16 Amendments of Miriam LEXMANN related to 2020/2026(INL)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas non-profit organisations (NPOs) are increasingly widespread across the Union; whereas there is not only one type of non-profit organisation but these organisations differ across the Member States in their status and include a wide range of entities, i.e. charitable organisations, organisations providing employment opportunities to persons with disabilities like sheltered workshops or social enterprises, or other organisations providing social services regardless their status of private or other than public organisation;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the crisis arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the important role of NPOs in ensuring social cohesion; whereas the demand for the services and activities provided by NPOs that increased during the pandemic will likely not fade out but will persist; whereas many NPOs had to increase their capacities during the COVID-19 pandemic and there is a need for sustaining this widened capacity;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the NPOs have a great potential for service delivery, civic participation, inclusion, and social innovation;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas NPOs have significant positive impact on the situation of persons coming from disadvantaged background, older people, persons with disabilities, single parents, big families or homeless people as they often provide help that is not available or is insufficient within the state system;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the great majority of NPO activities are domestic or local; whereas, however, an ever larger number of NPOs operate across borders, especially in border regions where thousands of NPOs are already active;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, even though they are referred to in the Treaty on European Union and in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as well as in numerous judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in European Parliament resolutions and written declarations and in numerous EESC’s opinions, NPOs do not yet have their own specific statute in Union law;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas since the 1990s, the Union institutionsEuropean Parliament and the EESC have tried to introduce Union legal statutes for different types of NPOs but without success, except for cooperatives;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a legislative proposal establishing a legal statute for NPOs with cross-border activities, including a label or status for such organisations; believes that the scope of the legislative proposal should cover more than the classic non-profit sector, should focus on the aspect of the public interest purpose, and should including charitable organisations and organisations in the so-called “third sector” or the social economy, even if not all are fully non-profit;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Stresses that the legislative proposal should identify the requirements for the acquisition and maintenance of the label or status in accordance with national law, leaving Member States the freedom to provide for stricter or additional requirements that are proportional, and the label or status should be a status of national law, although with a Union (cross- border) value and, in particular, should be made available only to organisations that:
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point a
Paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point c
Paragraph 2 – point c
(c) operate under an “asset-lock” regime, according to which capital remuneration is allowed only to a limited extent, even at the time of their dissolutionthe assets of NPO’s have to be used exclusively in line with their altruistic purpose, which excludes their members’ own interest”;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide information and guidance to the NPOs and other organisations that are willing to acquire a legal statute of European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations via single contact point;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Points out that the statute of European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations shall incorporate wider financial support to larger range of organisations;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that NPOs often provide employment opportunities for persons with disabilities as well as for persons from other disadvantaged groups, enable learning and gaining skills to marginalised communities, provide valuable volunteering opportunities and fight against the extreme poverty and homelessness;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that NPOs often have a strong local and regional basis, which gives them the advantage of being more aware of specific needs and of being able to offer the products and services required in the area, thusbetter placed to address the root causes of the challenges negatively affecting certain population groups problems by offering services and the products required in the area, thus contributing to the empowerment of disadvantaged population groups and to improving economic, social and territorial cohesion;