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substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2009-09-16--2012-02-13)3,3
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I am anxious to thank Mr Schwab and the shadow rapporteurs for their work. The Commission’s initial proposal was unacceptable because it intended to harmonise fully the rules concerning consumer rights, without systematically bringing them into line with the most favourable national legislation.
In other words, many Member States would have had to remove from their national legislation provisions that in fact granted better protection to consumers. In France, two major
would have to be abandoned as a result: the ‘latent defect’ rule and the ruling that a doorstep seller is prohibited from collecting payment before the end of the cooling-off period.
However my socialist colleagues and I succeeded in getting this approach altered and in making minimum harmonisation the norm. We also managed to enhance consumer rights on a whole range of points, in particular concerning information that has to be provided by the seller and provisions pertaining to the cooling-off period.
One problem remains however: chapter V. We cannot accept that the rules on unfair terms be fully harmonised, because that would deprive Member States of their ability to react when faced with commercial practices that change daily and sometimes involve serious risks for consumers."@en1
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