as respecting the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 83 – paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. A Member State adopting specific measures according to article 83, paragraph 3a, must inform the Commission about the adopted measures prior to the date set in article 91, paragraph 2, and without undue delay inform the Commission about eventual changes at a later stage of the measures.
source: PE-500.411
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2012/0175(COD) Insurance mediation. Recast
2013/01/30
IMCO
26 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 Member States may stipulate that, where an insurance or reinsurance intermediary acts under the responsibility of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or of another registered insurance or reinsurance intermediary, the
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities do not register an insurance or reinsurance intermediary unless it is satisfied that the intermediary meets the requirements laid down in Article 8, or that another intermediary or undertaking will take the responsibility for ensuring that the intermediary meets these requirements in accordance with Article 3(1) paragraph 3.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 7 – point a (a) t
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 7 – point b (b)
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 a (new) Registered insurance and re-insurance intermediaries shall be allowed to take up and pursue the activity of insurance and reinsurance mediation in the Union by means of both freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 b (new) 4 b. A registered insurance or reinsurance intermediary carries on an insurance mediation activity under the 'freedom of services' if: a) it carries on insurance or reinsurance mediation with or for a policyholder who resides or is established in a Member State different from the home Member State of the intermediary; b) any risk to be insured is situated in a Member State different from the home Member State of the intermediary; c) it must comply with article 6 paragraph 1 and paragraph 4.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall require that: a) any insurance intermediary which is a legal person have its head office in the same Member State as its registered office and that it actually operates there; b) any insurance intermediary which is not a legal person or any insurance intermediary which is a legal person but under its national law has no registered office have its head office in a Member State in which it actually carries on its business. If an insurance intermediary's primary place of business is located in another Member State, then the competent authority of that other Member State may agree with the home Member State competent authority to act as if it were the home Member State competent authority with regard to the obligations in chapters VI, VII and VIII of this Directive. In the event of such an agreement, the home Member State competent authority shall notify the insurance intermediary and EIOPA without delay.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. Where the host Member State has grounds for concluding that an insurance or reinsurance intermediary acting within its territory under the freedom to provide services or through an establishment is in breach of any obligation set out in this Directive, and where the host Member State does not have powers under this Directive to take action in response to such breaches, it shall refer those findings to the competent authority of the home Member State which shall take the appropriate measures. In cases where, despite measures taken by the competent authority of the home Member State, an insurance or reinsurance intermediary persists in acting in a manner that is clearly prejudicial to the interests of host Member State consumers or the orderly functioning of insurance and reinsurance markets, the insurance or reinsurance intermediary shall be subject to the following measures:
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2 Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3 Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 4 Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 8 Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States shall ensure the setting- up of appropriate, effective, impartial and independent complaints and redress procedures for the out-of-court settlement of disputes between insurance intermediaries and customers, and between insurance undertakings and customers, using existing bodies where appropriate.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new) (a a) Where a customer initiates a procedure for alternative dispute resolution laid down in national law against an insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking with regard to a dispute concerning rights and obligations established under this Directive the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking shall be required to participate in that procedure. For the purposes of the application of this of this Directive the competent authorities shall cooperate with each other and with the entities responsible for out-of-court complaint and redress procedure referred to above and to the extent permitted by EU Directives or regulations in force.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Member States shall ensure that insurance intermediaries established on their territories inform consumers about the name, address and website address of the ADR entities by which they are covered and which are competent to deal with potential disputes between themselves and consumers.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Insurance intermediaries within the Union engaging in online and cross- border online sales shall inform consumers about the ODR platform, if applicable and about their email address. This information shall be made easily, directly, prominently and permanently accessible on the insurance intermediaries' website and if the offer is made by e-mail or another textual message transmitted by electronic means, in that message. It shall include an electronic link to the ODR platform's homepage. Insurance intermediaries shall also inform consumers about the ODR platform when the consumer submits a complaint to the insurance intermediary, a consumer complaint handling system operated by the insurance intermediary or to a company ombudsman.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 5 Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Prior to the conclusion of any specific contract, the insurance intermediary – including tied ones– or insurance undertaking shall
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point a Articles 23 (1) and (2) shall also apply ton insurance intermediaries and insurance undertakings when carrying out insurance mediation in relation to all insurance products.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point b Member States may maintain or adopt stricter provisions regarding the customer protection requirements referred to in Articles 23, 24 and 25 provided that such provisions comply with Union law. ESMA and EIOPA should work together to achieve as much consistency as possible in the conduct of business standards for retail investment products that are subject to either (MiFID II) or to this Directive through guidelines.
