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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

2019/2190(INI)

20.5.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 289Draft reportMarion Walsmann(PE647.016v01-00)

Addressing product safety in the Single Market(2019/2190(INI))

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Amendment 1Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)

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- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/515 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State,

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Amendment 2Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Dita Charanzová, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionCitation 3 a (new)


- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act),

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Amendment 3Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionCitation 5 a (new)


- having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU)No

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.../2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

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Amendment 4Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new)


- having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU)No … /2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealing Council Directive87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

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Amendment 5Brando Benifei, Maria-Manuel Leitão-MarquesMotion for a resolutionCitation 9 a (new)


- having regard to its interim Report of 14 November 2018 on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027,1a

__________________1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0449.

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Amendment 6Brando Benifei, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 11 a (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on a longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies,2a

__________________2a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0287.

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Amendment 7Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionCitation 11 a (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on the single market strategy,

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Amendment 8Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 26 May 2016 on the single market strategy,

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Amendment 9Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionRecital A

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A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade;

A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade and whereas the single market needs to be further equipped at its “external borders” with more effective, stronger and harmonized tools in order to detect unsafe products coming from third countries and prevent their circulation in the single market;

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Amendment 10Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionRecital A


A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade;

A. whereas the single market for goods is one of the most important economic cornerstones of the EU, and trade in goods currently generates around a quarter of the EU’s GDP and three quarters of intra-EU trade and whereas the single market needs to be further equipped at its “external borders” with more effective, stronger and harmonized tools in order to detect unsafe products coming from third countries and prevent their circulation in the single market;

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Amendment 11Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)

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Aa. whereas the global trade in goods, including supply chains, has been disrupted not only as a result of the COVID 19 crisis, but also as a result of the trade war preceding the epidemic; whereas the intensity of trade in goods in the common market is linked to the dynamics of the global trade in goods;

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Amendment 12Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the General Product Safety Directive dates back from 2001 when e-commerce, business models and consumers’ purchase habits were very different;

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Amendment 13Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)


Ab. whereas a previous reform attempt of the General Product Safety Directive, presented by the European Commission in 2012 could not be successfully concluded so far;

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Amendment 14Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas emerging technologies transform the characteristics of products, and therefore need to be addressed so as to ensure consumer protection and legal certainty; whereas the Commission´s report on the safety and liability of artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics paves the way to achieving this;

B. whereas emerging technologies transform and improve the characteristics of products, and need to be addressed so as to ensure consumer protection and legal certainty while at the same time not hindering innovation; whereas the Commission´s report on the safety and liability of artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics paves the way to achieving this;

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Amendment 15Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas emerging technologies transform the characteristics of products, and therefore need to be addressed so as to ensure consumer protection and legal certainty; whereas the Commission´s report on the safety and liability of artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics paves the way to achieving this;

B. whereas emerging technologies transform and improve the characteristics of products, and need to be addressed so as to ensure consumer protection and legal certainty while at the same time not hindering innovation; whereas the Commission´s report on the safety and liability of artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics paves the way to achieving this;

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Amendment 16Dan-Ștefan MotreanuMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)

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Ba. whereas the European Union Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products (RAPEX), stresses the extent of the dangers to health posed by counterfeit goods, i.e. that 97% of recorded dangerous counterfeit goods were assessed as posing a serious risk, 24% of the dangerous products recorded as counterfeit posed more than one danger to users, and that the most common danger reported (32%) was related to exposure to hazardous chemicals and toxins that could cause acute or long term health issues from immediate or long term exposure;

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Amendment 17Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Sylvie Guillaume, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Clara Aguilera, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas the European market surveillance system is mostly focusing on economic actors present on the European market; whereas developments in ecommerce result in high numbers of direct imports by consumers from third-countries, however many of these products do not respect European Union safety standards and thereby risk harming the consumer, who is often unaware of these hazards;

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Amendment 18Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)

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Ba. whereas traceability of products along the supply chain is essential for improving the safety and protect consumers and whereas the indication of origin, and more specifically of the country of origin, are necessary elements that contribute to this aim;

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Amendment 19Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas traceability of products along the supply chain is essential for improving the safety and protect consumers and whereas the indication of origin, and more specifically of the country of origin, are necessary elements that contribute to this aim;

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Amendment 20Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas the precautionary principle should remain the guiding principle of the EU product safety legislation allowing competent authorities to take appropriate precautionary measures in case of serious doubt;

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Amendment 21Anne-Sophie Pelletier

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas recent research from European Consumer Organisations has shown that 66% of products sold on online marketplaces does not comply with European safety standards;

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Amendment 22Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas product safety by design and by default is fundamental because safety in the design phase can hugely impact the safety of products on the market;

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Amendment 23Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the number of dangerous products notified through the European Safety Gate remains too high as do the sales of dangerous and non-compliant products in brick-and-mortar shops and on online market places, according to the evidence obtained by consumer organizations, to keep consumers safe in the EU internal market;

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Amendment 24Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and in particular with product safety rules, contributes to guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process and ultimately the safety of products;

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Amendment 25Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and in particular with product safety rules, contributes to guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process and ultimately the safety of products;

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Amendment 26Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the General Safety Product directive was adopted back in 2001 and consumers’ purchasing habits changed consequently since according to the growing e-commerce sales rates;

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Amendment 27Anne-Sophie PelletierMotion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the European single market can only thrive if consumer rights are properly and effectively protected;

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Amendment 28Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas according to evidence gathered by consumer organisations further to a mystery -shopping performed in 2019 on online marketplaces, about two-third of the products purchased online were non-compliant or unsafe;

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Amendment 29Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas in the EU a high number of counterfeit goods were reported as dangerous and posed a serious risk to consumers health and safety;

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Amendment 30Anne-Sophie Pelletier

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas the amount of consumer protection should not depend on whether a consumer shops online or in a physical shop;

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Amendment 31Anne-Sophie PelletierMotion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas voluntary initiatives from digital platforms and online market places have not resulted in sufficient protection of their consumers and therefore a more extensive regulatory framework is needed to ensure platform responsibility and liability;

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Amendment 32Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas it is unacceptable that Union consumers are exposed to illegal and unsafe products, that go from containing dangerous chemicals to unsafe software and to other safety hazards;

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Amendment 33Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria

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Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B e (new)


Be. whereas it is essential to ensure that consumers can really benefit from the internal market;

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Amendment 34Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B f (new)


Bf. whereas the precautionary principle, as laid down in Article 191(2) TFEU and outlined inter alia in the Commission Communication of 2 February 2000entitled "On the precautionary principle", is important for the safety of products and consumers and should be taken into due account when laying down the criteria for assessing the safety of a product;

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Amendment 35Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B g (new)


Bg. whereas applying the precautionary principle means that consumers will be given the benefit of the doubt and products, which might jeopardize their safety will be removed

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from the market faster;

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Amendment 36Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionRecital B h (new)


Bh. whereas it is practically impossible to adopt Union legislation for all consumer products that exist or may be developed, and therefore there is a need for a legislative framework of a horizontal nature to act as a safety net and ensure consumer protection not otherwise ensured, in particular with a view to achieving a high level of protection of health and safety of consumers, as required by Articles 114, 169 and 191 TFEU;

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Amendment 37Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Svenja Hahn, Dita Charanzová, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

1. Stresses that theCOVID-19 crisis, showed it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that in all the crises that might challenge the European Union the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergencies is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products sold on line and products from outside the EU; stresses the need for online platforms and online market places to take proactive measures to tackle misleading practices and disinformation regarding emergency

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products sold online; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

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Amendment 38Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-CourtinMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products, needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products sold online and from outside the EU; stresses the need for online platforms and online market places to take proactive measures to tackle misleading practices and disinformation regarding products sold online, and calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

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Amendment 39Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their

1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; notes that the application of products based on AI, the internet of things or

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coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

robotics offers solutions that help to combat current and future crises that undermine Europe's strategic position; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions both within the product safety framework, and within the Union Product Compliance Network;

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Amendment 40Marco Zullo, Tiziana BeghinMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1



1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU;

calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety and anti-counterfeiting framework;

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Amendment 41Alessandra Basso, Marco Campomenosi, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Isabella Tovaglieri, Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Markus Buchheit, Carlo FidanzaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment, including products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and

