10 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2018/0231(COD)
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The internal market is a cornerstone of the Union. Since its inception, it has proved a major contributor to growth, competitiveness and employment. It has generated new opportunities and economies of scale for European businesses, notably micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), and strengthened their industrial competitivenclusters, enterprise networks and consortium of companies, and strengthened their industrial competitiveness, and has also aimed to create and to reinforce the value chain where businesses are involved in all aspects of the process. The internal market contributed to the creation of jobs and offered greater choice at lower prices for consumers. It continues to be an engine for ensuring economic growth and for building a stronger, more balanced and fairer economy. It is one of the Union’s major achievements and its best asset in an increasingly global world.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore appropriate to establish a Programme for the internal market, competitiveness of enterprises, including micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, clusters, enterprise networks, consortium of companies and European statistics (the ‘Programme’). The Programme should be established for the duration of seven years from 2021 to 2027.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) SMEs share common challenges that do not affect larger firms to the same extent to obtain finance, to find skilled work force, to alleviate administrative burden, to take-up creativity and innovation, to access markets and foster internationalisation activities. The Programme should address suto create ecosystems aiming at introducing technological and organisational innovation in the production processes, which market failures proportionally, while not unduly distorting competition in the internal markete essential to stay and grow in the market, and to foster internationalisation activities.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The actions supported by the InvestEU Fund through the EU compartment or the Member States compartment should not duplicate or replace private funding, or distort competition in the internal market, but, with reference to the local public and private guarantee schemes already operating, should facilitate their integration with such schemes, the overriding objective being to enhance and extend the actual benefits to final recipients (the SMEs identified by the definition set out in Recommendation 2003/361/EC) in order to achieve genuine additionality of the measures.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The Programme should provide effective support for SMEs throughout their life-cycle. It should build on the unique knowledge and expertise developed with regard to SMEs and industrial and entrepreneurial sectors and on a long experience in working with European, national and regional stakeholders. This support should build on the successful experience of the Enterprise Europe Network as a one-stop-shop to improve SMEs competitiveness and develop their business in the Single Market and beyond. The Network plans to continue delivering services on behalf of other Union programmes, notably for the Horizon2020 programme, using the financial resources of these programmes. Also the mentoring scheme for new entrepreneurs - Erasmus for Entrepreneurs- should remain the tool to enable new or aspiring entrepreneurs to gain business experience by matching with an experienced entrepreneur from another country and thus allow strengthening entrepreneurial talents. The Programme should further strive to grow and extend its geographical coverage and thus offer wider range of matching possibilities to entrepreneurs in complementarity with other Union initiatives where relevant.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) “Social economy and social enterprise” means an operator in the social economy the main objective of which is to have a social impact rather than make a profit for their owners or shareholders and which operates by providing goods and services for the market in an entrepreneurial and innovative fashion, using its profits primarily to achieve social objectives, managed in an open and responsible manner that, in particular, involves employees, consumers and stakeholders affected by its commercial activities.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) making the internal market more effective, promoting local economic development, facilitating the prevention and removal of obstacles, supporting the development, implementation and enforcement of the Union law in the areas of the internal market for goods and services, social economy and social entrepreneurship, public procurement, market surveillance as well as in the areas of company law and contract and extra- contractual law, anti-money laundering, free movement of capital, financial services and competition, including the development of governance tools;
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 to 2027 shall be EUR 4 088 585 514 000 000 in 2018 prices (EUR6 211 000 000 in current prices).
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 12 772 000 000 000in 2018 prices (EUR 3 122000000 in current prices) to the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(b);
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) facilitating SMEs’ access to markets, supporting them in addressing global and societal challenges and business internationalisation, and strengthening Union entrepreneurial and industrial leadership in global value chains, including the Enterprise Europe Network;