source: PE-504.096
2013/02/14
ECON
47 amendments...
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) Various types of persons or institutions, such as agents, brokers and ‘bancassurance’ operators, insurance undertakings, travel agents and car rental companies can distribute insurance products.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 (6) In order to guarantee that the same level of consumer protection applies regardless of the channel through which consumers buy an insurance product, either directly from an insurance undertaking or indirectly from an intermediary, the scope of the Directive needs to cover not only insurance undertakings but all other market participants who sell insurance products on an ancillary basis (e.g. travel agents and car rental companies, suppliers of goods not meeting conditions for the exemption).
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 30 (30) Consumers should be provided in advance with clear information about the status of the persons who sell the insurance product and about the remuneration which they receive. There is a need to introduce a mandatory status disclosure for European insurance intermediaries and insurance undertakings. This information should be given to the consumer at the pre- contractual stage. Its role is to
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 30 (30) Consumers should be provided in advance with clear information about the status of the persons who sell the insurance product and about the remuneration which they receive. There is an urgent need to introduce a mandatory status disclosure for European insurance intermediaries and insurance undertakings. This information should be given to the consumer at the pre- contractual stage. Its
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 31 (31) In order to mitigate conflicts of interest between the seller and the buyer of an insurance product, it is necessary to ensure sufficient disclosure of remuneration of insurance distributors. Accordingly, for life insurance products, the intermediary and the employee of the insurance intermediary or the insurance undertaking should be obliged to inform the customer about its remuneration, in advance of the sale. For other insurance products, subject to a transitional period of 5 years, the
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 37 (37) Prior to the conclusion of a contract, including in the case of non-advised sales, the customer should be given the relevant information about the insurance product to allow the customer to make an informed decision. The insurance intermediary should
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 40 (40) This Directive should specify the minimum obligations which insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries should have in providing information to customers. A Member State should be able to in this area maintain or adopt more stringent provisions which may be imposed on insurance intermediaries and insurance undertakings independently of the provisions of their home Member State where they are pursuing insurance mediation activities on its territory provided that any such more stringent provisions comply with Union law, including Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce). A Member State which proposes to apply and applies provisions regulating insurance intermediaries and the sale of insurance products in addition to those set out in this Directive should ensure that the administrative burden stemming from these provisions is proportionate for consumer protection. In the interest of consumer protection and in order to prevent mis-selling of insurance products, Member States should be permitted to apply
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 47 (47) In order to detect potential breaches, the competent authorities should have the necessary investigatory powers, and should establish effective mechanisms to encourage reporting of potential or actual breaches which provide appropriate protection for those who denounce such breaches.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – subparagraph 1 3. ‘insurance mediation’ means the activities of advising on , proposing or carrying out other work preparatory to the conclusion of contracts of insurance, concluding such contracts or assisting in the administration and performance of such contracts, in particular in the event of a claim , and the activity of professional management of claims and loss adjusting, including price comparison websites. These activities shall be considered to be insurance mediation also if carried on by an insurance undertaking without the intervention of an insurance intermediary.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 4. ‘insurance investment product’ means a contract of insurance which could be also classified as an ‘investment product’ as defined in Article 2(a) of [Regulation on key information documents for investment products (PRIPs Regulation)]; excluding those defined in Article 2(e) and (f) in the PRIPS Regulation regarding occupational pension schemes and pension products for which a financial contribution from the employer is required by national law and where the employee has no choice as to the pension product provider;
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 9. ‘advice’ means the provision of a personal recommendation to a customer, either upon their request or at the initiative of the insurance undertaking or the insurance intermediary;
