Activities of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2010/2052(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the impact of advertising on consumer behaviour PDF (220 KB) DOC (138 KB)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas advertising fosters competition and competitiveness, combats abuses of dominant positions and encourages innovation in the internal market, and is consequently of benefit to consumers, from this point of view is of benefit to consumers, particularly by increasing the range of choice, lowering prices and providing information on new products,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in view of a degree of consumer fatigue at the proliferation of advertising messages there is a temptation today to use the new communications technologies to disseminate commercial messages even when they are not clearly designated as such and are thus likely to mislead consumers,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas groups of people who are particularly vulnerable because of their mental or physical disabilities, age or credu, credulity or financial vulnerability need special protection,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that the UCPD provides an appropriateessential legal framework for combating misleading and aggressive advertising, althoughrecognises that it is not yet possible to undertake a comprehensive evaluation but that several difficulties with implementation and interpretation are already apparent;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to update its guidelines on the implementation of the UCPD on a regular basis; encourages, and calls on the Member States to take those guidelines into account as far as possible;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the practice of self- regulation, which i – even if it has its limits – as a dynamic, flexible and responsible adjunct to the existing legislative framework; calls on those Member States that do not yet have self- regulatory bodies to facilitate the establishment of such bodies and/or grant them formal recognition;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages co-regulation, whereby the various stakeholders are involved in legislative developmentCalls for the practice of co-regulation to be set up, associating the public authorities of the Member States with the various stakeholders concerned (professionals and associations) when self-regulation is insufficient, whether on particularly sensitive subjects or to define the penalties for serious breaches of the ethical rules;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that the campaign at European level against this hidden advertising is of great importance for cleaning up the market and boosting consumer confidence, as to some professionals it may be a means of bending the competition rules and artificially over-valuing, without cost, their own company or even unfairly maligning a competitor;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
Paragraph 16 – indent 2
– prohibit the systematic, indiscriminate sending of text message advertisements to all mobile phone users within the coverage area of an advertising poster equipped with Bluetooth technology without their prior consent;deleted (moved to paragraph 16a)
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
– prohibit the content of private e-mails being read by a third party for advertising purposes;deleted (amended and moved to paragraph 16a)
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
– require advertisements sent by e-mail to contain an automatic link enabling the recipient to refuse all further advertising;deleted (moved to paragraph 16a)
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
Paragraph 16 – indent 5
– ensure the application of techniques making it possible to distinguish advertising tracking cookies, for which free and explicit prior consent is required, from other cookiesdeleted (moved to paragraph 16a);
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 8 b (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 8 b (new)
- pay particular attention, in cooperation with national advertising authorities and/or self-regulatory bodies, to misleading advertising, including online, in specific sectors such as the selling of food products, pharmaceuticals and medical care, where the health of consumers, on top of their economic interests, is likely to be affected with potential serious consequences;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to explore by the end of 2011 the various means (whether legislative or not) and ascertain the technical options for securing, at European Union level: – prohibition of the systematic, indiscriminate sending of text message advertisements to all mobile phone users within the coverage area of an advertising poster equipped with Bluetooth technology without their prior consent; – prohibition of the reading by a third party, particularly for advertising purposes, of the content of private e- mails; – the requirement that advertisements sent by e-mail contain an automatic link enabling the recipient to refuse all further advertising; – the systematic application of techniques making it possible to distinguish advertising tracking cookies, for which free and explicit prior consent is required, from other cookies; – insertion of the words ‘behavioural advertisement’ in the relevant online advertisements, along with a window containing a basic explanation of this practice; – prohibition of any action financed directly or indirectly by companies to encourage the dissemination of messages or comments in electronic form on products and services appearing to emanate from consumers themselves, when in reality these are messages of an advertising or commercial nature;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – indent 1
Paragraph 20 – indent 1
include some additional advertising-related indicators in the Consumer Markets Scoreboard (as well as the data already included on fraudulent or mendacious advertising); draws attention, however, in this connection to the terms of its resolution of 9 March 20101 stipulating that adding further indicators may be useful when the five basic indicators and the associated methodology have been developed to a sufficiently high level;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – indent 4
Paragraph 20 – indent 4
– insert the clearly readable words ‘behavioural advertisement’ into the relevant online advertisements, along with a window containing a basic explanation of this practice;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to set up common guidelines for SMEs and on the Member States to encourage national authorities and/or self- regulatory bodies to provide advisory services for SMEs and conduct information campaigns designed to alert SMEs to their legal obligations in respect of advertising;