Czech Business Today
CEBRE founders met Czech MEPs to discuss plastics, mobility and consumer issues
The mandate of the current EU institutions is slowly, but steadily coming to an end. However, several important legislative proposals with a significant impact on businesses are still on the table. Specifically, the Single Use Plastics Directive, the Mobility Package and several legislative proposals in the area of consumer issues. The impacts of these proposals were discussed by CEBRE founders together with Czech MEPs on 15th June in the premises of the Czech Chamber of Commerce in Prague. According to Czech businesses, the Single Use Plastics Directive should exclude the regulation of plastic beverage bottles requiring their recycling to 90%. Such a wide application of these rules would have serious impacts and, therefore, it is not suitable. The Posting of Workers Directive is another proposal where such a wide application of rules is problematic, because the Directive doesn’t take into account the high mobility of workers in the transport sector, especially in road transport. CEBRE founders point out that the high mobility of workers in the road transport sector clearly shows that drivers cannot be considered as posted and urge the legislators to take it into account when setting up rules for this sector. As for the consumer issues, the discussion focused on the New Deal for Consumers proposal, especially on the proposal for setting up a system of collective redress in the EU. CEBRE founders deem that consumer protection in the EU is at the highest level in the world and it would not be appropriate to duplicate the US system in which a collective action can be brought without the consent of the consumer.
