12 Amendments of Pascal CANFIN related to 2009/2137(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the economic crisis has increased pressure on low-income consumer groups who are spending most of their revenue on food and housing and whereas consequently a growing number of consumers are becoming over-indebted,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that splitting the responsibility for consumer affairs between two Commissioner portfolios should notcannot under any circumstances lead to a reduction of the consumer focus in the new Commission and that, similarly, the new organisational structure in different Directorates-General should not cause fragmentation or adversely effect the management and effectiveness of consumer policy;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that consumers should be able to make informed choices as this is in particular a way of generatesing greater competition among traders to raise the quality of the goods and services they provide and to keep prices at competitive levels;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the five main indicators in the Scoreboard - complaints, prices, satisfaction, switching and safety - which are crucial in identifying which markets have the greatest risk of malfunctioning in terms of economic and social outcomes for consumers; considers however that criteria should also be applied which will make it possible to measure the extent to which goods and services accord with the objective of sustainable development;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Acknowledges that, although the five indicators do not capture all aspects of the consumer environment, they provide a sufficient basis to set priorities and draw conclusions as to where further analysis is needed;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Suggests that, in the future, the Commission develop indicators relating to market shares, quality, advertising, transparency and comparability of offers, as well as indicators related to enforcement (including data on inspections, non- compliance notifications, court cases), consumer empowerment (skills, assertiveness, education, information), coverage of consumer issues in the media, and indicators to measure redress and consumer detriment, as well as social, environmental and ethical indicators; believes that the new indicators should be included in the Scoreboard when a satisfactory level of development of the five basic indicators is reached; considers, however, that this should be done progressively in order to ensure a focused Scoreboard;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes in particular that the second edition of the Scoreboard indicates consumer dissatisfaction about the functioning of the energy market; considers that this dissatisfaction should be interpreted as being linked to the difficulties which arose after the liberalisation of the energy market and should give rise to a thorough assessment of the impact and manner of attainment of that liberalisation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Notes also the manifest problems in the field of financial services, further aggravated by the financial crisis; considers that all appropriate conclusions should be drawn from this as to the need for better regulation of this sector; proposes that a specific Scoreboard be devised for these services;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that surveys show that consumer confidence in product safety is generally high although consumer perceptions of safety differ significantly between Member States; asks the Commission and the Member States to improve the data currently available on the safety of consumer products which are mainly measured on the basis of reported accidents and injuries from defective products or through risk notification systems; stresses in particular the requisite vigilance over the safety of toys and calls on the Commission to consider, if necessary, revising the Directive on the safety of toys;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes that the prevalence of cross- border activity still varies significantly across the EU, and though the average expenditure on cross-border purchases is considerable (EUR 737 per person per year), the greater majority (75 %) of retailers sell only to consumers in their own country while only a quarter of EU consumers make cross-border purchases; considers that, while there are a number of structural barriers such as language, distance, and differences in consumer protection law, stronger consumer confidence would substantially increase the levels of cross-border trade; considers that the development of cross-border trade should not result in a reduction in regulations but on the contrary renders even more necessary efforts to maintain an optimal level of protection of consumers in the European Union;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Maintains that the Scoreboard should not only be used to deliver a better consumer policy but must also feed through all policies that affect consumers, ensuring thereby a better integration of consumer interests into all EU policies and incorporation of the objective of sustainable development into consumer protection policy; underlines that the Scoreboard should also stimulate a more general debate on consumer policy issues;