Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-05-20-Speech-2-286"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-05-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Misleading 'Directory companies' (e.g. 'European City Guides') (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"mt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080520.26.2-286"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-05-20-Speech-2-2872
lpv:speaker	lp:Simon Busuttil2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; PETI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partit Nazzjonalista (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, when you open this directory – because this is a big, thick publication – you find hundreds of pages, with thousands of companies, very often small businesses that found themselves in this directory after being cheated. They did not want to be included in it, but were included against their wishes. Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has received about 400 petitions from small businesses caught in this trap. I believe there are three aspects to this issue. Firstly, the small businesses involved are the victims of fraud. Secondly, there is a cross-border, transnational aspect, which should therefore be of interest to us in Europe, in the European Parliament, in the Council and in the Commission. Thirdly, companies like ‘European City Guides’ are profiting from shortcomings that exist in legislation. What is the European Parliament doing, besides what the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection is doing, as Mrs McCarthy has told us? The Committee on Petitions will be producing a report on this issue. I will be the rapporteur, and my report will have four aims. Firstly, it will aim to increase awareness of this problem, which is a big one. Secondly, it will continue to encourage the Council and the Commission, in particular, to take clear action, because if they cannot take action today, they need to be in a position to do so. Thirdly, we also need to determine whether there are legislative shortcomings, and this is the role of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Lastly, it also needs to offer these victims useful advice. The Committee on Petitions will hold consultations and meet with the victims and social partners, as well as with the Commission, before adopting this report, which is expected to be adopted by the end of this year."@en1

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