38 Amendments of Enrique CALVET CHAMBON related to 2015/2222(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Title
Title
on workers representation on boardat corporate level in Europe
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the development of the European Union and the European social model require a strengthening of democracy, including economic democracyrespect for democratic values in all fields;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the involvement of employees in supervisory boards is a crucial step in the further democratisation of the economy, whereby, depending on the context, an appropriate level of involvement of employees at corporate level may prove beneficial for good economic governance provided this idoes not a matter of legislative burdens which may be tackled by cutting red tape and by deregulationlimit the freedom of businesses to organise themselves;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the scope and intensity of worker participation vary greatly, but it has proved effective, and whereas the countries concerned are essentially economically successful ones16; __________________ 16http://www.worker- participation.eu/About-WP/European- Participation-Index-EPI owing to differences in business and trade union structure and how workers are represented, all of which may have a positive effect on company management;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas future corporate management will only be successful with a long-term, sustainable approach which includes all stakeholders18; __________________ 18http://de.worker-participation.eu/Ueber- WP.eu/Publications/The-Sustainable- Company-a-new-approach-to-corporate- governance;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the existing form of the European Company (SE) is also used to avoid nationalenables different forms of worker participation in companies, in line with the management system in force and the company’s freedom to establish its own statutes;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas company law legislative acts at European level and / or such acts applied cross-border are often drawn up without taking into accounthave to comply with labour law;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas giving priority to the fundamental economic freedoms in the European Union often leads to the erosion of the national worker representation, not only at supervisory board levelthe freedom of businesses to act and the right to worker representation must be respected and brought up to date, so they co-exist in the framework of good corporate governance;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas there do not yet exist at EU level any general standards for employee representation on supervisory boardsat corporate level;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the adoption of any further legislative acts in European company law without tshall whe regulation of pertinent take worker participation will lead to a further erosion of national rulesinto account;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Worker representation on supervisory boards – general requirementat corporate level – general observations
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and its agencies on a regular basis and systematically to gather, evaluate and publish data and good examples relating to worker representation at supervisory boardcorporate level;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish permanent joint expert groups of the social partners tasked with gathering over a lengthy period of time information on the development and good examples concerning employee representation on supervisory boardsat corporate level; points out that they should examine in particular corporate level employee representation at enterprise, local, regional and national levels, as well as at transnational and European supervisory board levelslevel, assessing in turn to what extent the working, business and trade union culture of each Member State may affect the efficiency thereof;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that provision is made fortake into account findings from studies and evaluations of employee representation at supervisory boardcorporate level iwhen drafting all new EU legislative acts or revising existing ones in the context of European company law in order to further corporate governance;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onRecommends that the Commission to introduce in the Directiveakes account of the results of studies and assessments onf the European Company (SE) minimum EU rules governingsocioeconomic effects and consequences of employee representation oin supervisory boards, rather than referring to national law or revcorporate bodies of companies in any amendment to existing the Ddirective so that the involvement of workers in supervisory boards is not solely determined by conditions when a company is established, but account is also taken of subsequent developments and, in particular, changes in the number of employeess affecting this issue and which can help improve corporate governance;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to develop standards forinitiatives to improve familiarity with rules governing employee representation oin supervisory boards that can be applied as a universal model in the form of a directive to all European corporate law directives which takes into account, but does not replacorporate bodies in the various EU Member States and foster exchanges of best practices, existing rules on informassessing the different forms of worker participations and consultationthe socioeconomic effects thereof;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to examine and clarify the existing legal basis for a possible European framework in this area, given the impact it could have on areas of national competence;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recommends basing any changes to rules on worker representation in corporate bodies on an analysis and thorough evaluation of the labour force and business culture in each Member State; adds that this would serve to delineate clearly the decision-making capacity of workers' representatives, the areas in which they should be present and the domains in which the chosen method of participation in the decision-making process can be viable and beneficial;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends that efforts should be made to obtain an effective ratio of communication and action between workers' representatives sitting on supervisory boardcorporate bodies, European Works Councils or other I & C representatives and worker representations at national, regional and local levels;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20