4 Amendments of Richard HOWITT related to 2012/2039(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that mutual societies lack the necessary legal instruments to facilitate their development and their cross-border activities within the internal market; and given the availability of European statutes for other corporate forms, mutual societies are still at a disadvantage.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises that a number of mutuals do operate with a cooperative legal form and are included as part of the International Co-operative Alliance through their involvement with the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that the European statute for mutual societies would provide a way of promoting the mutualist model throughout an enlarged Europe, especially in the new Member States, where it is not covered by some legal systems. A European regulation, which would naturally be applicable throughout the whole of the European Union, would have the dual advantage of providing these countries with a European reference statute and of contributing to the status and public profile of this kind of undertaking.