13 Amendments of Pia Elda LOCATELLI related to 2008/2205(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the WTO negotiations, to provide for specific simplified rules for SMEs within free trade areas and special clauses relating to the requirements of SMEs;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes the view that in a globalised world, EU companies, especially SMEs need a reinforced mechanism to combat unfair commercial practices, allowing them to create jobs and stimulate growth in the EU;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that, in the absence of internationally recognised rules on competition, the current European TDI system is the best response to ensure a level playing field for all actors, in particular SMEs which especially suffer from distorting effects in international trade;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States introduce information and training measures in order to enable SME operators to make use of trade defence instruments, with special consideration for procedures relating to complaints against unfair commercial practices;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage SMEs to make use of trade defence instruments in order to protect their business activities against the adverse effects of unfair commercial practices which particularly affect SMEs;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage SMEs to make use of instruments to protect their know-how, such as patents, in order to defend themselves against copying and counterfeiting;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that, to foster the internationalisation of SMEs, training activities are required to enable entrepreneurs to acquire specific knowledge of how to deal with gaining access to new outlet markets;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in the light of the problems faced by SMEs in having people within them specifically responsible for internationalisation, to promote the establishment of service consortia to support SMEs in the process of internationalisation;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Member States to consider measures aimed at reducing the fixed operational costs of SMEs in order to promote an increase in their productivity and, even if indirectly, their export capacity;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate amongst themselves with a view to establishing a coherent and wide-ranging policy enabling European SMEs to develop in a harmonious manner and at a higher growth rate and gain access to new markets and, more generally, to expand their export activities and internationalisation;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the development of the European SMEs through appropriate political and financial support as regards their modernisation and training for their management and workers; stresses, in this connection, the importance of ongoing training for SME operators and the establishment of conditions conducive to the pursuance of such activities; considers it essential that the EU take on full responsibility for upholding this wealth of knowledge, tradition and know-how which SMEs have built up and put to good use;