Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2015/2320(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on how best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
Amendments (5)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Member States to focus efforts on regions with low take-up of financial instruments, including scale-up financing for the transition from start-ups to SMEs, in view of the important role of financial products in operational programmes, the EFSI and the EIB Group operations, which availability for SME´s should be enhanced;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the importance of accessibility to supportive EU funding measures for SMEs located in rural and sparsely populated areas understanding the emphasized positive impact for employment potential of SMEs in these areas;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges both the Member States and the Commission to make significant progress in further simplification of EU funding by 2017 with regard to application, management and monitoring/control of projects by introducing an EU-wide public procurement procedure, complete e- cohesion, applying the single audit based on riskprinciple, the reduction of data and information requirements and the elimination of gold- plating through extensive regulatory optimisation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the role of predictive regulation and process facilitation in the context of rapid developments in the knowledge-intensive and highly innovative SME sector, bearing in munderlinindg its role in smart specialisation and bearing in mind the EU Urban Agenda, and looking ahead to the Pact of Amsterdam;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission and the Council to provide further support for COSME, Horizon 2020 and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs in the context of the MFF review/revision,; stresses the importance of first analysing their effectiveness and then asses ways of better implementation given their crucial role for SMEs locally and regionally and the important effects of innovation and clustering;