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EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Own-Initiative Opinion SOC 371 on
Employee Financial Participation in Europe
The
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is
the body that gives representatives of Europe's
social partners and civil society a formal platform
to express their points of views on EU issues. It
has a key role to play in the Union's decision-making
process.
In February
2010, the EESC decided to draw up an own-initiative
opinion on Employee Financial Participation (EFP).
This own-initiative opinion, SOC 371, Rapporteur
Alexander Graf von Schwerin (employees group) and
Co-rapporteure Madi Sharma (employers group), was
adopted in the EESC's plenary session on October
21, 2010.
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Therefore, the EESC calls for a new Council Recommendation
(like 92/443/EEC of 27.7.1992) concerning the promotion
of employee financial participation and proposals
to deal with obstacles to cross-border plans.
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Furthermore, SOC 371 calls on the European institutions
and governments for a renewed initiative to support
employee financial participation, and to promote
the idea of a "European EFP Model" based on the
"Building Block Approach". Considering large companies,
each country should firstly made available "an
optional simple, uniform incentive model, with the
same tax arrangements and incentives throughout
the EU".
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On the other hand, the EESC Opinion adresses the
issue of employee ownership in SMEs as a vehicle
for business succession and stresses the importance
of the ESOP model in this context. One of the focusses
are SMEs since – citing from SOC 371 – "one of the
flagships of the EU 2020 Strategy is to give a strong
focus to the delivery of the Small Business Act,
in particular with a view to improving the financial
situations of SMEs. Here EFP can be one of the mechanisms
implemented to support this goal and thus enhance
the competitiveness of European SMEs".
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Overall, SOC 371 asks for a designated budget line
to support related activities by the EU budget.
SOC 371 opinion
can be here downloaded in all EU languages:
 OPINION
of the European Economic and Social Committee on
Employee financial participation in Europe
 Bulgarian
version
 STANOVISKO
Evropského hospodárského a sociálního výboru k tématu
Financní spoluúcast zamestnancu v Evrope
 UDTALELSE
Det
Europćiske Řkonomiske og Sociale Udvalgs om Arbejdstagernes
finansielle deltagelse inden for EU
 STELLUNGNAHME
des Europäischen Wirtschafts- und Sozialausschusses
zum Finanzielle Mitarbeiterbeteiligung in Europa
 Greek
version
 DICTAMEN
del Comité Económico y Social Europeo sobre el tema
"Participación financiera de los trabajadores en
Europa"
 ARVAMUS
Euroopa Majandus- ja Sotsiaalkomitee teemal „Euroopa
töötajate finantsosalus”
 LAUSUNTO
Euroopan talous- ja sosiaalikomitean aiheesta Työntekijöiden
rahoitusosakkuus Euroopassa
 AVIS
du Comité économique et social européen sur la "Participation
financičre des travailleurs en Europe"
 VÉLEMÉNYE
Az
Európai Gazdasági és Szociális Bizottság - A munkavállalók
pénzügyi részvétele Európában
 PARERE
del Comitato economico e sociale europeo sul tema
Partecipazione finanziaria dei lavoratori in Europa
 NUOMONE
Europos ekonomikos ir socialiniu reikalu komiteto
- del Darbuotoju finansinio dalyvavimo Europoje
 ATZINUMS
Eiropas Ekonomikas un socialo lietu komitejas -
par tematu “Darba nemeju finansiala lidzdaliba Eiropa”
 OPINJONI
tal-Kumitat Ekonomiku u Socjali Ewropew dwar il-Partecipazzjoni
Finanzjarja tal-Impjegati fl-Ewropa
 ADVIES
van het Europees Economisch en Sociaal Comité over
Financiële participatie van werknemers in Europa
 OPINIA
Europejskiego Komitetu Ekonomiczno-Spolecznego w
sprawie partycypacji finansowej pracowników w Europie
 PARECER
do Comité Económico e Social Europeu sobre Participaçăo
financeira dos trabalhadores na Europa
 AVIZUL
Comitetului Economic si Social European privind
participarea financiara a lucratorilor din Europa
 STANOVISKO
Európskeho hospodárskeho a sociálneho výboru na
tému „Financná úcast zamestnancov v Európe“
 MNENJE
Evropskega ekonomsko-socialnega odbora o financni
participaciji delavcev v Evropi
YTTRANDE
frĺn Europeiska ekonomiska och sociala kommittén
om "Arbetstagarnas ekonomiska delaktighet inom EU"
All
documents are also available on EESC website on
http://www.eesc.europa.eu/sections/soc/employment_working_conditions.htm
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