8 Amendments of Britta THOMSEN related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to tackle SME market failures such as limited financial, human capital and organisational resources; welcomes the fact that the Commission endeavours to promote and support SMEs’ economic activities in foreign markets both inside and outside the EU;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CNotes that access to finance and credit insurance are an example of failure to adapt policies to SMEs’ needs; calls for a rational use of the budget allocated to the COSME programme and, in particular, underlines the need to further improve access to finance for SMEs; calls for the simplification and rationalisation of the various Community instruments devoted to access to credit or venture capital, in particular for SMEs with internationalisation plans;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that any exemption or simplified scheme in possible future legislation on SMEs and micro- enterprises should result from consultations with social partners, and in no case should these exemptions or schemes be detrimental to workers’ rights;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes that the SME test should guarantee an appropriate compliance of the European Legislation on health and safety at work
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the concept of excluding micro-enterprises by default from any proposed legislation is not an adequate tool; calls instead for the establishudy and agreement of a micro-dimension as an inherent part of the SME test in which all available options are systematically assessed, such as exclusion fromadaptation of the scope or individual provisions, extended transition periods or a lighter regime;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that health and safety at work and workers' protection cannot be considered administrative burdens; calls the Commission to simplify administrative burdens always ensuring health and safety at work and asks to considering the need for SMEs to guarantee adequate knowledge and resources to manage employees working environment properly in order to reduce costs of inadequate safety; this support could include: disseminating good practices, training employees, developing simple risk- assessment tools and guidelines, providing access to affordable, good-quality prevention services, offering financial incentives etc.;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Stresses that fundamental workers rights and occupational safety and health should not be jeopardized by the reduction of documentation and reporting obligations;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Urges improvements in the efficiency of the transposition of EU legislation into national law; calls on the Commission to consider submitting more legislative proposals in, the form of a regulation; asks the Commission to assess the extent to which the applicwhich should be dependent on the relevant policy field; demands in this respect that any legislation ofin the ‘checklist for good implementation of EU legislation’7 can be introduced as a requirementfield of company law, labour law or health and safety at work should be in the form of a minimum directive;