# Consumer protection - Protection of consumers in utilities services

European Parliament procedure 2013/2153(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee IMCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 156 committee amendments tabled by 15 Members between 2013-12-10 and 2013-12-10.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on the protection of consumers in utilities services. The amendments debate the absence of a Union definition of utility services, the competences of Member States over services of general economic interest, whether to harmonise basic consumer rights at Union level or rely on existing sectoral legislation and the Consumer Rights Directive, protection of vulnerable consumers, and enforcement including the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josef WEIDENHOLZER | Austria | S&D | 40 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111014.md |
| Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ | Hungary | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/102886.md |
| Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112788.md |
| András GYÜRK | Hungary | PfE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23816.md |
| Sabine VERHEYEN | Germany | PPE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96756.md |
| Heide RÜHLE | Germany | Verts/ALE | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4294.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |
| Andreas SCHWAB | Germany | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28223.md |
| Franz OBERMAYR | Austria | ENF | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96981.md |
| Malcolm HARBOUR | United Kingdom | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4538.md |
| Thomas HÄNDEL | Germany | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96851.md |
| Konstantinos POUPAKIS | Greece | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96658.md |
| Adam BIELAN | Poland | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23788.md |
| Catherine STIHLER | United Kingdom | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4545.md |
| Evelyne GEBHARDT | Germany | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1913.md |

## Official source documents

- PE524.871: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-524.871+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2153-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2153-INI.json

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