8 Amendments of Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI related to 2020/2131(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that maintaining the existence of SMEs is already the subject of the Member States individual policies, many of which are already approved by the Commission as the state aid, therefore, the implementation of the strategy should be a complementary measure and take into account a shock that the COVID-19 crisis has delivered to many SMEs, hence no new burdens for the sector should be imposed in the nearest future;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that excessive regulation is the most burdensome for SMEs, so that in order to achieve the goals of the strategy, greater emphasis should be placed on the proportionality of any new initiatives;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Emphasises that SMEs are the largest beneficiaries of free competition in the internal market, hence increasing the level of competitiveness on the EU market will be beneficial for the sector;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Condemns any attempt to use the COVID-19 crisis as a pretext for protectionist practices and excessive administrative burdens for SMEs operating in the single market, particularly in the road freight transport sector; calls on the Commission to act decisively to protect the freedom to provide services in the EU;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that advanced disruptive technologies, such as blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud and High Performance Computing (HPC) can dramatically boost competitiveness of the SMEs;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to utilise the European Public Procurement GovTech Platform (EU GovTech) to carefully monitor the state of SME engagement in procurement challenges across the EU, guiding the subsequent formulation of good practices and further legislative standards;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls to the Commission to launch in 2020 the European GovTech Initiative and a small scale pilot project to promote best practices in creating a synergy effect between the government and start-ups and digital SMEs and to facilitate use among a few Member States a cross-border tool promoting equal market access for European Digital SMEs;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes the low participation of SMEs in public procurement, especially cross- border where they account for only 25% of the value in cross-border procurement (compared to 33% at home); underlines that with the combined procurement spending within the EU reaching 14% of the combined GDP of Member States, increasing the participation rate of SMEs in tenders represents possibly the largest funding opportunity for Digital SMEs; stresses that achieving this aim requires the utilisation of new procurement methodologies (like design contest models) and creation of new tools to put them into practice;