European City Guide Report: Petition 45/2006

An own-initiative report on the European City Guide arising from Petition 45/2006. The amendments concern misleading practices by business-directory companies affecting small businesses across borders, reference directives on misleading and unfair commercial practices and a regulation on cooperation between consumer-protection enforcement authorities, note their non-application to business-to-business transactions, cite Member State action notably in Austria and Spain, and call for legislation, awareness-raising and collective or class-action remedies.