Activities of Olle SCHMIDT related to 2011/2013(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Green Paper from the Commission on policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses
Amendments (6)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a common European Contract Law would benefit consumers and in particular, since they would be able to exploit the advantages of contribute to more and easy accessible cross border trade within the internal market to the full,
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the development of an optional European Contract Law or a further developed "toolbox” could do much to improve the functioning of the internal market and that Parliament and the Council should have final responsibility for determining its legal form and scope;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that individual components of consumer contract law are already spread across various sets of European rules, sotresses that it would make sense to consolidate them into a European Contract Law; points out, further, that these existing sets of rules illustrate the need for a clearly structured, uniform body of law which consumers can readily identify;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Taking into account the special nature of the different contracts and leading national and international principles of contract law; calls on the Commission to emphasize different aspects while considering B2C and B2B contracts; taking into account the fundamental principle of a high degree of consumer protection, further believes that existing branch practices and the principle of contractual freedom has to be preserved regarding B2B contracts;