# Misleading advertisement practices

European Parliament procedure 2013/2122(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee IMCO / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 59 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2013-06-21 and 2013-07-15.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns misleading advertisement practices. Amendments describe schemes such as misleading directory and payment-form scams that harm SMEs and microbusinesses, their cross-border nature, and divergent national implementation, and call for national focal points, information exchange between Member States, cooperation with enablers such as banks and telephone companies, an EU-wide blacklist, effective penalties, and extending advertising rules to business-to-business contracts.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constance LE GRIP | France | PPE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/101580.md |
| Phil PRENDERGAST | Ireland | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/107386.md |
| Adam BIELAN | Poland | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23788.md |
| Konstantinos POUPAKIS | Greece | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96658.md |
| Robert ROCHEFORT | France | ALDE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97022.md |
| Andreas SCHWAB | Germany | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28223.md |
| Dimitar STOYANOV | Bulgaria | NI | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34254.md |
| Hans-Peter MARTIN | Austria | NI | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4238.md |
| Rebecca TAYLOR | United Kingdom | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112620.md |

## Official source documents

- PE514.655: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-514.655+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE516.655: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.655+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2122-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2122-INI.json

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