Activities of Barbara WEILER related to 2008/2114(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directives 2005/29/EC and 2006/114/EC (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on the transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directive 2005/29/EC, concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising PDF (150 KB) DOC (87 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests and the report of 18 November 2008 by the Commission on the application of this Directive (COM(2008)0756),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Green Paper of 27 November 2008 on consumer collective redress (COM(2008)0794),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the UCP and MCA Directives in making consumers and traders more confident in engaging in cross-border transactions and in ensuring greater legal certainty for businesses in relation to the admissibility of different commercial practices and advertising in the internal market;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission, with reference to Recital 8 of the Directive on unfair commercial practices, to investigate the need to protect small and medium-sized undertakings against aggressive business practices and, if appropriate, to initiate the requisite follow-up measures;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the Commission should either submit a proposal for an amendment to the MCA Directive to include a "black" list of practices that are under all circumstances to be considered misleading, or extend the scope of the UCP Directive to cover B2B contracts with specific regard to point 21 of Annex I thereto; requests the Commission to report by December 2009 on the measures taken;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission's initiative to establish a publicly accessible database of national measures adopted in transposition of the UCP, jurisprudence and other relevant material, and; calls on the Commission to include in this database expert monitoring reports which, on the basis of cases documented in the database, formulate specific recommendations for action to improve enforcement of the law; calls on the Commission furthermore to use this database to set up a "single point of access" website where both undertakings and consumers can retrieve information on the legislation in force in the Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Insists that the Commission submit on schedule, by 12 June 2011, a comprehensive implementation report pursuant to Article 18 of the Directive on unfair commercial practices which incorporates experience of the MCA Directive;