1. Stresses that due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is of paramount importance for the protection of EU citizens that the safety of all products needed to tackle the emergency is the highest, especially for medical and protective equipment and in particular products from outside the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and

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Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

Member States to strengthen their coordinated actions within the product safety framework;

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Amendment 42Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)


1a. Stresses that the precautionary principle should be the cornerstone of the GPSD revision;

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Amendment 43Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Draws attention to the existing asymmetry in citizens' access to information on the processes by which advanced algorithmic and artificial intelligence systems make decisions; stresses that AI offers more opportunities than threats, as do other breakthrough technologies;

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Amendment 44Christel Schaldemose, Maria-Manuel Leitão-MarquesMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of

2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of

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customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age in order to ensure a level playing field and improve product safety;

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Amendment 45Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update and establish aligned market surveillance rules for offline and online, for both harmonized and non-harmonized products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

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Amendment 46Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation,

2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation,

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while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules and uniformize market surveillance requirements for both harmonised and non-harmonised products and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

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Amendment 47Arba Kokalari, Henna VirkkunenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, including those for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

2. Welcomes Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance but highlights that, with the exception of customs checks, it only applies to products subject to Union harmonisation legislation, while around one third of all products circulating in the EU are non-harmonised products; urges the Commission to update market surveillance rules, also for non-harmonised products, and make them fit for purpose in the digital age;

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2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continuously improve the part of the public administration that will be responsible for regulating and implementing future legislation on breakthrough technologies; notes the risk of a significant asymmetry arising between the development dynamics of selected products and the ability of the

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3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world to tackle emerging risks and threats for the safety to consumers and protect their financial interests, such as privacy and security, including cybersecurity; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), robotics and 3D-printing in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive and other product-specific legislations such as the Toys Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation and ensuring a consistent approach towards product safety;

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Amendment 50Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Sylvie Guillaume, Andreas Schieder, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Clara Aguilera, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD),

3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges and potential threats to consumers and their rights, including possible threats to fundamental rights which may be particularly adversely affected by

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and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

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3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world, including in terms of consumer protection and removing potential barriers to the development of breakthrough technologies; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation; considers the need to establish a dedicated expert group that would offer an innovative approach to the revision of regulations:

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Amendment 52Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Dita Charanzová, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the

3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the new market realities

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Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

and the imperatives of the green and digital transition; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as 3D-printingartificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), robotics and others in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

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Amendment 53Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT), robotics, and 3D printing, in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive, the Radio Equipment Directive, and the Toy Directive, ensuring a consistent approach and a high level of consumer safety;

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Amendment 54Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Points out the need to adapt product 3. Points out the need to adapt product

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safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation and ensuring consistency and coherence among all different initiatives;

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Amendment 55Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Points out the need to adapt product safety rules to the digital world; asks the Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation and ensuring consistency and coherence among all different initiatives;

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Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, while avoiding duplicating legislation;

Commission to address the challenges of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things (IoT) and robotics in its revision of the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD), and to identify and close gaps within existing legislation such as the Machinery Directive and Radio Equipment Directive, ensuring coherence among all the different initiatives and avoiding duplicating legislation;

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Amendment 57Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Considers that consumers' health and safety is put at risk through a very high number of dangerous products that freely circulate in the EU as safety rules on chemicals and other toxic substances in products are missing, not properly enforced ,or need to be reviewed for a stricter framework; therefore calls on the Commission to take additional regulatory measures to eliminate toxic chemicals and substances from consumer products which is a pre-condition for a safe circular economy;

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Amendment 58Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Svenja Hahn, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Liesje Schreinemacher, Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4


4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies,

4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD in coordination with potential revision of other legislative

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including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

frameworks such as the Product Liability Directive (PLD), so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

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4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’, the term ‘defect’ and the issues pertaining to damage liability and reverse burden of proof, as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

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Amendment 60Anne-Sophie PelletierMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product; urges the Commission to prioritise consumer rights and legal certainty for consumers while revising the GPSD;

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4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it takes into account the negligible physical character of products, in order to reflect the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

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Amendment 62Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Virginie JoronMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the software or to how the device on which it operates is used, leading to a de facto new product;

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Amendment 63Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4

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4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including AI, IoT and robotics embedded products, stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

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Amendment 64Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term ‘product’ as part of the revision of the GPSD and the Product Liability Directive so that it reflects the complexity of emerging technologies, including stand-alone software and software or updates which entail substantial modification to the product leading to a de facto new product;

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Amendment 65Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel SchaldemoseMotion for a resolutionParagraph 4 a (new)


4a. Calls on the Commission to redefine the term “safe product”, as part of the revision of the GPSD, in order for it to also apply to products that use software or emerging technologies in an unsafe manner;

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5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the nature of products, and have an impact on their safety after they have been placed on the market, in particular as a result of updates or in the case of self-learning technology ; urges the Commission to consider whether ‘placing on the market’ as the decisive moment for the economic operator to guarantee the safety of the product is an approach still fit for purpose;

5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the purpose of products throughout its life-cycle, and have an impact on their safety after they have been placed on the market, in particular as a result of updates or in the case of self-learning technology ; urges the Commission to consider whether ‘placing on the market’ as the decisive moment for the economic operator to guarantee the safety of the product is an approach still fit for purpose while continuous compliance along the lifespan of the product should be at the core of safety requirements for digital goods;

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5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the nature of products, and have an impact on their safety after they have been placed on the market, in particular as a result of updates or in the case of self-learning technology ; urges the Commission to consider whether ‘placing on the market’ as the decisive moment for the economic operator to guarantee the safety of the product is an approach still fit for purpose;

5. Is convinced that AI embedded into products can modify the nature of products, and have an impact on their safety after they have been placed on the market, in particular as a result of software updates or in the case of self-learning technology; urges the Commission to consider whether ‘placing on the market’ as the decisive moment for the economic operator to guarantee the safety of the product is an approach still fit for purpose, outlines that continued conformity, also after the installation of software updates, could be

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more fit for purpose in the digital age;

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Amendment 68Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Virginie JoronMotion for a resolutionParagraph 5 a (new)


5a. Proposes that the issue of changing the certification period for evolutionary products be resolved by considering compliance reviews, with certification and warranty, which would be renewed over time during the lifetime of the product; suggests that the proper conduct of these reviews should be duly notified to consumers when purchasing the product, for example by means of a form to be signed, without prejudice to the legal liability applicable in the event of a refusal to sign; stresses that these reviews must enable monitoring of how the evolving system is developing and of the safeguarding of its security over time; considers that the issue of certification standards should be considered in the Commission text; calls for the decision about whether the reviews should be entrusted to the manufacturer, the national regulatory authority, third-party certifiers, or more than one of these together should be left to the Member States; also calls for clarity on what the consequences of a lack of monitoring would be;

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in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty and weaken the EU’s economic competitiveness;

in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; regrets, at the same time, that the Commission has decided to use the proposed recommendations selectively in its strategies; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI is crucial for the development of this technology in the EU; stresses the need for a common definition of the rules in order to avoid further fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty, weaken the EU’s economic competitiveness and ultimately wreck the very conditions that are conducive to the founding and development of start-ups and businesses that use and carry out research into AI;

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Amendment 70Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Sylvie Guillaume, Clara Aguilera, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6


6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty and weaken the EU’s economic competitiveness;

6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; to support the trustworthiness through standardised certificates, reflecting an external auditing process, informing consumers about the safety and security of AI and products where these are embedded; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty and weaken the EU’s economic competitiveness;

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Amendment 71Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Dita Charanzová, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6



6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that a European operational framework is of key importance in avoiding the fragmentation of the Single Market, resulting from differing national legislations. Thus, the EU needs to act at the European level in terms of a framework for investment, data infrastructure, research and common ethical norms that would enhance the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal certainty and improve the EU’s economic competitiveness;

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6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition but also quality-, transparency- and debiasing requirements, especially on the data sets used, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the trust of citizens and businesses, create legal uncertainty and weaken the EU’s economic

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competitiveness;

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6. Agrees AI systems should be safe in order to be trustworthy, as outlined by the High-Level Expert Group in its Ethics Guidelines for trustworthy AI; is convinced that an EU-wide approach to AI, including a common definition, is needed to avoid fragmentation of the internal market, which would undermine the protection of consumers, the trust of citizens and businesses and create legal uncertainty;

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Amendment 74Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-CourtinMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Stresses the importance of sustainability of products for enhancing their safety though their entire life cycle. Welcomes in this respect the Circular Economy Action Plan and the intention of the Commission to come up with specific measures that will address the need to improve product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability, as well as to tackle the premature obsolescence of products; stresses furthermore the importance of providing consumers with reliable information about products at the point of sale, including on their lifespan and other environmental performance.