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 10.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18 (18)
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Except as provided in Article 4, insurance and reinsurance intermediaries shall be registered with a competent authority as defined in Article 7(2), in their home Member State. Insurance and reinsurance undertakings registered in Member States under Directive 73/239/EEC, Directive 2002/83/EC and Directive 2005/68/EC and their employees shall not be required to register again under this Directive.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Registered insurance and reinsurance intermediaries shall be allowed to take up and pursue the activity of insurance and reinsurance mediation in the Community by means of both freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 4. Intermediaries who are subject to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters I, III, IV, V, VIII, IX and Articles 15, 16, 17 and 1
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall ensure that insurance and reinsurance intermediaries and members of staff of insurance undertakings carrying out insurance mediation activities regularly update their knowledge and ability appropriate to the function they are performing and the relevant market through continuing professional development in order to maintain an adequate level of performance. To that end, Member States shall have in place mechanisms to control, asses, and certify the knowledge and skills through independent bodies.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 Insurance and reinsurance intermediaries and members of staff of insurance undertakings carrying out insurance mediation activities shall be of good repute. As a minimum, th
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 8 – point a (a) the notion of adequate knowledge and ability of the intermediary and members of staff of insurance undertakings when carrying on insurance mediation with its customers as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article;
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 8 – point c (c) the steps that insurance intermediaries and members of staff of insurance undertakings might reasonably be expected to take to update their knowledge and ability through continuing professional development in order to maintain an adequate level of performance.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new) 1a. Such powers shall include, at least, the rights to: (a) have access to any document in any form whatsoever which would be relevant for the performance of the supervisory duties and to receive a copy of it; (b) demand information from any person and if necessary to summon and question a person with a view to obtaining information; (c) carry out on-site inspections including undercover ones;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the procedure results in decisions which are
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall ensure that insurance intermediaries established on their territories inform consumers about the name, address and website address of the ADR entities by which they are covered and which are competent to deal with potential disputes between themselves and consumers. Insurance intermediaries within the Union engaging in online and cross- border online sales shall inform consumers about ODR platform, if applicable and about their email address. This information should be made easily, directly, prominently and permanently accessible on the insurance intermediary’s website and if the offer is made by e-mail or another textual message transmitted by electronic means, in that message. It shall include an electronic link to the ODR platform's homepage. Insurance intermediaries shall also inform consumers about the ODR platform when the consumer submits a complaint to the insurance intermediary or to a company ombudsman.
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 a (new) Article 13a Where a customer initiated a procedure for alternative dispute resolution laid down in national law against an insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking with regard to a dispute concerning rights and obligations established under this Directive the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking shall be required to participate in that procedure. For the purposes of the application of this directive the competent authorities shall cooperate with each other and with the entities responsible for out-of-court complaint and redress procedure referred to above and to the extent permitted by EU Directives or regulations in force.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall require that, when carrying out insurance mediation with or for customers, an insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking always acts honestly, fairly and professionally in accordance with the best interests of its customers.
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 2 2. All information, including marketing communications, addressed by the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking to customers or potential customers shall be fair, clear and not misleading. Marketing communications shall always be clearly identifiable as such.
