Out-of-court settlement of consumer disputes (recomm. 98/257/EC), Tampere European council conclusions

The European Parliament adopted, by 522 votes to 9 with 11 abstentions, the own-initiative report by Mrs Diana WALLIS (ELDR, UK). The report suggests ways of improving the Commission's working paper on the creation of a European Extra-Judicial Network (EEJ Net) for the out-of-court-settlement of such disputes. (Please refer to the previous text for an outline of the amendments proposed by the committee responsible and which were adopted by the House). �