Activities of Anna HEDH related to 2009/2137(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on consumer protection PDF (219 KB) DOC (126 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is aware that consumers are less satisfied and experience more problems with services than goods which partly reflects the greater complexity in the contractual relations and delivery of services compared to goods; calls on the Commission to carry out in-depth analyses of all problematic sectors such as energy, transport and banking services and make specific policy recommendations; welcomes the report on retail financial services in the EU, published by the Commission as a follow up to the Scoreboard;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the available price data are not sufficient to monitor the internal market properly and calls on national statistical offices and Eurostat to work together with the Commission to provide more data and to further develop itsthe methodology for collecting average prices of comparable and representative goods and services;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes note of the fact that online shopping is becoming more widespread but cross-border e-commerce is not developing as fast as domestic shopping; asks the Commission to include in future Scoreboards more complete data on the real level of cross-border sales and the problems encountered by cross-border consumers; calls on the European Central Bank to provide the Commission with statistics on cross-border business-to- consumer trade flows;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that the effective implementation and enforcement of EU consumer protection rules acts as a driver for increasing consumer confidence and as a forceful deterrent to businesses seeking to evade those rules; calls on the Commission to closely monitor and help Member States in the transposition and implementation of the EU consumer acquis; invites the Commission in this context to explore options, using the legal basis provided by Article 169 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, for raising the profile of consumer protection policy with measures that support and supplement Member State policies, potentially including the creation of a European Consumer Agency;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Emphasises that close cooperation between the Commission, Eurostat, national statistical officessignificant input from national statistical offices and Eurostat, as well as close cooperation between these bodies, the Commission, consumer policy makers, national enforcement authorities as well asnd consumer and business organisations, will be a key in assuring the quality and completeness of data and further developing the evidence base needed; calls on Eurostat, Member States and all stakeholders to take steps to facilitate such cooperation;