10 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2008/2237(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, as a key contribution to achieving an SME-friendly environment, the perception of the role of entrepreneurs and risk-taking has to change: entrepreneurship and the associated willingness to take risk should be applauded by political leaders and the media, and supported by administrations,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to propose solutions to make the 10 guiding principles and especially the “Think Small First “ principle mandatory in all future Community legislation affecting SMEs;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to work hand-in-hand with business representatives for the definition of the priority areas for action, as well as for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the actions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the main source of funding for SMEs comes from their own activity; calls on Member States to provide better conditions to enable SMEs to reduce costs and reinvest the profit in the companyin Europe still comes from credits and loans; but increased risk sensitivity of the financial institutions endangers the necessary access for more and more companies and calls on all institutions to ensure access to finance throughout the current crisis and to strengthen the capacity of SMEs in relation to its own funds by reinvesting profits;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that there is an imperative need to cut red tape by at least 25%whenever possible and to put in place a modern administration adapted to the needs of SMEs, to enable them to save time and money and to devote the resulting resources to their development; believes that being SME- friendly should become mainstream policy, based on the conviction that rules must respect the majority of those who will use them: the “Think Small First” principle;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that the Commission’s existing consultation period of 8 weeks should be extended to at least 12 weeks and that the consultation documents should be available in all languages; calls on the Commission andrecognises the essential and valuable role of representative business organisations, therefore, calls on the Commission wherever relevant, to integrate systematically also representative SME- organisations to involve SMEs actively and directly in the consultation process, into their advisory expert committees, high level groups and other appropriate fora;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages Member States to set up national dedicated information contact points and support agencies for SMEs, offering access to various sources of information, structured according to the life cycle of a businessbuild on existing structures in applying the ‘no wrong door’ approach to the provision of SME advisory services, implying that businesses at all stages of their life cycle need only approach one intermediary in order to access regional, national and EU level information and support;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates that the financial rules governing Community programmes often still lead to unnecessarily bureaucratic, long and costly procedures, particularly for the SMEs; calls on the Commission to enhance the role and visibility of the respective SME designates in the different policy areas; calls on the Commission to publish the data concerning the number of SMEs participating in each EU programme; furthermore, encourages all initiatives which enableallowing the development of an "SME spirit" in policy making within public authorities;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. At the same time, warns that a specific framework should be put in place by Community Institutions to prepare industry and, more specifically SMEs, for the challenges coming from the recently proposed Sustainable Consumption and Production Action plan (SCP): this means, inter alia, preliminary economic and social impact assessments as well as thresholds and exemptions for products whose impacts on climate change is limited; at the same time this means preliminary information, longer implementation periods and technical and financial assistance for SMEs and, particularly the micro and small businesses, which will be impacted upon by the plan.; again, this could be achieved through a strengthening of ECAP;