5 Amendments of Louis GRECH related to 2012/2004(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that social businesses have the potential to provide innovative responses to the current social and economic problems; encourages, therefore, the development of a supportive regulatory framework and the provision of financial support to enable them tohat is better suited to social entrepreneurship and to social enterprises, which will assist their growth and survivestainability;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that accountable management processes supported by proper monitoring and transparency of funding mechanisms is necessary in order to retain the focus of social entrepreneurship and social business;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that the reform of the EU's public procurement rules provides a good opportunity to improve respect for social standards and increase the participation of social businesses in public contracts; insists that the main goals of the reform – simplification and modernisation – should not be jeopardised by overly burdensome social obligations or conditwelcomes the new regime for social services proposed by Commission within the Public Procurement Directives revision and stresses the importance of this tool for local contracting authorities in order to provide quality services fostering social cohesions;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is of the opinion that the Commission should simplify and clarify State aid rules so that they do not impact negatively on social enterprises, in particular by highlighting the exemptions that already exist for those enterprises providing social services of general interest.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to add the new category of disadvantaged persons to reserved contracts; stresses that such a significant extension of the notunderlines the potential of the new provision ofn reserved contracts should not come at the cost of competitivenessin order to pursue a strategic use of Public Procurements al local level fostering innovative social and territorial development;