CECOP

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission on the Circular Economy Act (CEA). CECOP represents approximately 43,000 cooperatives across Europe, being mainly worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and cooperatives of autonomous workers1. In turn they employ over 1.3 million people.

Cooperatives are people-centred enterprises owned, controlled and run by and for their members, who share equal voting rights and reinvest the profit generated in the enterprise. Cooperatives are locally rooted and are protected by specific mechanisms against delocalisation.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission in evaluating the Directives on public procurement. Cooperatives are people-centred enterprises owned, controlled and run by and for their members, who share equal voting rights and reinvest the profit generated in the enterprise.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the Commissions proposal for an EU Inc, or 28th regime. As the EU strives for increasing the competitiveness of Europe and creating an enabling environment for innovation, the 28th regime has the opportunity to contribute to these goals.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the 28th regime. innovative cooperatives face many challenges specifically in the startup and scaleup phases, such as lack of access to finance due to many financial tools not being adapted to the characteristics of cooperatives, lack of visibility, and small and medium cooperatives also face…

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission as it is developing its Right to Stay Strategy. CECOP represents approximately 43,000 cooperatives across Europe, being mainly worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and cooperatives of autonomous workers . In turn they employ over 1.3 million people.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission on the Regulation establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF), under the post 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the European Innovation Act. As the EU strives for increasing the competitiveness of Europe and creating an enabling environment for innovation, the European Innovation Act has the opportunity to contribute to these goals. Please find attached our feedback.

CECOP supports a revision of the Late Payments Directive. Late payments remain a problem both in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) relations. The gravity of the situation is different across the EU. Worker and social cooperatives in CECOPs network are mostly SMEs, which suffer from late payments by public administrations and large companies.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission in developing its Quality Jobs Act. CECOP represents approximately 43,000 cooperatives across Europe, being mainly worker cooperatives, social cooperatives and cooperatives of autonomous workers . In turn they employ over 1.3 million people.

CECOP supports the Commission's BEFIT proposal to develop a single European corporate tax law based on the fundamental principles of a common tax base. However, it draws attention to elements that risk leading to unequal treatment of cooperative enterprises: a.

CECOP, the European Confederation of Industrial and Service Cooperatives, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission in developing its Quality Jobs Roadmap. Cooperatives represented by CECOP provide quality, meaningful and empowering jobs, including to those furthest from the labour market and in vulnerable positions.

CECOP supports European Commissions proposal for the European Year of Skills 2023 and its overall objective to further promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling thereby boosting competitiveness of European companies, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, realising the full potential of the digital and green transitions in a socially fair, inclusive and just manner.