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.

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…

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 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 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 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.