6 Amendments of Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS related to 2009/0096(COD)
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Microfinance institutions should only pursue social purposes and undertake to respect regulatory standards in the industry.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Besides the difficulties of gaining access to credit, social exclusion and insecurity are among the main obstacles to setting up and developing microenterprises. European microfinancing instruments can help to support the structures of the social economy which assist people who are excluded with their social reintegration and which help them to develop the minimum skills required in order to undertake a lasting business project.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The measures financed by means of this Facility should comply with the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation and make it possible to provide advice and financial training useful to recipients of micro-credit .
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) micro-enterprises in the social economy which employ persons who have lost their job or which employ disadvantaged persons, including the youngose non-profit-making activities are geared to social reintegration, social counselling, training of the unemployed and, more generally, the establishment of an environment favourable to enterprise.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Facility shall be open to public and private bodies established in the Member States which provide microfinance to persons and micro-enterprises in the Member States. These bodies must demonstrate the greatest transparency and communicate their real annualised rates. They must publish a report at least once every two years detailing and analysing information about the use of the Facility.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. For the first time in 2011 and before 31 December of each year, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a quantitative and qualitative annual report on the activities under this Decision in the previous year. The annual report shall be based on the implementation reports referred to in paragraph 1 and focus mainly on the results achieved and shall in particular contain information relating to applications submitted, contracts concluded, actions funded including their complementarity with other Community interventions, notably the ESF. It shall also contain information, activity by activity, on the development of microenterprises in the social economy which have sought assistance from European microfinancing facilities.