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6a. Welcomes the Commission's Communication (COM(2019)168) taking into account the seven key requirements set out in the guidelines of the High Level Expert Group; feels that basing further regulatory work and the shaping of ethical habits in AI discipline on this foundation will bring benefits at European and global level, given the OECD's consideration of these requirements;

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Amendment 76Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Dita Charanzová, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Stresses that the Commission should screen the existing AI standards in place and consult with businesses and other stakeholders to understand which new standards are needed, should carry out a periodic assessment of the European regulatory framework related to AI in order to ensure the product safety, consumer and data protection;

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Amendment 77Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Considers that AI systems, whether stand alone or embedded in the product, should use high quality and unbiased data sets, as well as explainable, unbiased, transparent and auditable algorithms, in order to be trustworthy and promote consumer protection;

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Amendment 78Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen MelchiorMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 b (new)


6b. Stresses that the Commission should find ways to use AI technology and blockchain for the benefit of the product safety by for instance the creation of complex interoperable databases regarding the real physical and psychological damage inflicted on the consumer by unsafe products raising awareness for both the consumers and the producers and thus lead to the improvement of the products

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Amendment 79Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 b (new)


6b. Calls on the Commission, when planning legislation on AI, to consider the investment approach, leaving the regulatory approach only to those areas where intervention is necessary to reduce negative social impacts, promote legal certainty and ensure harmonisation of

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rules within the EU;

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Amendment 80Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 6 c (new)


6c. Considers that the harmonisation of safety rules for products based on breakthrough technologies represents not only a boost to entrepreneurship, but also a more effective and fairer form of consumer protection throughout the single market;

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Amendment 81Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7


7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

7. Stresses that an harmonised and commensurate risk-based assessment framework will not only be efficient from an administrative burdens point of view, but also in terms of enhancing consumer safety; encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security by design or default of products with embedded emerging technologies; also encourages the Commission to develop the risk-based assessment schemes in a way that ensures a consistent approach to the enforcement of product safety legislation; emphasizes that Member States must develop harmonised risk management strategies for AI in the

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context of their national market surveillance strategies;

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7. Urges the Commission to develop measures, such mandatory assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms as well as re-assessment procedures throughout the life-cycle of products, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to SMEs to ensure compliance with safety rules as well as adequate support to market surveillances authorities to perform their duties;

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as mandatory assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies;

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Amendment 84Adriana Maldonado López

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where the gravity and probability of occurrence of the damage defines the risk categorisation, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

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7. Encourages the Commission to jointly develop measures, together with the relevant economic sectors and social organisations, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where the high risk-nature of the applications require it, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support entities trying to bring their products into line with the prevailing legislation; warns that an overly prescriptive legal structure may create a disproportionate burden, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, which may consequently drive them out of the market for breakthrough technologies; considers that particular care should be taken with regard to the introduction of a system of mandatory certification, which could further inhibit innovation;

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Amendment 86Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Dita Charanzová, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Liesje Schreinemacher, Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7



7. Asks the Commission to assess the feasibility of developing measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, that ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies; underlines that products with embedded emerging technologies such as AI may evolve with the time via updates and self-learning processes and that these measures that apply only at the time of the placing of the product on the market may therefore not be fit for purpose;

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to SMEs;

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Amendment 88Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe Milazzo

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro-enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security

7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security

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of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro enterprises and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

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7. Encourages the Commission to develop measures, such as risk-based assessment schemes and conformity assessment mechanisms, where they do not yet exist, to ensure the safety and security of products with embedded emerging technologies, and to provide support to micro and SMEs to reduce the burden such measures can create;

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7a. Urges the Commission to propose European benchmarks for 'regulatory sandboxes', drawing on the rich experience of individual Member States; notes that 'regulatory sandboxes' make it possible to verify the compliance of a product with the applicable legislation in a modern way, thereby minimising the risk of harmful effects of modern technology, for example on fundamental rights; points out that creating a single environment for testing and improving technologies such as AI will help European businesses to overcome the barrier of fragmentation of the Single

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Market and to effectively exploit growth potential throughout the EU;

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Amendment 93Alex Agius SalibaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Stresses that the lack of enforcement means, in practical terms, that products imported directly to consumers from non-EU countries through online platforms do not require the same level of compliance, as if the products where bought through the traditional chain where an EU-importer or distributor buys the products from a supplier and sell it to European consumers. Is of the opinions that the current gaps in the existing legal framework affect negatively the competitiveness of European companies, in particular SMEs and the rights of European consumers.

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Amendment 94Jordi Cañas, Vlad-Marius BotoşMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. underlines that European SMEs must not be adversely affected by obligations and rules on product safety that may entail a disproportionate burden, and calls the Commission to support them and to explore solutions that ensure a stable, predictable and properly regulated environment in which SMEs can conduct their businesses and keep their competitiveness in the

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European Single Market;

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Amendment 95Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Jordi Cañas, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Highlights the fact that the connectivity of products can lead to new safety and security risks; urges the Commission to thoroughly reassess the potential risks of connected products and adapt the application of conformity assessment modules for those products with a substantially increased risk level;

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Amendment 96Beata Mazurek, Adam Bielan, Andżelika Anna MożdżanowskaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 7 b (new)


7b. Recognises the significant role that Digital Innovation Hubs can play in simultaneously acting as an intermediary between the regulator and the company, and in assisting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to adapt to new technology legislation while also facilitating market entry;

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in case of a necessary reassessment of products, whether more flexibility could be considered for low-risk products for the purposes of conformity assessment in order to reduce the administrative burden and facilitate product refurbishment;

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8. Urges the Commission to evaluate, in case of a necessary reassessment of products, whether more flexibility could be considered for low-risk products for the purposes of conformity assessment in order to reduce the administrative burden and facilitate product refurbishment;

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8. Urges the Commission to take into account the 'think small first' principle when assessing the feasibility of such measures; considers that such measures should take due account of the need to provide support to SMEs to reduce the burden these measures can create; urges the Commission to use the existing legal framework for low-risk products and allow for the least stringent conformity assessment schemes to be used in order to reduce the administrative burden and facilitate product refurbishment;

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety;

9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime and set up mechanisms such as re-evaluation procedures to demonstrate continuous compliance with product safety rules in light of possible emerging risks; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety;

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Amendment 102Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Sylvie Guillaume, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Clara Aguilera, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety; stresses that strong consumer rights, such as a right to transparency, support the development of safe and innovative AI products;

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Amendment 103Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 9



9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and for the development of effective and periodic checks on high-risk AI products, by independent third parties, to ensure product safety and continued conformity with the Union’s Law;

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for

9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for

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human oversight and effective checks on high-risk AI products to ensure product safety;

mandatory human oversight, the consumer's right to demand personal communication and effective checks on AI products to ensure product safety;

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on AI products all along the supply chain to ensure trust and product safety;

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on AI products all along the supply chain to ensure trust and product safety;

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9. Asks the Commission and the Member States to take account of the autonomous self-learning behaviour of AI throughout a product’s lifetime; calls for human oversight and effective checks on AI products to ensure trust and product safety;

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9a. Stresses that a regulatory framework on AI should follow a risk-based approach designed on clear and transparent criteria and set-up legal obligations according to the categories of products, based on the potential harm for the individual as well as for society at large, with increased obligations for high-risk products such as mandatory third-party conformity assessment schemes; Adds furthermore that human oversight should be the by-default option for such products;

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10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure

10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure

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safety throughout their lifecycle; safety throughout their lifecycle; notes, however, that many economic operators do not always exercise effective control over their products in terms of their entire lifecycle, and that numerous other involved parties are responsible for various product components;

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10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of software that can potentially endanger the safety of consumers, to raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and to ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

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10. Encourages providers of emerging technologies to integrate safety mechanisms in these technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

