EU: EP endorses ‘country of origin’

Jessica Larive’s report on the EC’s Green Paper, Commercial Communications in the Internal Market, was overwhelmingly adopted at the plenary session of the European Parliament on 14 July. There were 16 successful amendments, most of which had been approved by the Rapporteur.

In summary, the report as amended generally welcomes the Green Paper and endorses the Commission’s proposed methods for evaluating the proportionality of legislation. The Parliament also recommends that the proposed ‘proportionality committee’ should be composed of representatives from the commercial communications sector, consumers and the EP as well as from the MS. The Commission is also invited to propose a regulatory framework in respect of “dishonest marketing methods”.