BETA

3 Amendments of Marianne THYSSEN related to 2008/2237(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls urgently for recognition of the role that intermediate SME organisations fulfil by facilitating the access of small and micro-businesses to the internal market and to the advantages this affords; calls for the provision of support measures in the SBA and in all Community programmes for the accompanying and advisory role that these representative intermediate organisations fulfil;
2008/11/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds the Commission of the need to increase consultation at European level with the representative intermediate SME organisations, in which their participation in the preparation of the legislative process must be secured; repeats its call for improvement of the system of impact analyses with account also being taken of the reality of the different categories of SMEs;
2008/11/14
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the SBA idoes not have a legally binding status and therefore emphasises the needcalls for a strong political commitment; calls on by the Commission, to publish a report by 31 December 2012 with observations for Member States and to make accompanying proposals, where appropriatehe European Parliament and the Council to apply the ‘Think small first’ principle systematically; recommends the Member States to apply the principles of the SBA and the ‘Think small first’ principle at national and regional level.
2008/11/14
Committee: IMCO