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10. Encourages providers of emerging technologies to integrate safety mechanisms in these technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

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10. Encourages emerging technologies' providers to integrate safety mechanisms, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

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10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety

10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety and security mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms and patching, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle,

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problems of their products, and ensure safety throughout their lifecycle;

including end-of-life;

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Amendment 115Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Liesje Schreinemacher, Dita CharanzováMotion for a resolutionParagraph 10



10. Encourages economic operators to integrate safety mechanisms in emerging technologies, including self-repair mechanisms, to prevent the upload of unsafe software, raise awareness of safety problems of their products, and ensure and improve safety throughout their lifecycle;

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Amendment 116Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana Borzan, Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 10 a (new)


10a. Asks the Commission that in its efforts to develop a framework that promotes the decrease of planned obsolescence, takes into account how it can affect the compliance with product safety rules;

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Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, in order to improve the safety of connected products;

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Amendment 118Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 11


11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, in order to improve the safety of connected products;

11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure connectivity infrastructure, including 5G and/or IPV6, embeds security and privacy by design and by default, in order to improve the safety of connected products and consumers;

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11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including 5G, in order to improve the safety of connected products while keeping citizens' health as the greater good;

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Amendment 120Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 11

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11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, including new communication technologies, like 5G, in order to also improve the safety of connected products;

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11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance connectivity infrastructure, in order to improve the safety of connected products;

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Amendment 122Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Virginie JoronMotion for a resolutionParagraph 11 a (new)


11a. Stresses that these infrastructures must themselves be subject to thorough, renewed security controls, as they form the framework in which connected products would be likely to exercise their capabilities even as these evolve; calls for particular vigilance with regard to possible back doors in the networks deployed; recommends that the Commission and the Member States give priority to European operators in matters of deployment;

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Amendment 123Jordi Cañas, Vlad-Marius BotoşMotion for a resolutionParagraph 11 a (new)


11a. Highlights that the risks derived from software updates, faulty data and loss of connectivity of emerging digital technologies can result in risks safety and health damages and urges the Commission to update the current legislation in order to address those risks;

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Amendment 124Edina Tóth, Tomislav SokolMotion for a resolutionParagraph 12


12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules;

12. Is convinced that the weak cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules; therefore calls on the Commission to ensure that the scope of the GPSD also takes into account cybersecurity challenges by ensuring all the devices be remained up-to-date with continuously evolving industry web standards;

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12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant

12. Is convinced that the lack of cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed by defining

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rules; minimum mandatory requirements addressing privacy and security threats, including against cyberattacks, from design stage in the revision of the relevant rules, both at horizontal and sectoral levels;

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Amendment 126Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc AngelMotion for a resolutionParagraph 12



12. Is convinced that the low level cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules; therefore calls on the European Commission to ensure, in particular, that the scope of the GPSD also takes into account cybersecurity challenges, namely by making firmware updates mandatory;

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12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity threats of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules in compliance with the applicable regulations, main security standards and considering also emerging cybersecurity trends;

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12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity threats of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules in compliance with the applicable regulations, main security standards and considering also emerging cybersecurity trends;

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12. Underlines that connected devices and interlinked services are subject to cyber-attacks and in order to improve the safety of products, cybersecurity concerns need to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules and recommendations;

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12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the revision of the relevant

12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety, and that this needs to be addressed in the horizontal revision of the

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rules; relevant rules in order to avoid a selective approach;

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12. Is convinced that the cybersecurity of connected devices can compromise product safety and protection of user privacy, and that these aspects need to be addressed in the revision of the relevant rules;

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13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products, and to create mandatory certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products;

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13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European

13. Calls on the Commission to develop European cybersecurity

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cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products, and to create mandatory certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

certification schemes covering all the product lifecycle for AI, IoT and robotics products, always taking into account sector specific aspects, and to assess whether to create mandatory certification schemes for specific consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

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13. Calls on the Commission to develop European cybersecurity certification schemes covering all the product lifecycle for AI, IoT and robotics products, always taking into account sector specific aspects, and to assess whether to create mandatory certification schemes for specific consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

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13. Calls on the Commission to develop European cybersecurity certification schemes for AI, IoT and robotics products, and to assess whether to create mandatory certification schemes for specific consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

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13. Highlights that the EU Cybersecurity Act is one of the main tools to enhance cyber security at EU level but is based on a voluntary certification scheme only; Calls on the Commission to come-up with a regulatory framework setting mandatory cybersecurity requirements for AI, IoT and robotics products , as well as to create corresponding mandatory certification schemes for products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

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13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for products embedding emerging technologies, such as AI, IoT and robotics products, in accordance with the EU cybersecurity framework, and to create mandatory certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation; further calls on the Commission to propose legislation on mandatory cybersecurity requirements and proper market surveillance

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mechanisms;

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13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products, in accordance with the EU cybersecurity framework, and to create mandatory certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation; further calls on the Commission to launch guidance on cybersecurity requirements and proper market surveillance mechanisms;

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Amendment 139Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Svenja HahnMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13



13. Calls on the Commission to speed up its efforts to develop a European cybersecurity certification scheme for AI, IoT and robotics products, and to create certification schemes for consumer products that can be quickly updated to adapt to current risks without hindering innovation;

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Amendment 140Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana Borzan

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13a. Asks the Commission to include in the review of the GPSD the clarification on how it is decided whether a consumer product which, although not foodstuff, resembles foodstuff and is likely to be confused with it, especially by young children, is safe or presents a risk; urges the Commission, by appropriately reviewing the GPSD, to repeal Council Directive 87/357/EEC, of 25 June 1987, on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning products which, appearing to be other than they are, endanger the health or safety of consumers;

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Amendment 141Tomislav SokolMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13a. Is concerned that, since the beginning of the crisis caused by the pandemic, several EU Member States have had to return protective medical equipment imported from third countries, such as medical masks, because they failed to meet safety requirements as they were faulty products; calls on the European Commission to pay particular attention to the safety of medical devices when procuring crisis equipment supplies and creating common European reserve of emergency medical equipment.

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Amendment 142Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe Milazzo

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13a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 proposal, to provide increased and adequate resources for the new Single Market Programme[1],with the aim of effectively supporting Member States in their efforts to strengthen market surveillance and product safety crucial activities;[1] Programme for Single Market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021-2027 2018/0231(COD)

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Amendment 143Carlo Fidanza, Raffaele Fitto, Sergio Berlato, Pietro Fiocchi, Nicola Procaccini, Raffaele StancanelliMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027proposal, to provide increased and adequate resources for the new Single Market Programme[1],with the aim of effectively supporting Member States in their efforts to strengthen market surveillance and product safety crucial activities; Programme for Single Market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021-20272018/0231(COD)

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13a. Stresses that the use of third-party conformity assessment improves the safety and compliance of products with EU standards by providing independent, reliable and impartial procedures that should be reinforced, also through mandatory obligations, when reviewing the product safety legislation;

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Amendment 145Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 b (new)


13b. Asks the Commission to consider “child-appealing products", whose design, packaging and characteristics in any way resemble a toy or an object appealing to or intended for use by children, in order to assess their levels of risk and determine appropriate action to mitigate risk, in the context of the revision of the GPSD;

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Amendment 146Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionParagraph 13 b (new)


13b. Stresses that market surveillance activities are central in making sure that only safe products are placed on the market and that discrepancies among Member States in implementing EU

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market surveillance legislation are disadvantageous for consumers and businesses, resulting in an unequal playing field and different level of product safety across the internal market; Calls therefore for specific measures such as uniform rules on checks and penalties;

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Amendment 147Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14


14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market;

14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; calls on the Commission and Market Surveillance authorities (MSAs) to specifically identify unsafe products as also including counterfeit products in the RAPEX system, in order to help get a better and clearer picture of this concerning counterfeiting phenomenon and consequently better protect the health and safety of EU consumers, in particular the categories of consumers which can be particularly vulnerable, such as children and the elderly;

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Amendment 148Dan-Ștefan MotreanuMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; calls on the Commission and Market Surveillance authorities (MSAs) to specifically identify unsafe products that are counterfeit products in the RAPEX system, in order to help get a better and clearer picture of counterfeiting phenomenon and consequently better protect the health and safety of EU consumers.

