2 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2008/0196(COD)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) New financial products that fall below the EUR 200 lower limit, set out in the existing legislation, should be taken into account when renewing the current financial legislation or in further development of the consumer rights directive in relating to consumer information and unfair business practices.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4
Article 4
1. Unless indicated differently in this Directive, Member States may notadopt or maintain or introduce, in their national law, provisions diverging from those laid down in this Directive, including more or less stringent provisions to ensure a different level of consumer protectionin force more stringent provisions, compatible with the Treaty in the field covered by this Directive, to ensure a higher level of consumer protection. 2. Where Member States maintain or introduce more stringent provisions to ensure a higher level of consumer protection in the field harmonised by this Directive, these provisions must be compatible with the Treaty and must be notified to the Commission. The Commission shall make that information public on a website or in another easily accessible way. 3. The rights resulting from this Directive shall be exercised without prejudice to other rights which the consumer may invoke under the national rules governing contractual or non-contractual liability.