6 Amendments of Dominique MARTIN related to 2014/2210(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work being undertaken on an EU national definition of ‘family business’, and calls for the specificities within Member States’ definitions to be taken into account, in particular with regard to guaranteeing social rights, social security, pension entitlements and health and safety at work;
Amendment 43 #
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 guaranteeing social rights, social security, pension entitlements and health and safety at work, as the EU level only constitutes an additional constraint;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. States that the crisis is only responsible for half of the cases in which family businesses go bankrupt, with excessive bureaucracy imposed by Brussels through Member Statesʼ laws being the other cause;
Amendment 91 #
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 in those Member States in which such businesses were destroyed after 1945.before and after 1945, family businesses being in some cases a centuries old tradition;
Amendment 92 #
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 in those Member States in which such businesses were destroyed before and after 1945.
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws the Commissionʼs attention to the non-predatory nature of family businesses and the fact that they are firmly rooted in a local area, unlike multinationals.