Procedure
Consumer rights
2008/0196(COD)·7th term·ECON / IMCO / JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Subjects: Consumers' economic and legal interests
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): SCHWAB Andreas (PPE)
Summary
This dossier concerns consumer rights. The amendments propose replacing several existing Directives with a single Directive, debate full versus minimum harmonisation by letting Member States maintain higher levels of consumer protection, set pre-contractual information requirements including on the total cost of credit and the right of withdrawal, extend coverage to financial services and digital products, and address out-of-court complaints, collective redress and reimbursement after withdrawal.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled11 Jun 2010 – 25 Oct 2010
- Procedure completed
1,777
Amendments
distinct, in window
74
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committees
11 Jun 2010 – 25 Oct 2010
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
74 Members · by amendment count1

























Klaus-Heiner LEHNE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
194(194 solo)
2
Emilie TURUNEN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇰 Denmark
181(181 solo)
3
Robert ROCHEFORT
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
137(137 solo)
4
Evelyne GEBHARDT
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
120(118 solo)
5
Konstantinos POUPAKIS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇬🇷 Greece
94
6
Sylvana RAPTI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇷 Greece
88
7
Kurt LECHNER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
75(60 solo)
8
Andreas SCHWAB
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
68(20 solo)
9
Damien ABAD
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
65(19 solo)
10
Anja WEISGERBER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
62(58 solo)
11
Zuzana ROITHOVÁ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇨🇿 Czechia
55(55 solo)
12
Jürgen CREUTZMANN
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
55(55 solo)
13
Catherine STIHLER
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
54(52 solo)
14
Philippe JUVIN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
52(7 solo)
15
Antonio MASIP HIDALGO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
51(32 solo)
16
Othmar KARAS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria
48(48 solo)
17
Malcolm HARBOUR
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
41(41 solo)
18
Liem HOANG NGOC
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇷 France
36(32 solo)
19
Ashley FOX
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
34(34 solo)
20
Constance LE GRIP
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
34
21
Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇨🇾 Cyprus
33(33 solo)
22
Rafał TRZASKOWSKI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
30(8 solo)
23
Małgorzata HANDZLIK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
29(8 solo)
24
Kerstin WESTPHAL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
29(27 solo)
25
Lara COMI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
27(5 solo)
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