Westinghouse Defense Electronics | WES [Abbr.]

Director of the Electronic Services Division

Electronic Service Delivery Client Support Division

(10) This Directive should apply to electronic invoices, received by contracting authorities and contracting entities, issued and transmitted as a result of the performance of contracts awarded in accordance with Directive [replacing Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts ], Directive [replacing Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ...[+++]31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors ], or Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC.

(10) This Directive should apply to electronic invoices received by contracting authorities and contracting entities issued as a result of the performance of contracts awarded in accordance with Directive [replacing Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts ], Directive [replacing Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coor ...[+++]dinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors ], or Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC .

63. Calls for the creation, in the interests of the defence of children's rights, of an adequate, effective and proportionate regulation system in dialogue with providers, the media (public and private television companies, advertisers, the press, video games, mobile telephone operators and the Internet) and industry, aimed, among other things, at prohibiting the broadcasting of harmful images and content (including cyber bullying) and the marketing of violent video games, which, by encouraging violence and sexism, may cause harm to c ...[+++]hildren's physical and psychological development; points with concern, moreover, to the growing problem of MMS exchanges of pornographic or child-abuse related images; expresses its support for the Safer Internet plus Programme through the implementation of operational and technical measures, especially for the protection of children; within this framework, also calls on the Member States and Internet service providers, in collaboration with search engine companies and the police, to implement blocking technology to stop Internet users from accessing illegal sites related to child sexual abuse and prevent the public from accessing material depicting the sexual abuse of children;

In the rapporteur’s view, current shortcomings in the consumer acquis must be resolved at least in the following areas: end-user licence agreements and ‘technical contract terms’ should be subject to the rules on unfair contract terms; contracts concluded between consumers and professional traders in online auction sales, as well as contracts for tourists services (airline tickets, hotel accommodation, car rental, leisure time services etc.) ordered individually over the internet, should be subject to the rules on distance selling; the information that the vendor must provide to the purchaser in an ...[+++]electronic transaction should be simplified and standardised; the transparency of the supply chain in the digital environment on the vendor’s side should be increased to ensure that the consumer knows the actual identity of the supplier (including whether it is an intermediary or an end supplier); an effective consumer protection tool should be created for cases where the consumer assumes all contractual risks (including financial risks, e.g. when there is a requirement to pay in advance), particularly in the context of cross-border e-commerce.