Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2010/2055(INI)
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Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there is an increasing demand for access to information about companies in a cross-border context, either for commercial purposes or to facilitate access to justice; whereas it is essential for creditors and enforcement authorities to have reliable and up-to-date information about debtors and their assets; whereas there is a necessity to disclose particular details in order to ensure that employees rights laid down in European Company Law are respected,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the fact that the business registers are not yet interconnected causes an economic loss and problems for all stakeholders, not only for companies but also for their employees, consumers and the public, especially regarding transparency, efficiency and legal certainty,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the registers"' content, meaningfulness and legal significance are different and this could bring to legal consequences that may vary between Member States,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas a single access point to business information relating to all European companies would save time and costs; whereas in order to achieve this aim the mandatory participation of all Member States is necessary,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas this single access point should provide high quality information from all Member States; whereas this information should be reliable, kept up to date and provided in a standard format and in all EU languages; whereas this single access point should be supervised by the European Commission,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the project's usefulness for the further integration of the European economic area can be brought to bear only if all Member States take part; believes that in order to achieve this aim, the mandatory participation of all Member States is necessary
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that first the EBR initiatives and, the BRITE project should be pursued, the Internal Market Information System (IMI), the e- Justice portal and other initiatives already in place should be pursued taking into account the possible merger of them and considers making participation compulsory;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that the choice of the most efficient and appropriate system shall be taken after the Commission has done an evaluation of the costs and effectiveness of the systems mentioned in paragraph 2; points out that all users must be able to access the information from this network as easily as possible;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that register data are not comparable with data of a purely economic nature; for this reason considers that the access to reliable, up-dated information should be given to the public by an official single access point supervised by the Commission; points out that this will improve the transparency, efficiency and legal certainty to the advantage of the companies and their workers, of the consumers and the whole system;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that data from business registers have a different significance and, that they can in turn be related to legal consequences, not only for companies but also for their workers and consumers, that may vary between Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that information about company registration has also an importance for employees, this particularly, in companies where European company law, i.e. Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001, Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 and Directive 2005/56/EC applies; considers that this information has importance also in the perspective of the provisions of the Council Directive 2003/72/EC and Council Directive 2001/86/EC, which provide the safeguarding of their pre- existing participation rights in the resulting companies;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that a better automated interconnection would be relevant to the exchange of entries in the relationship between main offices and branches; stresses for this aim that the single access point mentioned in Paragraph 3 should be supervised by the European Commission;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that it is essential for the proper functioning of the internal market to make official and reliable information about companies trading in the EU available to creditors, suppliers and business partnersthe public; welcomes in this context the Commission Green Paper on the interconnection of business registers;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses, however, that further steps need to be taken and that market transparency requires, on the one hand, that the data contained in the business registries of the 27 Member States should be easy to access and, on the other hand, thatare available via a single access point supervised by the European Commission, they shouldall be reliable, kept up to date and provided in a standard format and in more than one EU official language; all EU languages, regardless of its country of origin; calls for the mandatory participation of all Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Looks forward to the launch of the e- Justice portal, which must be easily accessible to individuals, businesses, legal practitioners and the judiciary and must be user- friendly; supports the idea of integrating the EBR, IMI and BRITE into that portal after the evaluation foreseen in Paragraph 2 a (new);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that linking the network of business registers to the electronic network created under the Transparency Directive will provide easy access to legal and financial information about listed companies, as well as added value for investors; points out that this system should be supervised by the European Commission;