2 Amendments of Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER related to 2018/2545(RSP)
Amendment 10 #
Recital B
B. whereas SMEs are disproportionately affected by administrative burdens and financial obstacles by comparison with larger firms and whereas these burdens and obstacles promote the shadow economy; whereas at EU and Member State level further efforts could be made to create an simpler, SME- friendly environment which go beyond the political pledges already given;
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the employee numbers is not a criterion which can be used to draw up for accurate EU-wide comparisons, as labour productivity varies from one Member State to another; welcomes, therefore, a shift towards the criteria, if account is taken of the major disparities in productivity between sectors such as cleaning and ICT services in the EU, and the need for comparability of SMEs at EU level, the staff complement criterion is determined sector by sector on the basis of tEurnover and balance sheet totalostat’s classification of sectors;