Amendment 356 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii (ii) whether or not it offers or provides any type of advice about the insurance products sold and the nature of such advice;
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d (d) the nature and amount of the remuneration received directly or indirectly in relation to the insurance contract;
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part (e) whether in relation to the insurance contract and any proposed ancillary services or products, it works:
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (fa) if the intermediary receives other kind of remuneration in connection with insurance mediation activities, the nature and the economic value of this remuneration;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) provide the customer with the amount or, where the precise amount is not capable of being given, the basis of calculation of the fee or commission or the combination of both
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 3 3. The insurance undertaking or insurance intermediary shall also inform the customer about the nature and the basis of the calculation of any variable remuneration received by any employee of theirs for distributing and managing the insurance product in question as well as any proposed ancillary service or product.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Member States shall ensure that the manner in which an insurance intermediary or an insurance undertaking remunerates its staff, appoints representatives or other insurance intermediaries does not impede compliance with its obligation to act in the best interest of its clients referred to in Article 15 and shall require to take all reasonable steps to identify and manage conflicts of interest between themselves or any person directly or indirectly linked to them and their customers and to operate effective organisational and administrative arrangements to that purpose. Where such arrangements are not sufficient to with reasonable confidence that the existence of the conflict will be prevented, the insurance intermediary or the insurance undertaking shall refuse the business irrespective of any customer consent.
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States shall ensure that where advice is provided, it should constitute a separate service from the selling of an insurance and that such a service can only be marketed as advice when: (a) the adviser has the appropriate professional competence; and (b) A separate charge for advice can only be made if the consumer has been informed of the requirement to pay a charge and of method used for its calculation.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. When the insurance intermediary or the insurance undertaking
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a directive Article 21 – paragraph 2 2. When an insurance service or product is offered together with any other service or product as a package, the insurance undertaking or, where applicable, the insurance intermediary shall
Amendment 541 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 a (new) Article 22 a Article 23 (1) and (2) shall also apply to insurance intermediaries and insurance undertakings when carrying out insurance mediation in relation to all products. Member States may obtain or adopt stricter provisions regarding the customer protection requirements referred to in Articles 23, 24 and 25 provided that such provisions comply with Union law. ESMA and EIOPA should work together to achieve as much consistency as possible in the conduct of business standards for retail investment products that are subject to either (MiFID II) or to this Directive through guidelines.
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall require that, when carrying out insurance mediation with or for customers, an insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking always acts honestly, fairly and professionally in accordance with the best interests of its customers and complies, in particular, with the principles set out in this Article and in Article 25.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a directive Article 24 – paragraph 2 2. All information, including marketing communications, addressed by the insurance intermediary or insurance undertaking to customers or potential customers shall always be fair, clear and not misleading. Marketing communications shall be clearly identifiable as such by the consumer.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive Article 30 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities establish effective mechanisms to encourage reporting of potential or actual breaches of national provisions implementing this Directive to the competent authorities.
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a directive Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) appropriate protection
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a directive Article 31 a (new) source: PE-504.392
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2012/0366(COD) Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale. Approximation of Member States legislation
2013/05/08
IMCO
12 amendments...
