10 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/2008(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas these analyses also show that certain products include less of the main ingredient, or ingredients that are considered to be less healthy and of poorer quality, or ingredients that have different taste, consistency and other sensory characteristics;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas these analyses also show that certain products include less of the main ingredient, or ingredients that are considered to be less healthy and of poorer quality, or ingredients that have different taste, consistency and other sensory characteristics;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas consumers do not expect a priori that the branded products sold in different countries within the single market might have different characteristics; whereas consumers in different Members States are unable to assess by themselves the potential differences in the composition of certain products, and are therefore unable to make informed purchasing decisions due to a lack of relevant information;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to continue the discussions with the stakeholders – consumer organisations, manufacturers and national authorities within the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network – and awaits development of the common methodology for the comparative tests of food products in different Member States, which should permit greater clarity on the scope of the problem;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Remind the Commission Notice on the application of EU food and consumer protection law to issues of Dual Quality of food products (2017/C 327/01) which acknowledges producers' right to sell different products in different parts of the single market, due to local preferences, local and seasonal ingredients, or different places of manufacture; warns however that consumers must not be misled and calls on the national food authorities to establish, on a case-by-case basis, if this practice is illegal, based on the provisions of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices, and their interplay with the fair information requirements in Regulation No 1169/2011 on Food Information;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Insists on the importance of the notion of a "product of reference", against which consumer expectations are to be measured; highlights that consumers need to be adequately informed if a product differs from their expectations, as when inadequate information leads them to buy a product they would not otherwise buy;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Reminds the Commission Notice on the application of EU food and consumer protection law to issues of Dual Quality of food products (2017/C 327/01) which acknowledges producers' right to sell different products in different parts of the single market, due to local preferences, local and seasonal ingredients, or different places of manufacture; warns however that consumers must not be misled and calls on the national food authorities to establish, on a case-by-case basis, if this practice is illegal, based on the provisions of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices, and their interplay with the fair information requirements in Regulation No 1169/2011 on Food Information;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Insists on the importance of the notion of a "product of reference", against which consumer expectations are to be measured; highlights that consumers need to be adequately informed if a product differs from their expectations, as when inadequate information leads them to buy a product they would not otherwise buy;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that national authorities are unable to tackle this issue individually, and calls therefore for a solution to be foundcan select samples and carry out tests only in the territory of their Member State and that therefore, in order to address the problem, it is necessary to work towards a solution at EU level; recalls that Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices (UCPD)3 is the main tool for protecting consumers from misleading and unfair practices; calls on the Commission to amend Annex I to the UCPD by adding the practice of dual quality to the blacklist.; _________________ 3 OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22.
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to continue the discussions with the stakeholders – consumer organisations, manufacturers and national authorities within the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network – and awaits development of the common methodology for the comparative tests of food products in different Member States, which should permit greater clarity on the scope of the problem;