4 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2013/2122(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas misleading marketing practices can take many forms, with the most prominent being misleading directory company schemes where a rogue company sends out forms inviting businesses to complete or update their business name and contact details, seemingly for free; whereas signatories later discover that they have, in fact, unintentionally signed up to a contract, normally bsuch as business directory or payment form scams, as outlined in Annex 3 of the Commission's "Study regarding the problems faced by consumers in obtainding them for a minimum of three years, to be listed in a business directory at a yearly charge of up to EUR 1000 or moreredress for infringements of consumer protection legislation, and the economic consequences of such problems" from 2008;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls onSupports the Commission's intention to investigate the possibility of introducing, on the basis of validated criteria, an EU- wide blacklist of fraudulent companies, in order to prevent such companies from expandmisleading marketing practices; recommends that such a blacklist should be coherent with the blacklist ing their practices to other Member Stat Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, exhaustive and include clear definitions of fraudulent marketing practices;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the Commission's failure to take upConsiders that the Commission should also evaluate the Parliament's recommendation for a partial extension of the scope of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive by having Annex I (the blacklist) cover business-to- business (B2B) contracts; considers that amending this directive instead of Directive 2006/114/EC will in parallel to the consideration of a possible review of Directive 2006/114/EC to assess whether this would result in a more coherent approach since it will extend the concept of unfair commercial practices, together with the blacklist, to B2B relations; stresses that this will avoid the need for broadening the concept of misleading advertising, which is necessary in order to capturenotes however that the broad concept of misleading advertising in Directive 2006/114/EC already covers all forms of misleading marketing practices;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes with concern that dispute resolution processes have proven inefficient, lengthy and costly, and that they offer no guarantee of adequate and timely compensation for the damage caused; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal thatCalls for the prompt transposition of the Directive on alternative dispute resolution, recently adopted together with the Regulation on online dispute resolution, which are both designed to guarantee improved universal EU-wide access to dispute resolution bodies; urges that the quick settlement of disputes be ensured in a simple and cheap manner; calls on the Member States to introduce national laws makesing it possible for the victims of misleading marketing practices to act collectively in a case against a rogue company; stresses that the victims should have the option of being represented by designated organisations, such as national entrepreneurs' organisations; calls for effective remedies for victims, including the annulment of the contracts concerned in line with the recently published Commission recommendation C(2013)3539 and Commission communication COM(2013)401; stresses that, in order to avoid abusive litigation, the victims should be represented by a qualified entity, as outlined in the Commission documents;