2 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes initiatives designed to diversify sources of funding and reduce the cost of capital for SMEs; 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 SMEs; underlines the importance of improving access to private and other forms of funding for SMEs and urges the Commission and the relevant authorities to support crowdfunding initiatives for such undertakings:
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the complexity of the rules and the amount of red tape involved in obtaining ESI funding, including disproportionate administrative costs and the time lag before payments are actually received, affects SMEs in particular; calls for a thorough simplification of the process, and urges the Commission to clarify how the rules governing ESI Funds and the rules on State aid fit together; urges the regional authorities to introduce framework provisions to facilitate the inclusion of SMEs in production groups operating at regional level;