6 Amendments of Karin RIIS-JØRGENSEN related to 2008/2154(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onSupports the Commission in considering, with a view to a greater degree of legal certainty and increased consumer protection, to consider proposing the establishment of common rules and mechanisms guaranteeingbringing forward the appropriate mix of legislative and non- legislative proposals that will enable access to full compensation for any individual suffering damage as a result of a breach of competition law;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ConsiderWelcomes the Commission's mix of proposals as regards representative actions brought by qualified entities as a necessary mechanism, especially in the case of many persons with small claims, for ensuring the compensation of all identifiable victimslongside the possibility of opt-in collective actions, which should help ensure the compensation of the greater part of victims; however, considers that further consideration should be given to opt-out collective actions, which have the merit of producing a 'once and for all settlement' for defendants and thus reduce uncertainty;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to provide further guidance at Community level as regards the quantification of damages; insists that any such guidance should clearly reject so-called punitive damages or any other mechanism that could lead to damages that are disproportionate to the harm actually suffered;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the view that the costs of legal procedures should not deter complainmants from bringing well-founded actions and therefore calls on the Members States to take appropriate measures, such as allowing exceptions or limiting the level of court fees, to reduce the costs associated with antitrust damages actions; however, believes that the Commission needs to do further work in examining how exactly such actions might be financed by claimants and to study various funding models so that access to justice is ensured;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to adopt a consistent approach between rules of collective redress in relation to competition law and rules envisaged in the general framework of consumer protection. 1; asks in this context that the Commission reflect in both areas on amendments and extensions to Directive 98/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests1 which might in the first instance achieve the desired aims without interfering in Member States' national civil and procedural laws. Or. en OJ L 166, 11.6.1998, p. 51.