For them it has not produced extra choice, but rather the loss of life savings with no redress mechanisms available.

To this end, therefore, collective redress mechanisms must include appropriate safeguards.

Much can be done by improving existing redress mechanisms, and stepping up cooperation between Member States.

Amendment No 35 and 36 concern complaint schemes and out-of-court redress mechanisms of the proposal.

Data also shows that there are great differences between Member States and that there is room for improvement in respect of redress mechanisms.

Fourth, American undertakings are insufficiently legally-binding, since the available extra-judicial redress mechanisms are not fully independent.

Moreover, we can see that effective application of the legislation and actual redress mechanisms are of crucial importance for the proper operation of the market.

It is also important to help businesses combat the scam by improving access to information and awareness raising by improving redress mechanisms.

Specifically, civil libertarians argue that under the Secure Flight program, there are insufficient redress mechanisms for innocent citizens on watch lists.

Delivering on promises, providing proper redress mechanisms, learning from mistakes, working openly and allowing for public scrutiny - these are the all-important 'means' towards building trust.

I welcome the rapporteur's calls for greater transparency and visibility of the surveillance measures and support her call for improved collective redress mechanisms in the EU.

In 1997, the Supreme Court of India in a Public Interest Litigation, defined sexual harassment at workplace, preventive measures and redress mechanism.

The lives of more of our citizens are blighted by the lack of access to civil justice or cross-border redress mechanisms than, fortunately, are directly touched by terrorism.

Amendments Nos 4, 5, 6, 14, 15 and 16 are said to leave out certain considerations and provisions which aim to guarantee legal security, transparency and financial security of the imported redress mechanism.

Only if such a need is identified by the impact study should the Commission propose a European framework, which would give all consumers in all the Member States easy access to various redress mechanisms in cross-border complaints.

Another major difference between the two initiatives is that, whereas the consumer green paper only covers redress for consumers, the redress mechanism suggested in the competition white paper is designed to benefit both consumers and businesses.

I want to make a statement to the House that there is full harmonisation in respect of information to consumers prior to the conclusion of the contract on, for instance, the supplier, financial services, the distance contract and the redress mechanism.

By incorporating Amendments Nos 7, 17 and 18, a key component would be deleted on which all car insurance guidelines are based, namely the reference to the agreement between national bodies of indemnity as a basis for the redress mechanism.

I would like to conclude by emphasising that we must ensure that we adopt a horizontal approach with regard to the collective redress mechanism, thereby avoiding the fragmentation of national legislation and establishing a single, common instrument for all Member States.

It is quite clear that petitions reveal a lot of feedback from our citizens, and there are two themes I would like to pick out from the report. One is better quality and more citizen-inspired legislation, and the second is better redress mechanisms.

The first one will examine the effectiveness and efficiency of existing collective redress mechanisms; it will assess whether consumers suffer a detriment in those Member States where collective redress is not available and examine the existence of negative effects for the single market.

We need to make sure that you, Commissioner, continue to enforce EU law where you can; we need to make sure that those citizens who have come to us can benefit from some form of compensation or redress mechanism – and for that we must continue to exert pressure on the Spanish authorities.