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) In other areas there are still substantial differences between the Member States' laws, regulations and administrative provisions on the manufacture, presentation, and sale of tobacco and related products which impede the functioning of the internal market. In the light of scientific, market and international developments these discrepancies are expected to increase. This applies in particular to nicotine containing products, herbal products for smoking, ingredients and emissions, certain aspects of labelling and packaging
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 14 (14) The lack of a harmonised approach on ingredients regulation affects the functioning of the internal market and impacts on the free movement of goods across the EU. Some Member States have adopted legislation or entered into binding agreements with the industry allowing or prohibiting certain ingredients. As a result, some ingredients are regulated in some Member States, but not in others. Member States are also taking different approaches as regards additives integrated in the filter of cigarettes as well as additives colouring the tobacco smoke. Without harmonisation, the obstacles on the internal market are expected to increase in the coming years taking into account the implementation of the FCTC and its guidelines and considering experience gained in other jurisdictions outside the Union. The guidelines on Articles 9 and 10 FCTC call in particular for the removal of ingredients that increase palatability, create the impression that the tobacco products have health benefits, are associated with energy and vitality or have colouring properties. Ingredients that increase addictiveness and toxicity should also be removed.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 18 Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 23 (23) In order to ensure the integrity and the visibility of health warnings and maximise their efficacy, provisions should be made regarding the dimension of the warnings as well as regarding certain aspects of the appearance of the tobacco package, including the opening mechanism. The package and the products may mislead consumers, in particular young people, suggesting that products are less harmful. For instance, this is the case with certain texts or features, such as ‘low-tar’, ‘light’, ‘ultra-light’, ‘mild’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, ‘without additives’, ‘without flavours’, ‘slim’, names, pictures, and figurative or other signs. Likewise, the size and appearance of individual cigarettes can mislead consumers by creating the impression that they are less harmful. A recent study has also shown that smokers of slim cigarettes were more likely to believe that their own brand might be less harmful. This should be addressed by defining which text may be placed on the package and with the use of plain packaging. Studies have shown that plain packages are less attractive and enhance the effectiveness of health warnings, thereby decreasing smoking uptake and tobacco consumption.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) Tobacco products for smoking, other than cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco products, which are mainly consumed by older consumers, should be
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new) (24a) 'plain packaging' means the standardised colour, font, size and position of brand names and brand variant on packages and the standardised colour of packages.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 10 Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. For cigarette packets the general warning and the information message shall be printed on the lateral sides of the unit packets. These warnings shall have a width of not less than 20 mm and a height of not less than 4
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) cover
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i (i) height: not less than 6
source: PE-510.660
2013/05/13
IMCO
4 amendments...
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 Amendment 337 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Unit packets of cigarettes and roll- your-own tobacco shall comply with plain packaging requirements laid down by the Commission following paragraph 4b of this Article.
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. The Commission shall adopt by means of implementing acts measures on plain packaging rules for unit packets of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 a (new) Article 16 a Point-of-Sale displays of tobacco products 1. Member States shall prohibit point-of- sale displays of tobacco products in their territory. 2. Tobacco products shall be completely concealed from the customer except during the purchase of sale of tobacco products, or stocktaking, restocking, staff training or maintenance of the storage unit. 3. Display of tobacco products for those reasons listed in paragraph 2 may only last as long as is necessary to complete those tasks. 4. Prices of tobacco products shall be listed in a standardised format.
source: PE-510.679
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2012/2133(INI) New agenda for European Consumer Policy
2013/01/25
IMCO
10 amendments...
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas e-commerce is very useful for consumers with disabilities and
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the development of e- commerce is slowed down by the still existing digital divide among Union citizens;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls for consumers to be able to exercise their rights simply and effectively in basic areas relating to food, health, transport, energy, financial and digital services, pharmaceuticals and medical devices;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses that market information must be accessible, reliable, clear and comparable, and that binding commercial guarantees need to be adopted that ensure the administration of justice in cases where intermediaries become insolvent; emphasises the need to prosecute unfair commercial practices and unfair contract terms or mass market manipulation such as occurred in the Libor and/or Euribor markets; highlights the need to protect consumers ‘trapped’ by a financial product, and those with mortgages who, for reasons not attributable to the consumer, are at risk of being evicted from their homes;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the need to provide better protection of the rights of vulnerable consumer groups such as children and
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises that redress mechanisms, such as alternative dispute resolution (ADR), collective dispute resolution or online dispute resolution, must be available, fast, accessible and effective; stresses that ADR procedures should be resolved within a maximum of 90 days, and that unemployed consumers should, either individually or through a consumer association, have access to free income- based legal aid for court proceedings;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Emphasises the need to ensure the accessibility of goods and services in the Union, covering areas such as built environment, transport and ICT; urges the Commission to release an ambitious Union Accessibility Act;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Draws attention to the fact the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014 -2020 will have to incorporate the Consumer Agenda
source: PE-504.100
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2012/2234(INI) Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
2012/12/18
ECON
1 amendments...
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 20 20. Welcomes
source: PE-502.082
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