2 Amendments of Holger KRAHMER related to 2011/0177(APP)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the added value of EU programmes in favour of SMEs, as these have proven very helpful in supporting Member States’ efforts to secure SMEs’ access to funding opportunities and foreign markets in a time of deep financial crisis; stresses, nevertheless, that a better and more diverse access to funding, from grants to loans or equity financing, should be available in the future for all European industrial actoccess to finance for SMEs should be improved in particular through loan guarantees and equity financing, which have the greatest leverage effects and recover most of the public expenditure with their revenue; points out that the scope of financial instruments should be enlarged, covering all phases of the business cycle, including business transfers; strongly believes that in the foreseen financial envelope for the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) , the budget allocated to financial instruments shall be increased, and the access to it improved, so that the programme can be extended to include even more SMEs, and so that it answers more adequately to SMEs’ various needs; underlines that EU measures such as the Enterprise Europe Network and the China IPR Helpdesk have successfully complemented existing national measures to improve access to foreign markets and that EU funding for these measures should be maintained; underlines that in order to achieve its objectives, the overall budget of COSME should be increased to 0,5% of the MFR budget;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects (such as ITER, Galileo, GLONASS, GMES) for the future of the EU’s competitiveness and for the reinforcement of EU industries; believes that industry financing of large industrial projects should be secured in the EU budget on the basis of a fully autonomous and comprehensive multiannual budget, while improvements to the governance of large industrieal projects should remain under EU Treaty rules; highlights that if any cost overruns arise in the course of the implementation of these projects, it should be covered in a manner that does not threaten the funding and the successful implementation of other Union policies that contribute to achieving the goals of the EU 2020 strategy;