9 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2016/2237(INL)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the vital importance of the hundreds of thousands of social enterprises in Europe, which employ around 15 million people, and their invaluable contribution to continued economic growth in the EU internal market; notes that in order to maximise the effectiveness of social enterprises a legal definition is essential as it allows social enterprises to be specifically considered for additional purposes such as tax, public procurement or competition law as well as allowing public bodies to be set up in support of social enterprises;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, given the constantly rising demand for social services, social enterprises in the EU bear enormous social responsibility and are becoming increasingly important; stresses that social enterprises must play a complimentary role to publicly provided social services and cannot be used as a means to outsource responsibility for the provision of social services from the state;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the often overlapping interests of social enterprises and other sectors of the social economy as well as trade unions; Recommends the facilitation of data exchanges and networking of representative bodies across these sectors;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the need to introduce at EU level a ‘European social label’ for social enterprises, based on clear criteria; highlights the importance of drawing a clear distinction between a social enterprise and an enterprise engaged in corporate social responsibility (CSR); stresses the importance of a non- distribution constraint and limited profit allocation being included in any legal definition of a social enterprise;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the diverse legal definitions of what constitutes a social enterprise among Member States and stresses the need for a broad and inclusive EU definition; highlights the particular challenges faced by social cooperatives and work-integration social enterprises (WISEs) in carrying out their mission and stresses the need for such organisations to be included under the new label;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes the recent study carried out by the Directorate-General for Internal Policies entitled “A European Statute for Social and Solidarity based Enterprises” which recommends establishing a legal qualification rather than a legal form of incorporation for social enterprises in order to have a more inclusive definition;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the cost of and the formalities involved in obtaining the label should be kept to a minimum, to avoid putting social enterprises at any disadvantage; stresses that the awarding and retention of the label be conditional on an enterprise meeting the strict criteria of a social enterprise in order to ensure that genuine social enterprises are benefited from obtaining the label;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need to offer financial support to social enterprises at regional, national and EU level, and draws attention to existing sources of funding, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the European Programme for Social Change and Innovation; highlights the need to ensure adequate funding is allocated to social enterprises in peripheral and economically disadvantaged areas;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that, as well as funding, the provision of educational and training services for individuals engaged with social enterprises is pivotal in enhancing the growth of this sector.