3 Amendments of Miguel URBÁN CRESPO related to 2016/2244(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to work towards a standard regulation establishing the rights of franchisors and franchisees in terms that prevent the imposition of unfair conditions by brand managers passing on their know-how to a network of franchisees, with more transparent formats, and prevent the establishment of secret ad hoc conditions unconnected to technical processes for producing the service in question.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum criteria regulating maximum rates of commission for sale, profit and exclusive provision of equipment and setting out the subsidiary responsibilities of the comapny managing the brand, as head of the network. Those responsibilities shall include establishing and ensuring complaince with labour standards and standards for decent and high-quality service, which the franchisor is ultimately responsible for enforcing.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to correct market failures through legislative action, either by tackling unfair trading practices or by better regulating retail law, contract law or/and competition law;draw up EU rules obliging brand managers to establish a national and international register of companies linked to their brand. For the purposes of tax assessment and preventing tax evasion, it is essential that undertakings within the network provide a joint annual report of their annual accounts, setting out in its main chapter transfer prices, together with proof of compliance with the relevant tax obligations in the various countries in which they operate, detailing their various activities and the volume of business for each activity (turnover, number of employees, facilities, points of sale) in each tax jurisdiction.