<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AQE.QER VERSION="2"><QUESTION QID="E-003053-17" AIDREF="AE-003053-17" LEG.VAL="WQ"><HEAD.Q><TI1><P.WQ>Question for written answer<NO.WQ QID="Q-E-003053-17">E-003053-17</NO.WQ></P.WQ><P.WQ>to the<DEST.WQ ORG="COM"> Commission</DEST.WQ></P.WQ></TI1><TI2><P.WQ>Rule 130</P.WQ><P.WQ><AUTHOR.WQ PERSID="125048">Marina Albiol Guzmán</AUTHOR.WQ><POL.GROUP GR="GUE/NGL">(GUE/NGL)</POL.GROUP></P.WQ></TI2><P.WQ><DATE.WQ DATE.DOC="20170502">(2 May 2017)</DATE.WQ></P.WQ></HEAD.Q><OBJ.Q OBJID="O-E-003053-17"><INT.OBJ.Q>Subject:</INT.OBJ.Q><TXT> Incorporation into national law of European legislation on mortgages</TXT></OBJ.Q><CONTENTS CTNID="QC-E-003053-17"><P>The Commission has decided to bring Spain, along with three other Member States, before the European Court of Justice because of their delay in adapting their laws to European legislation on mortgages. The purpose of the legislation is to create a single mortgage market across the entire European Union, with increased consumer protection. Given the delay in adapting those consumer-protection measures in several Member States, and in the light of the urgent state of affairs in Spain when it comes to accessing housing and the daily evictions:</P><P>Does the Commission intend to adopt any measures to protect consumers, especially people at risk of being evicted from their homes, while the ECJ settles the case?</P><P>Will the Commission impose any sort of sanction on States that do not adapt their laws? What would the maximum sanction be?</P></CONTENTS></QUESTION></AQE.QER>