Activities of Ivana MALETIĆ related to 2016/2032(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union (A8-0222/2016 - Othmar Karas) HR
Amendments (14)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 January 2016 on Anti-Tax Avoidance Package: Next steps towards delivering effective taxation and greater tax transparency in the EU (COM(2016)23),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the key role of SMEs in generating growth and employment in EU regions; notes that in the current climate of fiscal constraint, cohesion policy is a vital source of support for SMEsto boost the economic activity of SMEs, develop new and support active businesses, enhance entrepreneurial skills and business environment;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes initiatives designed to diversify sources of funding and reduce the cost of capital for SMEs since a sizeable share of economically significant SMEs cannot obtain financing from banks nor other suppliers of finance due to structural market characteristics; stresses the need to improve the way in which capital markets fund the real economy, by developing alternatives to bank loans, and to make EU funding more attractive to SMEsat the same time to enhance the traditional bank lending to SMEs as well as to make EU funding more attractive to SMEs; reminds that, besides access to finance, overall business environment needs to be improved and therefore calls on the Member States to remove administrative and regulatory burdens , implement structural reforms and build effective and efficient public administration;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that ESI Funds should contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Investment Plan in complementarity with EFSI support, in a way which brings demonstrable added value and also ensures coordination and synergies;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the need for diverse funding options for SMEs throughout their lifecycle; stresses that access to finance is also of importance for the transfer of businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support SMEs in this process; welcomes the Commission's CMU Action Plan which aims to ensure easier access of SMEs to more diverse funding options;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, setting aside the issue of their size, each SME is different and there are many factors which determine their needs and the ease with which they can obtain funding, such as where they are based, the business sector in which they operate and the stage they have reached in their development; calls on the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to take these factors into account in coming up with tailor-made financing arrangements which in particular exploit the scope for combining subsidies and funding instruments, as well as to provide effective advisory support to SMEs, especially on the regional level, on different available sources of funding that fits their characteristics and needs.
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that a healthy, stable and resilient banking sector is a prerequisite for strengthening SMEs’ access to finance; points out that the CRR and CRD IV are a direct response to the crisis and form the core of the renewed stability of the financial sector; reminds, that some Member States, in order to facilitate SME funding, already allow credit unions to be exempted from the provisions contained within the CRD IV since the risks to financial stability is very limited;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Reminds that there is still high level of non-performing loans which limit banking financing capacity of the real economy; calls on the Member States to implement legislation for effective and transparent insolvency regimes and timely restructuring process as well as to remove administrative and regulatory burdens which are imposed to SMEs as stated by Country specific recommendations;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is key to increasing the use and acceptance of capital market solutions, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs and provide them with effective advisory support, both on national and regional level;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls the sizeable cost for SMEs to access capital markets; stresses the need for a proportionate regulation, with less complex and burdensome disclosure and listing requirements for SMEs; welcomes the Commission's proposed revision of the Prospectus Directive;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation for the internal financing capacity of SMEs; points out that due to unfair tax practices by multinational companies, SMEs experience up to 30% more taxation than they would have in the case of the fair tax practices, which consequently affect their internal financing capacity; welcomes, in that context, Commission's package on Anti-Tax Avoidance Package in order to achieve simpler, more effective and fairer taxation in the EU;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reiterates the importance of the Cohesion Policy support through the European Structural and Investment Fund to SMEs and other EU financial instruments to SMEs; calls on better use of synergies between different EU funding sources and programmes in order to support SMEs competitiveness, internationalisation and innovation; Calls on the Member States to undertake necessary actions and speed up achievement of targets set in Small Business Act;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Highlight the need of effective tax systems that promotes SMEs, including tax incentives for innovative start-ups as well as eliminating differences in tax treatment of financial instruments;