17 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 18 Member States recognise forms of participation, consultation and information of workeremployees;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas workeremployees’ rights to representation on company boards are recognised by the primary and secondary law of the EU, in the fifth paragraph of the Preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in Article 153 in the fifth recital to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and also in Article 153(1)(f) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers (Social Charter) recognises workers' participation, consultation and information as fundamental social rights;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to provide a coherent framework for the political and legislative instruments of company law already in force in the field of workers’employees' participation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of implementing recent EU legal instruments regulating the participation of workeremployees, in particular Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees1, Council Directive 2003/72/EC of 22 July 2003 supplementing the Statute for a European Cooperative Society with regard to the involvement of employees2, and Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies3; __________________ 1 OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 22. 2 OJ L 207, 18.8.2003, p. 25. 3 JO L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses concern at the fact that the European Company Statute allows companies, according to studies conducted in this field, to elude or avoid the granting of national rights to employees in respect of managerial level participation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes the Commission Communication on the Action Plan on European company law and corporate governance - a modern legal framework for more engaged shareholders and sustainable companies (2012), in which it places emphasis on employees' participation in capital, believing that 'employees’ interest in the sustainability of their company is an element that ought to be considered in the design of any well- functioning governance framework. Employees' involvement in the affairs of a company may take the form of information, consultation and participation in the board' to the extent that employees consider this to be beneficial to their company;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages employers to allow employees to participate on company boards or within the framework of other management bodies;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Points out that there are two types of systems in the EU: the unitary and the dual, under which there can exist, within companies, both a management council and a supervisory council. Encourages employers, in this context, to allow employees to participate on the supervisory council;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Should no employees be participating on a company board or another form of management body, employers shall inform them on the matters discussed that are liable to affect their rights and interest;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to consider making a proposal on how to introduce permanent forms of workeremployees’ participation, by ensuring common minimumasking Member States to consider introducing these standards for information, consultation and participation;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ReaffirmWelcomes the right of workeremployees to elect their own representatives, in accordance withwhere this right is provided for in the national representation systems, and supports the idea of presenting gender- balanced lists of candidates;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the Commission’s review of the EU corporate governance framework must take account of the rights and duties conferred on the various company bodies under national law, and in particular the differences between unitary and dual systems;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to conduct an impact assessment of the economic benefits of employees' representation with regard to a company's performance;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to define common minimum criteria for workeremployees’ representation at board level, notably on the size of the company, on balanced gender representation, and on the extension of the right to participate in public and semi- public companies;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals and financial instrumentmeasures aimed at promoting enhanced information, participation and consultation of workeremployees.