Activities of Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ related to 2016/2237(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises
Amendments (12)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas social enterprises can take different legal forms (such as citizens’ associations, cooperatives, associations, charities, etc.);
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas digitalisation, ambitious climate change goals, migration issues, groups of persons with disabilities, the number of long-term unemployed and the fight against poverty offer great potential for social entrepreneurship;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that social enterprises provide employment opportunities for persons with disabilities as well as persons from other disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the importance of social enterprises providing education, health or social services in cooperation with local authorities and often with the involvement of volunteers; draws attention to their work in supporting the integration of disadvantaged jobseekers on the labour market;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for an online European platform for social enterprises, through which they could exchange ideas on setting-up and funding procedures and, the legal situation and participation in public procurement;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that criteria currently exist to define social enterprises, and they are set out in European Parliament resolution of 10 September 2015 on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in combating unemployment (the primacy of the individual and the social objective over capital; democratic control by the membership; the combination of the interests of members, users and the general interest; the safeguarding and application of the principles of solidarity and responsibility; the reinvestment of surplus funds in long-term development objectives, or in the provision of services of interest to members or of services of general interest; voluntary and open membership; autonomous management independent of the public authorities); points out that the criteria must remain sufficiently flexible in order that they do not block the activities of social enterprises or have an unintended negative impact on their work;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that any European label for social entrepreneurship must adequately and fairly take into account the diversity of the legal forms and frameworks in which social enterprises operate in the different Member States;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to focus their efforts on the more ambitious application of social criteria in public procurement;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the specificities of social enterprises when they receive state aid; proposes facilitating access to funding following the example of the categories set out in Regulation 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on Member States to redouble their efforts to create an appropriate and beneficial environment in which social enterprises can operate, including specialist support and streamlining the administration related to operations.
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls on the responsible authorities in the Member States to make greater use of the technical specifications that take into account, for example, the employment of persons with disabilities and fair trade labelling in public procurement; calls on the Member States and the Commission to better disseminate these procurement rules;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Strongly emphasises that the rules on how social enterprises operate must respect the principles of fair competition and may not permit unfair competition for the functioning of traditional small and medium-sized enterprises.