22 Amendments of Eva KAILI related to 2014/2210(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a considerable number of family businesses are active in more than one countries signifying that the family business model has a transnational dimension;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there is no legally binding, concrete, simple and harmonized Europe- wide definition of ‘family business’;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it is crucial the size of the firm to be a central criterion for the definition of the family businesses, given that the vast majority of them are constituted by a small or very small number of employees;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is impossible, due to the lack of a definition, to gather comparable data in the EU Member States in order to draw attention to the special situation of family businesses. This lack of reliable and comparable data can hinder policy decision-making and may mean that the needs of family businesses are not being met;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is impossible, due to the lack of a definition, to gather comparable data in the EU Member States in order to draw attention to the special situation of family businesses, as well as to design and implement optimal and socially responsible supportive policies;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas family businesses, beyond their economic significance, play also an important role in social terms;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that family businesses demonstrate a high degree of social responsibility towards their staff and that they generally take a more sustainable and longer-term approach to the economic future of the business (by acting as ‘honourable businessmen’) than non- family businesses and thus make an important contribution both to their local communities as well as to Europe’s competitiveness and the createion and maintainenance of high-quality jobs;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that family businesses demonstrate a high degree of social responsibility towards their staff and that they generally take a more sustainable and longer-term approach to the economic future of the business (by acting as ‘honourable businessmen’) than non- family businesses and thus make an important contribution to Europe’s competitiveness and create and maintain jobs;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, because of their history, family businesses are veryoften rooted in a particular location and thusare the lifeblood of local communities; as a result they also create jobs in rural and in less attractiveperipheral areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to provide the necessary infrastructure in order to ensure the competitiveness of such businesses;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that it is important the family business to have strong links with the European economic governance by including it in the procedures of the European Semester, so as to ensure that provisions for a fair and friendly fiscal environment for its operation are in place;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Family businesses can play an important role in encouraging minorities and under-represented groups to participate in their local economies;
Amendment 84 #
5. Calls on the Member States, with this in mind, to ensure that national rules on the taxation of inheritance and gifts and on corporate taxation do not discriminate against equity financing which is so vital for family businesses; points out, in this connection, that in Hungary inheritance tax on business assets has been abolished;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States their taxation policies not to impede the succession of ownership and the long term perspective of the family businesses;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the Commission definition of SMEs as companies ‘which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding 50 million euro, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding 43 million euro’ does not adequately reflect the vast differences between micro, small and medium-sized companies and that this can have an implication on a company’s ability to access financing; funding mechanisms which are suitable for medium-sized enterprises may be wholly inadequate for a micro-sized company;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underscores that because of the financial crisis and the adverse economic cycle, many of the functions of the family businesses are underfinanced and it is important the family business to have open and easy access to alternative sources of financing;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that 87% of family businesses are convinced that maintaining control of the business is one of the key factors of success4 ; notes that, according to the Commission’s ‘Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan’5 , the transfer of a business ownership as well as the transfer of management from one generation to the next is the greatest possible challenge facing family businesses; ___________ 4 European Family Business Barometer, June 2014. 5 COM(2012)0795. COM(2012)0795.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasizes that the family businesses should comply with the legal provisions related to the social insurance, pension contributions and safe work condition standards for the employees; family businesses should comply with the labour law and their employees have rights to good quality of living and a balanced work life;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that family business governance schemes should strengthen the links with external stakeholders, and the family business model should encourage the proportional representation of women and men in the boards of directors;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underscores the need the family businesses to have direct link with educational activities that constantly inform them with the state-of-the-art practices of good business management; family business should also have easy access to human capital development opportunities for its employees;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to consider introducing the collection of data specific to family businesses which would therefore allow for better, more targeted assistance and the creation of appropriate support structures and investment;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to spread the family business model throughout EU and facilitate the creation of contact points and one-stop-shop administrative structures for the family businesses;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to develop and assist family business interest groups in the Member States that those interests are not sufficiently and efficiently represented;