12 Amendments of Kaja KALLAS related to 2016/2056(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Agrees with the Commission that the lack of cross-border financial services is a major concern and may harm the interests of consumers and businesses, as well as undermine the functioning of the single market; supports all efforts to find new ways to re-launch the single market for retail financial services in practice;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that it is particularly important to remove cross-border barriers in the insurance sector in order to boost the collaborative economy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses, as outlined in the Green paper, that barriers preventing financial products from being sold across borders and the lack of cross-border sales are not primarily found in European law but either in barriers caused by national legislations or by the voluntary choice of financial institutions to segment the single market into national markets; asks the Commission to undertaken further analysis to understand this market segmentation and price discrimination and to recommend in a white paper, while respecting the freedom to contract, measures that could be introduced to encourage financial institutions to compete beyond national borders and to challenge current national pricing structures;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CWelcomes the benefits brought to consumers by the digital transformation of financial services and the raise of non- traditional fintech companies which have started to change the way retailers and consumers interact; calls on the Commission to ensure that digitalisation brings better market access for all businesses on an equal footing, especially for SMEs and fintechs, and greater consumer choice, bringing down price differences of financial services within the EU;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the work of various European-level agencies in protecting the interests of consumers in the financial sector; stresses, however, the need for better collaboration between these agencies to increase efficiency and avoid the duplication of tasks;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks the Member States to ensure that digital communications and sales related to retail financial services are available in forms accessible to persons with disabilities, including via websites and downloadable file formats; supports the full inclusion of all retail financial services within the scope of the Directive on the accessibility requirements for products and services (the "European Accessibility Act");
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Asks the Commission to work with retailers, consumer organisations and other relevant stakeholders towards the creation of an independent pan-European comparison website for the most sold financial services products;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Asks the Commission to assess the impact of a proposal to ban all fees or charges related to the sending or receiving of SEPA or national wire- transfers and the potential benefits for European consumers;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Welcomes the work towards greater transparency in the pricing of rental car services, including the sale of ancillary insurances and other fees; stresses that all fees or charges, either required or optional, connected to the rental a vehicle should be visible to the consumer on the rental company or comparison website in a clear and highlighted manner; reminds the Commission of the need to enforce the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and welcomes the recent adoption of new implementing guidelines in light of technological change;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Underlines the need to remove all barriers to the provision of financial services across borders includes national requirements to establish a structure or register in the Member State of the consumer; reminds the Member States of the current legislative requirements and case law in this domain and believes that if barriers are not removed that the Commission should take additional measures;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Welcomes the increased use of e- signatures and e-identification within the framework of the eIDAS regulation; asks the Member States to work to ensure that e-signatures become the norm for financial service transactions and agreements; calls on the Commission to promote the use of e-IDs as a means of remote identification which meets current safety requirements while not hindering business at a distance;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Recalls the work done relating to the credit rating agencies regulation; asks the Commission to review the impact of such legislation in relations to products sold to retail consumers;