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Amendment 149Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc AngelMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14



14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and to properly staff custom and market surveillance authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; encourages the use, on an initial phase, of the already existing “EU Customs Single Window: Certificates exchange (CERTEX)" project, that later can be

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enhanced through the future EU Single Window environment for customs project;

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market; stresses, in this context, the particular importance of equipping the relevant authorities with modern equipment, as well as the use of innovative technologies;

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14. Underlines the lack of financial and human resources many market surveillance authorities in Europe have faced over the last years; Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, paying particular attention to online markets, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, trace their origin, identify their supply chain and prevent their circulation in the internal market;

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, in particular at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, especially where freight traffic is high such as in ports, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent and stop their circulation in the internal market;

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent their circulation in the internal market including for products sold online;

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, track their origin and prevent their circulation in the internal market including for products sold online;

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14. Encourages Member States to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation and develop joint actions among them, including at cross-border level, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom and market surveillance authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products, in particular from third countries, and prevent their circulation in the internal market;

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Amendment 157Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14



14. Encourages the Commission to cooperate with the Member States in order to increase the resources and expertise of their market surveillance authorities, to enhance cooperation among them, including at cross-border level and online markets, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of checks, and properly staff custom authorities so as to be able to identify unsafe products and prevent their circulation in the internal market;

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Amendment 158Brando Benifei, Maria-Manuel Leitão-MarquesMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)

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14a. Underlines the importance of the Single Market Programme for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in order to support effective market surveillance and product safety throughout the Union, and contribute to the fight against counterfeiting, to ensure that only safe and compliant products that offer a high level of consumer protection are made available on the Union market, including those sold online, as well as to greater homogeneity and capacity of the market surveillance authorities across the Union; reiterates in this regard its call to the Commission and the Council to provide it with adequate resources and a dedicated budget line on market surveillance;

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Amendment 159Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)


14a. Underlines that the introduction of counterfeit products resulting from failures in market surveillance has also negative implications for many other policy areas that are important for EU citizens, such as intellectual property protection, which are of great economic and cultural value, and urges the Commission to effectively enforce the implementation of the customs legislation and harmonise customs controls throughout the EU;

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Amendment 160Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara

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Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)


14a. Encourages the enhancement of the cooperation among national authorities with powers related to product safety such as consumer protection authorities, data protection authorities, cybersecurity authorities, telecoms, market surveillance, and customs authorities to ensure proper enforcement of all consumer relevant aspects related to product safety and consumer rights;

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Amendment 161Edina Tóth, Tomislav SokolMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)


14a. Encourages the strengthening of the mutual cooperation among national authorities and bodies related to product safety such as consumer protection authorities, cybersecurity authorities, data protection authorities and customs authorities to ensure proper enforcement of relevant aspects related to consumer rights and product safety;

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Amendment 162Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 b (new)


14b. Stresses that the large amount of divergences in the level and quality of controls of products from third countries, and differences in customs procedures

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and sanctions policies at the EU’s points of entry into the Customs Union often result, not only in trade flows’ distortions, but also in large health and safety risks for consumers in the European single market; underlines that a coordinated and harmonised approach is of vital importance in view of ensuring an uninterrupted flow of supplies of goods in all Member States, in order to address any possible shortages in an efficient and speedy manner, whilst respecting a high standard of security checks that can detect and prevent sanitary, phytosanitary and biologic risks from third country imports; insists that the Commission ensures that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;

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Amendment 163Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 14 b (new)


14b. Encourages the use of new technologies such as blockchain in the field of market surveillance for a better traceability of products; namely by identifying counterfeit products, further encourages the use of AI tools by market surveillance authorities, so that data analytics can be used to mitigate risk and improve surveillance whilst smoothing data cooperation;

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15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex);

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15. Urges Member States to carry out relevant studies in order to determine whether there is a need to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping on a regular basis, in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex);

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Amendment 166Brando BenifeiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 15


15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for the product categories most notified on the

15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for products presenting a serious risk, and

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Safety Gate (Rapex); for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex) and to take appropriate measures such as restricting, suspending or prohibiting the placing or making available on the market of any product posing a serious risk to the health or safety of consumers; stresses the importance for market surveillance authorities to effectively impose penalties on infringers and make sure they at least offset the economic advantage sought through the infringement;

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15. Urges the Commission and Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping of products representing significant percentages of each type of products placed on the market on a regular basis; Adds that particular attention should be given to product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex) and take appropriate restrictive measures in case of risk;

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15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-

15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-

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specific mystery shopping on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex);

specific mystery shopping on a regular basis or sweeping days like the ones carried out by the Consumer Protection Cooperation network (CPC), in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex); recommends that these measures are soundly grounded on data analytics tools to optimise performance;

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15. Urges Member States to set minimum sampling rates; and asks market surveillance authorities to carry out sector-specific mystery shopping, including from online shopping marketplaces, on a regular basis at least once a year, in particular for the product categories most notified on the Safety Gate (Rapex);

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15a. Recalls that environmental and sustainability requirements in product-specific legislation are also part of the EU safety framework in order to avoid that consumers are exposed to harmful and toxic substances; Calls on the Member States to dedicate additional resources to implementation and enforcement of these requirements with the support from the Commission;

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Amendment 171Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 15 a (new)


15a. Asks the Commission to use the revision of the GPSD to clarify market surveillance authorities should contact the relevant economic operator in the following orders: EU-based authorised representative with a mandate from the manufacturer, EU-based manufacturer, importer & distributor or fulfilment service provider;

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16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products, and to include minimum requirements on checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective and uniform enforcement of Union law;

16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products, and to include minimum requirements on checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective and uniform enforcement of Union law, including checks as to whether or not the products are counterfeits;

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16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products, and to include minimum requirements on checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective and uniform enforcement of Union law;

16. Calls on the Commission to swiftly adopt implementing acts in accordance with Regulation 2019/1020, and in particular Article 25 thereof, laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on harmonised and non-harmonised products and to include minimum requirements on scale and frequency of checks for products entering the Union market so as to ensure consistent, effective and uniform enforcement of Union law;

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Amendment 174Vlad-Marius BotoşMotion for a resolutionParagraph 16 a (new)


16a. Calls on the Commission to require economic operators placing products on the EU market to make available to the public and to the market surveillance authorities lists of their product models, technical specifications accompanied by a picture, to prevent circumvention of controls.

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake

17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on customs and market surveillance authorities to

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adequate checks on these products; undertake adequate checks on these products; calls for an obligation for non-EU economic operators to establish an authorised representative in the EU internal market for all consumer products to facilitate accountability and enhance product safety and consumer protection; furthermore calls for online marketplaces to complementarily check whether their traders from outside the EU, which target European consumers, either have appointed an authorised representative or set up a branch in the EU; urges the Commission to consider online marketplaces liable for damages and guarantees, without prejudice to seek redress to the trader a posteriori, if it’s proven they failed to verify that obligation;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls including on quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and on the origin; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls including on quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, and on the origin; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls on their quality, origin and compliance to the EU regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products and to keep the ICSMS system updated;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls checking their origin, quality and conformity with the EU’s regulatory framework; calls on market

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surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls of origin and compliance to the EU regulatory framework; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

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17. Stresses that products directly purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products and to scrutinise online market places more actively to increase their responsibility;

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17. Stresses that products directly 17. Stresses that products directly

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purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

purchased by consumers from non-EU economic operators must be subject to effective controls; calls on market surveillance and customs authorities to undertake adequate checks on these products;

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Amendment 183Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Sylvie Guillaume, Clara Aguilera, Sándor Rónai, Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 17 a (new)


17a. Remarks that no comprehensive and reliable data is available on the safety of direct imports from third countries, therefore calls on the European Commission together with Market surveillance authorities to conduct a research into the safety of products directly available to consumers on online platforms or online marketplaces from sellers in third countries;

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Amendment 184Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin LacapelleMotion for a resolutionParagraph 17 a (new)


17a. European consumers have noticed that dangerous products more often come from non-European countries. Products from certain non-EU countries should therefore be subject to controls by the national authorities and the Commission as a matter of priority.

