Translation of "Création d'entreprise collective " (French → English) :

34. Calls on the Commission to draw up a comprehensive survey comparing the best practices implemented in the Member States and the national laws which promote the conversion of businesses into cooperatives, in particular provisions concerning takeovers, bankruptcies, financing arrangements, business support bodies and the setting up of clusters of cooperatives; stresses the importance of involving cooperatives in such a survey in order to set the priorities; calls, to that end, on the Commission to consider developing a database that systematically collects cases and information on restructuring into cooperatives, with a view to circulating good practices and collecting consisten ...[+++]t data;

The intervention measures, which were aimed at rectifying the company’s structural weaknesses and guaranteeing its long-term viability, related to the establishment of a new management structure, the planning of an organisational chart appropriate to the manufacturing process, the downsizing and redeployment of the workforce, the negotiation of a new collective agreement, the reorganisation of the plants’ activities with the objective of optimisation, significant technical and IT modernisation, investment in a commercial department in terms of staff and marketing campaigns, the establishment of new distribution channels, the rebalancing ...[+++]between own funds and registered capital, adjustment of the debt ratio and the acquisition of a minimum level of liquidity.

Notes that the EGF will only support measures additional to those required by virtue of national law falling within three strands of the redundancy plan: "professional or personal project", "redeployment leave" and "setting up or taking over a business"; requests more information on the features of the measures included in the coordinated package of personalised service making them additional compared to the measures obligatory under national legislation or collective agreements;

9. Stresses the need for continuous improvements in fiscal administration and the establishment of an effective tax collection system, in order to create favourable conditions for the activities of enterprises throughout the single market, promote a culture of entrepreneurship and encourage company start-ups;

To date, EC revolving credit funds have provided nearly 900 loans, totalling over EUR8.5 million, to SMEs while loans with a total value of EUR2.1 million were provided to SOEs in the industrial sector.Activities also included institutional support to the Department of Trade and Industry, the formation of an SME Advisory Council, the establishment of a Euro Info Correspondence Centre, and the opening of three regional enterprise agencies.

Human activities, industrial processes and research are leading to data collection and processing on an unprecedented scale, encouraging the development of new products and services, as well as new business processes and scientific methodologies.