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"Madam President, Parliament has received over 400 petitions, and I myself have received many complaints from businesses, non-profit organisations, schools, charities and even government institutions which have become victims of the fraud perpetrated by business directory companies. They make costly financial commitments in the belief that they are updating their information. The operations of rogue directory companies are deliberately managed across borders or from third countries. We need a clear pan-European solution, but the European Commission, which holds the legislative initiative, has done nothing for years, despite all the efforts of the European Parliament.
In my role as shadow rapporteur, I have put forward numerous solutions in Parliament’s report. In reality, all the Commission need do is propose blacklisting these prohibited deceptive advertising practices under the relevant directive. We need a robust European legislative solution, and we need it quickly.
I urge the Commission to apply the accelerated legislative procedure. Many honest citizens have lost a lot of money because of the Commission’s blameworthy laxity in this case. In my opinion, a Europol investigation is also warranted."@en1
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