Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-10-22-Speech-3-058"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-10-22"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Arlene McCARTHY2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, this timeshare law is long overdue. The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection first held a hearing on this in 2001, exposing all the problems in the market. We are, of course, very pleased that we have come to the point today where we are now delivering for consumers. We are extending the law to cover all timeshare-like products, especially the problematic discount holiday clubs. We are covering resale and exchange and giving consumers better protection and better rights. Critically, I believe consumers will have the same rights whether they are buying in Varna on the Black Sea or Valencia on the Costa Blanca. With this law, consumers must be given the key information on the standard information sheet – including all fees and charges – and, if the company fails to provide it, the law extends the right of withdrawal to three months. Failure to inform the consumer of the right of withdrawal extends the right of withdrawal to one year. These really are good rights for consumers. They will turn our traders into responsible traders and we will have informed and protected consumers, which means we can drive out of the market the dodgy dealers and the scam merchants. Today we have demonstrated that, when consumers complain, Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection not only answers, but we act and we deliver. Commissioner, I would ask you to follow up, as you always do, on enforcement issues. We must now use the new cross-border enforcement network to tackle the continuing problems that consumers have and to make sure we reduce the number of complaints that turn up on timeshare in European consumer centres right across the 27 Member States."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 chair; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; JURI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Labour Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Arlene McCarthy (PSE )."1
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