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18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements;

18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous and potentially dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements, so that companies from outside the EU which sell goods and services on the internal market are subjected to the same requirements as EU companies;

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18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, including whether or not products are counterfeits, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements;

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18. Asks the Commission to cooperate 18. Asks the Commission to cooperate

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with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all bilateral trade agreements;

with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, and to include provisions on market surveillance and enforcement in all EU trade agreements;

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18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance-related provisions in all bilateral trade agreements;

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Amendment 189Jordi Cañas, Vlad-Marius BotoşMotion for a resolutionParagraph 18



18. Asks the Commission to cooperate with the regulatory authorities of third countries, to exchange market surveillance-related information on dangerous products with them, and to include market surveillance in all Free trade agreements;

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Amendment 190Vlad-Marius Botoş, Liesje Schreinemacher, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Svenja Hahn, Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 18 a (new)

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18a. Asks the Commission to explore the option, that suppliers, which are established in a third country, have to designate a legal representative, established in the Union, who can beheld accountable for the selling of products, to European consumers, which do not comply with Union rules of safety;

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Amendment 191Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc AngelMotion for a resolutionParagraph 19


19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products;

19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, data protection, cybersecurity, telecoms, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products; urges the Commission, within the framework provided by Regulation 2019/1020, to enable the use of the Information and Communication System on Market Surveillance (ICSMS), which should run in parallel with the Common Risk Management System (CRMS) system, in order to increase the level of cooperation and exchange of information between Member States and the Commission;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and coordination of enforcement measures, and to make available to the public information about controls and sanctions, including a Union-wide blacklist of economic operators who are repeatedly found to intentionally infringe EU legislation;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance, customs authorities and other relevant authorities dealing with safety aspects raised by emerging technologies, such as data protection and privacy, cybersecurity so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and coordination of enforcement measures, such as checks and penalties; `

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level,

19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level,

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cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products;

cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to guarantee uniform controls at all points of entry to the Union and to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, as well as quality controls on products from non-EU countries;

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Amendment 195Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Dita CharanzováMotion for a resolutionParagraph 19



19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities and consumers so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, and coordination of enforcement measures, and to make available to the general public information about controls and sanctions, including a blacklist of re-offenders;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and on quality checks of the manufacturing process of products coming from outside the EU that should be in compliance with

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the EU regulatory framework;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products and on quality checks of the manufacturing process of products coming from outside the EU that should be in compliance with the EU regulatory framework;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products, including counterfeits;

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19. Urges the Commission to improve and increase, at European and international level, cooperation between consumer protection, market surveillance and customs authorities so as to enable the swift transfer of information on unsafe products;

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Amendment 200Salvatore De Meo, Antonio Tajani, Massimiliano Salini, Aldo Patriciello, Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe MilazzoMotion for a resolutionParagraph 19 a (new)


19a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their cooperation in order to harmonize both, governance and powers of the market surveillance authorities; insists that in order to avoid disproportionate burden and obstacles to business activity, this harmonization process has to be done taking into account the proportionality principle, especially concerning the powers exercised by the market surveillance authorities and their effective independence;

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19a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen their cooperation in order to harmonize both, governance and powers of the market surveillance authorities;

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insists that in order to avoid disproportionate burden and obstacles to business activity, this harmonization process has to be done taking into account the proportionality principle, especially concerning the powers exercised by the market surveillance authorities and their effective independence;

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Amendment 202Brando BenifeiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 19 a (new)


19a. Stresses the importance for Member States of strengthening cooperation and further harmonizing governance and powers of the respective market surveillance authorities, in order to reduce the current fragmentation of enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation, potentially compromising the level playing field among businesses and creating potential imbalances in the level of product safety throughout the Union;

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19a. Underlines that access to the relevant documentation is key for market surveillances activities to perform their activities and assess the compliance of products with relevant safety rules; Stresses that for AI-embedded products and connected devices, it is essential to provide access to market surveillance authorities to software documentation,

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data sets and algorithmic-decision making;

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Amendment 204Kim Van Sparrentak, Petra De Sutter, David Cormand, Anna CavazziniMotion for a resolutionParagraph 19 b (new)


19b. Reiterates its call for funding under the MFF Single Market Programme of activities to support and strengthen market surveillance authorities in their tasks across the internal market and ensure uniform enforcement of the rules;

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20. Expects the Commission to prioritise product safety in its action plan for customs;

20. Expects the Commission to prioritise product safety in its action plan for customs as customs are of paramount importance for the efficient enforcement of EU consumer protection; calls therefore on Member States to allocate sufficient resources to their customs services and urges on the interinstitutional negotiating parties to prevent decreasing budgets for the MFF Customs Programmes;

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20. Expects the Commission to prioritise product safety in its action plan for customs;

20. Urges the Commission to prioritise product safety in its action plan for customs;

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20a. Urges the Commission to further harmonise the methodology and criteria for assessing risks in all Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for all economic operators; calls on the Commission to take any appropriate measures to prevent the availability of products posing a serious risk, in order to ensure a high level of protection of the public interest, when there is evidence that the risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by means of measures taken by the Member State;

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Amendment 208Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Dita Charanzová, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 20 a (new)


20a. Urges the Commission to further harmonise the methodology and criteria for assessing risks in all Member States in order to ensure a level playing field for all economic operators;

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Amendment 209Anne-Sophie PelletierMotion for a resolutionParagraph 20 a (new)


20a. Reaffirms that the resources allocated to customs should not be used for other purposes than the surveillance of goods;

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Amendment 210Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new)


20a. Asks for the Commission to apply to online marketplaces rules that cover all entities that offer products to consumers in the Union, including if they are established outside the Union in order to better tackle the sale of unsafe products;

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21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their responsibility, taking into account the special role of SMEs as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and

21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character and the limited participation of market operators; calls on the Commission to encourage other online marketplaces to join the initiative, and subsequently to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and, if it is technically feasible and necessary, to

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any other relevant legislation; propose mandatory rules on their responsibility, taking into account the special role of SMEs as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation; calls on the Commission, if the new regulation is deemed to be justified, to impose obligations evenly, both on marketplaces established in Europe and on operators located outside Europe but offering their goods in the common market;

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21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their responsibility, taking into account the special role of SMEs as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;

21. Stresses that consumers should be offered equally safe products whether buying online or offline and while welcoming the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, highlights its voluntary character that demonstrated to be not sufficient in making sure that only safe products are placed on the market; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in limiting the distribution of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their obligations and responsibility as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;

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party sellers from June 2018. party sellers from June 2018.

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Amendment 213Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando BenifeiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21



21. Takes note of the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character, limited scope and the lack of more detailed key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure a meaningful assessment of the signatories’ efforts and results; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their obligations and liability as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;

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Amendment 214Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Sylvie Guillaume, Clara Aguilera, Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21


21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role

21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, however highlights its voluntary character and the missing participation of online

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marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their responsibility, taking into account the special role of SMEs as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;

marketplaces which results in a lack of representation of the sector; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role that production and supply chain, including marketplaces and fulfilment service providers could play in improving the detection of unsafe products, and to propose mandatory rules on their responsibility and on ensuring clear and standardised information to consumers on online marketplaces, regarding the location of the product, the retailer and their consumer rights, as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;



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21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but concludes that voluntary commitment from online market places is not sufficient; calls on the Commission to propose mandatory rules on their responsibility and liability for unsafe products being offered on their marketplace, taking into account the special role of SMEs as part of the Digital Services Act, the revision of GPSD and any other relevant legislation;

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consumer products sold online by third party sellers from June 2018.

consumer products sold online by third party sellers from June 2018.

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Amendment 216Dita CharanzováMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21



21. Welcomes the Product Safety Pledge7 for online marketplaces, but highlights its voluntary character; calls on the Commission to evaluate the role marketplaces could play in improving the detection of unsafe products and, if needed, to evaluate possible rules on their responsibility;



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Amendment 217Arba Kokalari, Henna VirkkunenMotion for a resolutionParagraph 21 a (new)


21a. Notes the positive contributions and possibilities online market places are bringing to retailers and customers alike; highlights the need for a level playing field between EU and third country platforms when it comes to compliance with EU rules on product safety and consumer rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that third country marketplaces

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selling products to EU consumers are subject to the same due care requirements and liability rules that apply to similar EU economic actors, namely importers, distributors and sellers; urges the Commission to explore ways in which contributions to Extended Producer Responsibility schemes by third country sellers could be increased.

