She reported on a good alignment between the Commission and the Parliament, as well as between different political groups in the Parliament, adding that the Parliament Plenary is expected to adopt the JURI Committee Report on the Proposal with a large majority in mid-March. [...] Mathieu de Poorter, President of the European Council of Associations of General Interest (CEDAG), and also speaking on behalf of Social Services Europe (SSE), welcomed the Proposal and the pragmatic approach taken by the Commission. [...] Given the difficulties to donate across borders in a tax effective way – despite the applicability of the non-discrimination principle as recognised by the European Court of Justice – the Commission has made a Proposal for a Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions, which calls on Member States to implement the non-discrimination principle with regards to cross bord. [...] Complementary actions are needed for: - a swift adoption of the ECBA Proposal by the Council of the EU; - the recognition of all non-profit organisations including foundations; - the implementation of the Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions; - the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination; - the facilitation of cross border philanthropy; - public pr. [...] Move ahead to create a single market for public goods, with a swift adoption of the ECBA Proposal by the Council of the EU (see the call of 19 Member States in the Liège roadmap for the Social Economy in the EU), as an important step towards enabling civil society space and developing a similar legislative initiative to ease cross-border work for foundations and mutual societies.
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