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"Mr President, the Commission welcomes the interest of the Parliament in the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, as well as, more generally, in cooperatives and other social economy actors. As 2012 is the International Year of Cooperatives, this attention is even more important.
The report provides a very useful and timely contribution to the review of the legislation on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society. Besides, it can increase visibility and raise awareness of the positive role that the cooperative model of business can play for the attainment of the Europe 2020 objectives.
The role of cooperatives was neglected for a while until the world started experiencing the economic crisis, when interest in cooperatives’ capacity to contribute to growth, employment and social welfare, grew again. It is true that cooperative businesses that have stayed faithful to cooperative values and principles have generally been able to resist well the impacts of the financial and economic crisis.
The report contributes well to the reflection launched by the Commission on the future of company law and is in phase with the Social Business Initiative that the Commission adopted in October last year.
The Commission notes in particular Parliament’s proposal on the future of the Statute of the European Cooperative Society, employee participation in such bodies, the strengthening of cooperatives and attention to gender issues. The Commission also thanks the rapporteur, Mr Giegold in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as well as Mrs Regner and Mrs Estrella in the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality for their contribution.
The Commission has observed, as stated in the report, a certain lack of interest in the instrument created by the European Cooperative Regulation. Only 24 European cooperatives were created as from 2006, the date of the application of the regulation.
On 23 February 2012 the Commission adopted a report on the implementation of this regulation and sent it to the European Parliament, the Council and other institutions. The text reveals that the complexity of the instrument is one of the main obstacles to the success of the European Cooperative Regulation. Therefore the Commission plans two large conferences in order to consult stakeholders on whether and how to simplify the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, one in Brussels in April with the participation of Commissioners Tajani and Barnier, and the other in Cyprus during their Presidency in September.
The Commission envisages coming back to the Parliament after you have examined the report on the implementation of the regulation and after concluding the consultation of stakeholders on this issue during the two big events. The analysis and proposals made in the report will be taken into account in the assessment process and consultation on the simplification of the legislation on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society. It will also feed the Commission’s work on company law and social businesses."@en1
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