17 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2011/2149(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas consumers do not form one single homogenous group, and whereas these conditions of inequality between consumers need to be addressed in the Consumer Agenda; whereas attention must be paid to non-discrimination and accessibility in the Consumer Agenda, especially as regards consumers with disabilities,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a properly functioning internal market should offer consumers a wider choice of high-quality products and services at competitive prices and, at the same time, a high level of consumer protection and, protection for the environment and protection for animals,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas good animal husbandry is vital in reducing the use of antibiotics in animal production,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the European Parliament and national parliaments should protect health and wellbeing of its citizens.
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for the proper implementation and enforcement of existing legislation (in particular the latest consumer rights directive) accompanied by appropriate dissemination of the new ‘rules of the game’;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda: making sure private consumption becomes moreenvironmentally and ethically sustainable, reducing levels of inequality between consumers, reducing consumers’ exposure to hazardous chemicals and products and protecting children and young people from advertising;.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the numerous challenges facing the Consumer Agenda: making sure private consumption becomes more sustainable, reducing levels of inequality between consumers, reducing consumers' exposure to hazardous chemicals and products and protecting children from advertising; as well as encouraging sustainable and healthy consumer behaviours;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to carry out more systematic impact assessments and policy audits of the evolving ‘EU consumer acquis’, where appropriate; emphasises that the lack of compliance is a greater problem than a lack of consumer law and that market surveillance should therefore be stepped up;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to analyse and clarify the role of consumers as co- producers of services and particularly as content producers in new media;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that the Consumer Agenda needs to highlight the market in content for digital products, e.g. e-books;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to include the protection of children among the main priorities of the Consumer Agenda and propose a ban on TV advertising and direct advertising aimed at children under the age of 12; points out that advanced marketing techniques, such as viral marketing, and use of the Internet and social media by children and young people should also be taken into consideration when dealing with child-oriented advertising;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that advertising makes a major contribution to fostering positive attitudes to alcohol, especially in young people, as alcohol advertising affects the point at which young people start drinking and persuades those who already drink to increase their consumption; stresses that studies also show there is a direct link between how much advertising young people are exposed to and how much they increase their consumption; calls on the Commission to propose a ban on alcohol advertising aimed at consumers;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that it is vital that the Commission should also address the importance of clear food labelling in the Consumer Agenda, eco-labelling, energy labelling and other labelling of goods and services in the Consumer Agenda, both for the sake of consumers and also to facilitate public procurement;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that it is vital that the Commission should also address the importance of food labelling in the Consumer Agenda, especially in case of alcoholic beverages;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to highlight the importance of standardisation in the Consumer Agenda in order to simplify complex processes and complex consumer information on services, for example, and to ensure that both consumer organisations and national authorities are involved in this important task;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to pay attention in the Consumer Agenda to the importance of public procurement for sustainable consumption; calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to take account of consumers’ desires for environmentally and ethically sustainable consumption;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
87 27. Stresses the need for the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework for the post-2013 period to be well funded and to take into account the ambitious aims set out in the Consumer Agenda; points out that adequate and guaranteed funding from the EU is required for consumer organisations to be able to represent consumers in all EU Member States;