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21a. Is concerned about the amount of unsafe products being sold on online market places; urges the Commission, in cooperation with consumer organisations, to better inform consumers about European safety standards and the possible dangers of purchasing products from third countries on online marketplaces;

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Amendment 219Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Svenja Hahn, Liesje Schreinemacher, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Sandro Gozi, Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 22


22. Encourages online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear; asks the Commission to create guidelines for online marketplaces on how to react effectively to unsafe products;

22. Notes that while online platforms, such as online market places, have benefited both retailers and consumers by improving choice and lowering prices, at the same time, an increasing number of non-compliant sellers - especially from third countries – are offering unsafe or illegal products in the European market, therefore urges the Commission to establish regulations in order to ensure

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the cooperation of the online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear;

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22. Calls on online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities a well as with consumer organisations when contacted by them to alert about a risk posed by a product by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear; asks the Commission to establish obligations requiring online marketplaces to react effectively to unsafe products and withdraw them within the 24 hours of a notification;

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22. Encourages online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear; asks the Commission to create guidelines for online

22. Urges online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear; asks the Commission to create guidelines for online marketplaces

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marketplaces on how to react effectively to unsafe products;

on how to react effectively to unsafe products; Asks authorities in Member States to put more scrutiny to online market places to ensure accountability;

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22. Calls on online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, as well as to alerts from consumers and consumers' organisations, and to cooperate effectively and proactively with the Member States’ competent authorities by immediately withdrawing unsafe products, sharing relevant information about them and taking measures to avoid that they reappear;

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22. Encourages online marketplaces to react as quickly as possible to notifications from Rapex, and to cooperate effectively with the Member States’ competent authorities by withdrawing unsafe products without delay from the moment information is obtained regarding them, and taking measures to avoid that they reappear; asks the Commission to create guidelines for online marketplaces on how to react effectively to unsafe products;

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22a. Notes that online market places are often used to sell counterfeit products from third countries; asks the Commission to include the fight against the practice of selling of counterfeit products as a priority in the creation of a legal framework on the responsibility and liability of online market places;

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23. Asks online marketplaces to enhance their cooperation, consult Rapex before placing products on their websites, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective measures against them and their supply chain, and develop an easily accessible tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

23. Asks the Commission to ensure that online marketplaces enhance the cooperation between themselves and competent authorities, consult Rapex before placing products on their websites, remove products identified as unsafe by Rapex swiftly, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective and dissuasive measures against them and their supply chain, put in place a robust business user authentication in line with the “know your business customer” principle and product verification processes, and also develop an easily accessible tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

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23. Asks the Commission to ensure that online marketplaces enhance their cooperation with the competent authorities, consult Rapex before placing products on their websites, remove unsafe products swiftly, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective measures against them and their supply chain, put in place a robust business user authentication in line with product verification processes, and also develop an easily accessible tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

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23. Asks the Commission and Member States to step up market surveillance for online marketplaces by developing and putting in place appropriate tools to do so, as well as enhance their cooperation via joint activities, consult Rapex before placing products on their websites, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective measures against them and their supply chain, and develop an easily accessible EU-wide tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

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Amendment 228Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi Cañas, Liesje Schreinemacher

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23. Stresses that the Commission should establish clear guide lines for the marketplaces to enhance their cooperation, consult Rapex before placing products on their websites, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective measures against them and their supply chain, and develop an easily accessible tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

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23. Asks online marketplaces to enhance their cooperation, encourage merchants selling on a particular marketplace to consult the Rapex system before placing products on their websites, exchange information on sellers that break the rules, take effective measures against them and their supply chain, and develop an easily accessible tool for consumers to report unsafe products;

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24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a

24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to assess the possibility to recommend that online marketplaces create an interface with Rapex in order to ensure that products offered for sale are

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link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

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Amendment 231Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 24


24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

24. Urges the Commission to assess how online marketplaces could improve their interconnection with the Rapex system in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and require them to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

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24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex alerting them that a product has been notified in the system in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

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24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to oblige online marketplaces to create an interface with Rapex, provided that the latter is modernised and made compatible, for example through an application programme interface, in order to ensure that products offered for sale are safe, and to introduce a link to Rapex on their websites so as to raise awareness about this platform;

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24a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to enhance the interrelation and interaction between national and EU databases on illegal unsafe products in order to create useful synergies and favour the information flow across the single market;

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24a. Calls on the Commission and Member states to enhance the interrelation and interaction between national and EU databases on illegal unsafe products in order to create useful synergies and favour the information flow

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across the single market;

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Amendment 236Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Marc Angel, Andreas Schieder, Alex Agius Saliba, Brando Benifei, Sylvie Guillaume, Clara Aguilera, Sándor Rónai, Adriana Maldonado LópezMotion for a resolutionParagraph 25


25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products;

25. Asks the Commission to require online platforms and online marketplaces to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products;

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25. Asks the Commission to propose an obligation for online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products,

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provide reliable information to consumers and guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, in order to protect consumers;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide reliable information to consumers and guarantee the quality of the manufacturing process of products in compliance with the EU regulatory framework, in order to protect consumers;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products; stresses that such an opinion should be accompanied by a thorough assessment of the impact of such provisions, including potential costs for online marketplaces;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to provide consumers with reliable information, guaranteeing the quality and safety of products sold online;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products, provide consumers with reliable information and guarantee the safety of products sold online;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of

25. Asks the Commission to require online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance and promotion of unsafe

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advertisements for unsafe products; products, including via advertisements or misleading guarantees and statements made by the suppliers or by customers;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to tackle the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products and to block misleading advertisements of these products;

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25. Asks the Commission to evaluate the necessity of requiring online platforms to put in place effective and appropriate safeguards to ban the appearance of advertisements for unsafe products;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to consider and assess if a timely procedure

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for blocking the payments for unsafe products sold online, could be an effective tool for improving actions to contrast the online sale of unsafe products;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to consider and assess if a timely procedure for blocking the payments for unsafe products sold online, could be an effective tool for improving actions to contrast the online sale of unsafe products;

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Amendment 248Alessandra Basso, Marco Campomenosi, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Isabella Tovaglieri, Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Markus Buchheit, Carlo FidanzaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 25 a (new)


25a. Calls on Member States to improve the connection and interaction between existing national and European public databases of illegal and unsafe products;

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25a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance coherence and

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interaction between European and national public databases on illegal products.

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26. Calls on the Commission to negotiate an ambitious WTO e-commerce agreement in order to improve respect for product safety rules online at European and international level;

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27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission to define standards allowing the deployment of interoperable technologies to provide for safe EU-wide emerging technologies;

27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission to request standards to ensure the safe use of new and interoperable digital technologies on a uniform basis throughout the EU; calls on the Commission to request harmonised standards for those associated with legislation such as the Machinery Directive, the Radio Equipment Directive, the Toy Directive, when they are updated; also calls on the Commission and Member States to support the systematic participation of consumer associations in

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standardisation bodies;

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Amendment 252Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Liesje SchreinemacherMotion for a resolutionParagraph 27



27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission mandate Cen-Cenelec to define standards, including for traditional sectors, not previously using IT, allowing the deployment of interoperable technologies to provide for safe EU-wide emerging technologies;

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27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; asks the Commission to support the process of shaping standards allowing the deployment of interoperable technologies to provide for safe EU-wide emerging technologies;

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27. Welcomes the fact that the European standardisation programme for 2020 addresses the challenges emerging within the Digital Single Market, such as AI, IoT, protection of data, including health data, cybersecurity and automated mobility; calls for standards allowing the deployment of interoperable technologies to provide for safe EU-wide emerging technologies;

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27a. Considers that standardisation work should take into consideration sustainability aspects when developing product standards in order to prevent the use of harmful and toxic substances posing a serious risk from the design stage to maintain a high-level of safety for consumers;

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Amendment 256Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Liesje Schreinemacher, Svenja Hahn, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Sandro GoziMotion for a resolutionParagraph 27 a (new)


27a. Stresses that the safety of products should be a priority for the Commission in updating the legislation in order to

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cover security risks generated by connected products and the risks to be hacked.

