18 Amendments of Virginie JORON related to 2019/2190(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including and in particular products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, whileensuring coherence among all the different initiatives and avoiding duplicating legislation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the productsoftware or to how the device on which it operates is used, leading to a de facto new product;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Proposes that the issue of changing the certification period for evolutionary products be resolved by considering compliance reviews, with certification and warranty, which would be renewed over time during the lifetime of the product; suggests that the proper conduct of these reviews should be duly notified to consumers when purchasing the product, for example by means of a form to be signed, without prejudice to the legal liability applicable in the event of a refusal to sign; stresses that these reviews must enable monitoring of how the evolving system is developing and of the safeguarding of its security over time; considers that the issue of certification standards should be considered in the Commission text; calls for the decision about whether the reviews should be entrusted to the manufacturer, the national regulatory authority, third-party certifiers, or more than one of these together should be left to the Member States; also calls for clarity on what the consequences of a lack of monitoring would be;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure trust and product safety;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages economic operatomerging technologies' providers to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, in order to improve the safety of connected products while keeping citizens' health as the greater good;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that these infrastructures must themselves be subject to thorough, renewed security controls, as they form the framework in which connected products would be likely to exercise their capabilities even as these evolve; calls for particular vigilance with regard to possible back doors in the networks deployed; recommends that the Commission and the Member States give priority to European operators in matters of deployment;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification schemes for AI, IoT and robotics products, and to assess whether to create mandatory certification schemes for specific consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including particular at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, especially where freight traffic is high such as in ports, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent and stop their circulation in the internal market;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls on their quality, origin and compliance to the EU regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products and to keep the ICSMS system updated;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. European consumers have noticed that dangerous products more often come from non-European countries. Products from certain non-EU countries should therefore be subject to controls by the national authorities and the Commission as a matter of priority.
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to improve and increase, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to block misleading advertisements of these products;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety and quality of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non- harmonised products accordingly;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that the lack of EU mandatory rules on origin labelling of products and their main components generates uncertainty to consumers who are often misled by the packaging itself; points out that an EU effective and binding traceability system would ensure a higher level of consumer safety for all products placed on the EU market;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that product traceability throughout the supply chain is essential for informing consumers about the social and environmental safety and the impact of products and their production;