5 Amendments of Martina DLABAJOVÁ related to 2014/2210(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas family businesses differ in terms of values from non-family corporations as regards long-term orientation,from non-family businesses in structure, in particular in ownership and governance matters, and have a special degree of commitment to their local community and its economy– rooted in the European tradition of the ‘'honourable merchant’ – and are generally slower to close down and put workers out of jobs';
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work being undertaken on an EU definition of ‘'family business’', and calls for the specificities within Member States’' definitions to be taken into account, in particular with regard to guaranteeingcompany law, including for the self-employed, and ownership matters, as well as taxation, social rights, social security, pension entitlements and health and safety at work;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that the financial crisis and subsequent recession have dealt a heavy blow to Europeanaffected SMEs, many of which are family businesses, and highlights the importance of fostering a favourable regulatory framework to support healthy restructuring and thus job retentiongrowth-friendly environment for family businesses across the EU to create more jobs;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Further notes the necessity to address other challenges that family businesses face, such as the difficulties to find and retain skilled workforce, and the importance to strengthen entrepreneurship education and family- business-specific management training;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws the Commission’s attention to the need for equal treatment of big multinationals and family businesses so as to ensure a balanced level playing field in terms of competition, while respecting the unique nature of family businesses, in particular of a balanced level playing field in terms of competition for all the companies operating in the EU, while respecting and fostering those Member States in which such businesses were destroyed after 1945e unique nature of family businesses.