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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Consumer protection2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040419.6.1-070"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-04-19-Speech-1-0712
lpv:speaker	lp:Rijk van Dam2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 member; CONT (2003-01-29--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2002-03-18--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-09-18--2004-04-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; BUDG (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, for more than one and a half years, this Parliament has been working on the Commission proposal for the harmonisation of provisions on consumer credit. That is, in our view, far too long, not least because the positions of the advisory committee were largely determined as early as before the summer of 2003. It very much looks as if the European Commission, which proposes maximum harmonisation, has wrongly evaluated the political feasibility of this. My group, on the other hand, endorses minimum harmonisation of consumer credit provisions, so that the acquired rights in the Member States remain in place. One of the acquired rights in my country, the Netherlands, is that consumers are allowed to run up a short-term debt with a bank on their current account without any extensive contracts. We call this being ‘in the red’. It is being proposed, with good reason, to delete paragraph 2c of Article 3 by means of Amendment No 52. I should like to hear from the Commissioner whether he will be adopting this amendment. Can existing practice of current-account credit remain in place under the new directive without any extra administrative steps? Secondly, I should like to draw attention to the Commission proposal on unfair trade practices. Article 4 of this proposal states that traders need only meet the requirements that apply in their home countries. Consumers will find that incomprehensible; they want the protection that they enjoy in their own countries. This article constitutes a huge stumbling block in terms of effective consumer protection. Traders simply need to comply with the requirements applicable in the country where they introduce their products onto the market. Our group has for that reason tabled Amendment No 95 to address this problem. I hope that this will meet with approval from the House. I should like to hear from the Commissioner here whether this amendment could also be adopted."@en1

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