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28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety and the quality of the manufacturing process of products incompliance with the EU regulatory framework, and the protection of EU consumers, since clear and reliable information on products, such as the mandatory indication of the country of origin, empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

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28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the

28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety and the quality of the manufacturing process of products incompliance with the EU regulatory framework, and the protection of EU consumers, since clear and reliable information on products, such as the

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Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

mandatory indication of the country of origin, empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

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28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products and consumer protection, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to assess how the use of new technologies, such as QR codes on product packaging, could enhance consumer information on key aspects of the product, such as its origin; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

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28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers

28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety of products, whether on traditional markets or sold online, since clear and

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consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly, in order to make stating the geographical origin of non-agricultural products obligatory;

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28. Emphasises that traceability along the supply chain is key to improving the safety and quality of products, since clear and reliable information on products empowers consumers, including persons with disabilities, to make informed choices, and allows market surveillance authorities to carry out their activities; asks the Commission to update the rules for the traceability requirements of non-harmonised products accordingly;

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28a. Insists on the importance of providing relevant information to consumers to improve the product safety within the internal market, including by supplementing the basic traceability requirements with necessary elements

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such as the indication of the country of origin of a product according to the non-preferential origin rules of the EU Customs Code; calls on the Commission to consider the setting up an EU mandatory system to that aim; underlines that this objective should be pursued also with the support of digital technologies;

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28a. Insists on the importance of providing relevant information to consumers to improve the product safety within the internal market, including by supplementing the basic traceability requirements with necessary elements such as the indication of the country of origin of a product; calls on the Commission to consider the setting up an EU mandatory system to that aim; underlines that this objective should be pursued also with the support of digital technologies;

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Amendment 264Alessandra Basso, Marco Campomenosi, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Isabella Tovaglieri, Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Markus Buchheit, Carlo FidanzaMotion for a resolutionParagraph 28 a (new)


28a. Stresses that the lack of EU mandatory rules on origin labelling of products and their main components generates uncertainty to consumers who are often misled by the packaging itself; points out that an EU effective and

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binding traceability system would ensure a higher level of consumer safety for all products placed on the EU market;

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Amendment 265Marco Zullo, Tiziana BeghinMotion for a resolutionParagraph 28 a (new)


28a. Considers that a label stating unambiguously the geographical origin of a given product and how it has been manufactured, would protect companies, jobs and consumers, as it would lessen the likelihood of fraud and counterfeit goods;

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Amendment 266Virginie Joron, Jean-Lin LacapelleMotion for a resolutionParagraph 28 a (new)


28a. Stresses that product traceability throughout the supply chain is essential for informing consumers about the social and environmental safety and the impact of products and their production;

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29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability

29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability

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throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation;

throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; underlines the application of blockchain notably in strengthening the certainty of both the provenance and the intellectual property rights of goods, thereby reducing the risk of illicit goods, including fake and counterfeit goods, entering the supply chain;

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29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation;

29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation; the development of solid and reliable electronic information would make checks by market supervisory authorities simpler and more effective;

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Amendment 269Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 29



29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology and blockchain could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation or using the webcrawler tool;

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29. Asks the Commission to evaluate how distributed ledger technology could enhance the safety of products by improving product traceability throughout the supply chain, including through their standardisation;

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Amendment 271Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Liesje Schreinemacher, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Sandro Gozi, Svenja HahnMotion for a resolutionParagraph 29 a (new)


29a. Acknowledges, that the success of any product or innovation stands and falls with the trust placed in its quality and safety and that the EU’s goal must be to ensure this trust, especially in an increasingly digital networked world; encourages the European Commission to further develop the established and successful quality infrastructure, consisting of metrology, standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, in consultation with all partners involved, to meet these new challenges;

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29a. Highlights that many standards do not address how men and women may be impacted in different ways by standards which might lead for certain categories of products, such as protective equipment, to discrepancies in terms of safety; Welcomes the signature by over 50 standardisation bodies of the Declaration on Gender Responsive Standards and standards development to address this gender gap; and urges the Commission to include gender-mainstreaming aspects in its standardisation work;

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Amendment 273Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Sándor RónaiMotion for a resolutionParagraph 29 a (new)


29a. Encourages the Commission to further develop the established infrastructure consisting of metrology, standardisation, accreditation, conformity assessment and market surveillance, in consultation with all partners involved, to meet the new challenges associated with emerging technologies;

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Amendment 274Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 30


30. Notes that consumers respond 30. Notes that consumers respond

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poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs;

poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines in plain language on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, and providing clear information about the benchmarks used by the market surveillance authorities, in order to increase the number of consumers reached;

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30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs;

30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached;

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30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while

30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while

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taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs;

taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs, and in particular for micro enterprises;

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30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for SMEs, and in particular for micro enterprises;

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30. Notes that consumers respond poorly to recalls, and that unsafe products continue to be used even though they have been recalled; asks the Commission to publish guidelines on recall procedures, including a check list with concrete requirements, in order to increase the number of consumers reached, while taking into account that recalls can create considerable challenges for micro-enterprises and SMEs;

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Amendment 279Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Evelyne Gebhardt, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Sándor Rónai, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 31


31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate information is available to consumers;

31. Asks retailers and online marketplaces to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring that products are withdrawn swiftly from online listings and from the shelve and oblige retailers and online marketplaces to inform consumers of any safety issues and of any action required to ensure that recalls are carried out effectively; also asks the Commission and Member States to require online marketplaces to verify the identity of their users, buyers and sellers, individuals and businesses, in order to be able to reach then, when recalls are necessary, as quickly as possible;

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31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring that products are withdrawn swiftly from the online marketplace, at the latest within 24 hours, and recalled from consumers through legal obligations on adequate information and targeted contacts ;

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Amendment 281Vlad-Marius Botoş, Dita Charanzová, Karen Melchior, Liesje Schreinemacher, Svenja

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31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate information is available to consumers, asks the Commission to assess how new technologies and algorithms can make this process more effective and ensure that a larger number of affected consumers are reached;

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31. Asks retailers, online marketplaces and consumer associations to play a greater role in recalls of unsafe products purchased online or offline by ensuring adequate and reliable information is available to consumers;

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Amendment 283Vlad-Marius Botoş, Liesje Schreinemacher, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja Hahn, Jordi CañasMotion for a resolutionParagraph 31 a (new)


31a. Urges the Commission to develop legislation obliging online marketplaces, given their direct communication with consumers, to inform consumers in case they bought an unsafe or otherwise non-compliant product from their online

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marketplace;

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32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls, to increase product registration rates so that consumers affected can be more easily identified, even for cross-border purchases, and to enable economic operators to use data - such as loyalty schemes - to reach consumers without infringing GDPR rules;

32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls;

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Amendment 285Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Christel Schaldemose, Andreas Schieder, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Adriana Maldonado López, Alex Agius Saliba, Clara Aguilera, Brando Benifei, Marc Angel, Biljana BorzanMotion for a resolutionParagraph 32



32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls, to increase product registration rates so that consumers affected can be more easily identified, even for cross-border purchases, and to enable economic operators to use data - such as loyalty schemes - to reach consumers without infringing GDPR rules; calls on consumer associations to strengthen their cooperation with market surveillance authorities on recall procedures by showing the products identified as unsafe in Rapex on their websites;

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32. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enhance cross-border exchange of best practices on recalls, to increase product registration rates so that consumers affected can be more easily identified and actively informed, even for cross-border purchases, and to enable economic operators to use data - such as loyalty schemes - to reach consumers without infringing GDPR rules;

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33. Calls on Member States to foresee a non-burdensome feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

33. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to foresee a simple and harmonised feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

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Amendment 288Vlad-Marius Botoş, Karen Melchior, Sandro Gozi, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Svenja HahnMotion for a resolutionParagraph 33


33. Calls on Member States to foresee a 33. Calls on Commission and Member

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non-burdensome feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

States to foresee a feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

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33. Calls on Member States to foresee a non-burdensome feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

33. Calls on Member States to foresee a feedback report on recalls by economic operators to be submitted to the market surveillance authorities in order to assess the effectiveness of the recall;

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