5 Amendments of Roberta ANGELILLI related to 2012/2321(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to bolster its services responsible for cooperatives by creating a Directorate focused on cooperatives and other social-economy organisations (such as mutuals) within DG Enterprise, with a unit working solely on the restructuring of industrial and service enterprises in crisis or without a successor into cooperatives;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to bolster its services responsible for cooperatives by creating a unit that is responsible for social cooperatives in order to promote and coordinate their activities at EU level, highlighting their purpose of promoting health, social and educational services and including disadvantaged people in the labour market;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the transfer of a business to the employees through the creation of a cooperative is often the best way of ensuring the continuity of an enterprise; stresses that this kind of transfer should be supported by a specific EU budget line that also includes financial instruments; calls urgently for the creation, with the participation of the EIB and stakeholders from the cooperative movement, of a European mechanism designed to promote the development of cooperatives and, in particular, business transfers under the cooperative form, also through the instrument of mutualisation funds;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that the issue of access to credit for cooperatives is of particular importance given the specific nature of their structure. Calls, therefore, on the Commission, the Basel Committee and the European Investment Bank to develop and use quality parameters, also in terms of providing credit and financing, in order to differentiate the role of cooperatives, including social cooperatives, from other types of business;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Takes the view that in EU and national financial programming, particular attention should be paid to (or a certain percentage set aside for) cooperatives that aim to facilitate access to employment for disadvantaged people, as also defined in Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002, in order to consolidate and develop more and better levels of social protection;