36 Amendments of Tom VANDENKENDELAERE related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Article 5(1) TEU,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to Article 7 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the European Union and the European social model require a strengthening of democracy, including economic democracya highly competitive social market economy geared to full employment and social progress, in which the social partners should play an important part;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the involvement of employees in supervisory boards is a crucial step in the further democratisation of the economy, whereby this is not a matter of legislative burdens which may be tackled by cutting red tape and by deregulationpossible step towards good corporate governance, but this step must not result in any additional regulatory burden on the competitiveness of businesses;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas, under the present conditions of global division of labour, internationalisation, accelerated corporate change and the upcoming transformation through digitisation, i.e. the so-called ‘4th Industrial Revolution’, prosperity for the maximum number of people can be achieved only by the pre-emptive framing of the economy and industrial relationesent new opportunities for participation by employees in undertakings;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones16; __________________ 16http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPIand this situation has developed historically in each Member State;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas future corporate management will only be successful with a long-term, sustainable approach which includes all stakeholdinvolving all relevant stakeholders, such as the social partners18; __________________ 18 http://de.worker-participation.eu/Ueber- WP.eu/Publications/The-Sustainable- Company-a-new-approach-to-corporate- governance
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the ex, when registering form of thea European Company (SE) is also used to avoid national forms of worker participation in companie, an agreement must be reached with the staff, permitting them a say in the supervision of the company's business;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereasnoting that there do not yet exist at EU level any general standards for employee representation on supervisory boards, and that such standards have so far been adopted at Member State level;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and its agencies on a regular basis and systematically to gather, evaluate and publish data and gooddifferent examples relating to worker representation at supervisory board level;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish permanent joint expert groups of the social partners tasked with gathering over a lengthy period of time information on the development andgather good examples concerning employee representation on supervisory boards; points out that ithey should examine in particular employee representation at enterprise, local, regional and national levels, as well as at transnational and European supervisory board levels;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onSuggests that the Commission to ensure that provision is made forshould respect the specific character and diversity of employee representation at supervisory board level in each Member State in drafting all new EU legislative acts or revising existing ones in the context of European company law;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Council, the Member States and the Commission to respect and protect existing national forms of worker representation at supervisory board level in the EU and to counter any attempt to use existing EU law to circumvent or abuse such arrangements by making appropriate changes in the relevant European Treaties or legislative acts;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, in the area of company law, to seek at an early stage enhanced cooperation with the bodies responsible for employment because their opinions are frequently ignored until it is too late or not sufficiently taken into accountand with the social partners;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onReminds the Commission to introduce inhat the Directive on the European Company (SE) imposes minimum EU rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards, rather than referring to national law or revising the Directive so that the involvement of workers in supervisory boards is not solely determined by conditions when a company is established, but account is also taken of subsequent developments and, in particular, changes in the number of employeespermitting Member States to opt for a model which best suits their national traditions of employee representation, and permits employees' representatives and the founders of a European Company to opt for the model most appropriate to their social environment;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onSuggests that, if the Commission to develops standards for rules governing employee representation on supervisory boards that can be applied as a universal model in the form of a directive to all European corporate law directives which, it should do so in consultation with the social partners, and that these rules should takes into account, but does not replace, existing rules on information and consultation, and should not be intended to bring about harmonisation between Member States;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20