10 Amendments of Regina BASTOS related to 2012/2039(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that retirement and survivor's pensions make up the largest shaPoints out that mutuals are particularly active in the area of health, long-term care, pensions and social services including ageing population and that the involvement of mutuals as major stakeholders is crucial for the long-lasting future of social protection expenditure and, considering that population ageing riskis putting public expenditure on social protection under pressure;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that mutuals offer additional and affordable opportunities for EU citizens;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that legislation on mutual societies varies considerably within the EU and that the European statue could be used as a starting point leading to a certain approximation of national legislaallow the creation of transnational mutuals thus reinforcing EU Social protection;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regards as regrettable the gap in EU legislation, as mutual societies are not specifically mentioned in the treaties and respect for their business models is not covered by any secondary legislation, which refers only to public and private enterprises, which undermines the status of mutual societies, their development and the establishment of a cross-border groups;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that mutual societies are solid and durable elementsustainable organisations which have better withstood the financial crisis in all economies, particularly in the area of insurance and social protection; points out that mutual societies are particularly active in the area of population ageing and social needs, and that the involvement of mutual societies in the area of pensions offers additional opportunities for EU citizens;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 a (new) - Recommendation 1 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 a (new) - Recommendation 1 (new)
17a. Considers that the diversity of enterprises should be clearly anchored in the EU Treaty and proposes to include mutual societies in the article 54 of the EU Treaty;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 b (new) - Recommendation 2 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 b (new) - Recommendation 2 (new)
17b. Considers that a legal proposal for a Regulation on a European Mutual Society should comprise legal provisions in order: - to allow the existence of European Mutual Societies on the basis of individual or legal persons; - to allow Mutuals to freely operate in the European Single Market thus strengthening the principles of the Single Market itself; - to allow Mutuals to take the advantages stemming from a European Group of Mutuals in particular in the context of Solvency 2 for the mutuals societies providing insurance;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 c (new) - Recommendation 3 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 c (new) - Recommendation 3 (new)
17c. Considers that a combination of strategies and measures is required to establish a level playing field for mutual societies which gives them equal possibilities to add a European dimension to their organisation and activities and to provide mutual societies with adequate legal instruments to facilitate their cross- border and trans-national activities. In this respect, Mutuals societies could operate across EU according to their specific governance;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 d (new) - Recommendation 4 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 d (new) - Recommendation 4 (new)
17d. Calls on the Commission to take into account that making available such an optional Regulation in Member states' legislation which should embody mutuals societies' governance characteristics and principles; define accordingly the conditions of acquisition and loss of membership and the rights and duties of members; and formation by natural or legal persons which could create groups of mutuals, winding up and liquidation of the European Mutual Society and distribution of assets;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Annexe - Paragraph 17 e (new) - Recommendation 5 (new)
Annexe - Paragraph 17 e (new) - Recommendation 5 (new)
17e. Calls on the EU Commission to introduce into the proposed regulation the main characteristics of Mutual societies’ person-based societies, operating essentially according to the principle of self-governance, where the members or their representatives take part directly in defining the mutual society's policy or have the right to influence that policy. Mutual societies do not aim to make profit for distribution to external shareholders and are based on individual affiliation and open enrolment. They are non- discriminatory as far as risk selection is concerned, democratically oriented by their members and financed through solidarity, with a view to improving social conditions of local communities and of wider society in the spirit of mutuality;