P8_TA(2019)0399 Better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules ***I European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 April 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules (COM(2018)0185 — C8-0143/2018 — 2018/0090(COD)) P8_TC1-COD(2018)0090 Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules
Date: 2019-04-17
Institutions: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: advertising malpractice, comparative advertising, consumer information, consumer law, consumer policy, electronic commerce, penalty, publishing of prices, single market, unfair terms of contract








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30.4.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 158/343






P8_TA(2019)0399
Better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 April 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules (COM(2018)0185 — C8-0143/2018 — 2018/0090(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(2021/C 158/46)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0185),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0143/2018),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Austrian Federal Council and the Swedish Parliament, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 September 2018 (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 69f(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 29 March 2019 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A8-0029/2019),












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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  OJ C 440, 6.12.2018, p. 66.




P8_TC1-COD(2018)0090
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 April 2019 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2019/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2019/2161.)