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Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas SMEs account for more than 98 % of Europe’s businesses and provide more than 67 % of jobs in the Union; whereas they constitute the backbone of the European Union’s economy ~~and are~~, both because they are regarded as important drivers of ~~European~~ long-term economic growth and because they provide sustainable job creation opportunities within the 28 Member States; whereas ~~they~~SMEs thus play a~~n important~~ key role in the industrial ecosystem together with mid-cap and multinational companies;

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas at the moment, the global market for environmental goods and services is estimated at 1 000 billion per year, and it is estimated that this amount will double or even triple by 2020, creating tremendous opportunities for Europe’s SMEs and economic growth in general in the EU;(Does not affect English version.)

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas the European Union committed itself to reindustrialising Europe by investing in and supporting the principles of sustainability, competitiveness and innovation;~~deleted

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~the pressure for SMEs to~~SME complyiance with environmental standards by will ~~increase both from~~be fostered by both the market and ~~from~~ legislation;

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that the EU needs to drastically change its entrepreneurial culture in order to contribute to economic growth by having more people starting up their own businesses and seeking more businesses opportunities, including in green growth, and by accepting failure and risk-taking; emphasises the importance of putting this issue at the centre of policy making; calls on Member States to cater for a softer landing after business failure, for instance by modifying bankruptcy laws to allow people to start up a new business soon after failure of a previous venture, especially in new and innovative sectors;deleted

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses the importance of knowledge transfers and multi-stakeholder knowledge sharing, including cross-border, ~~through informal networks,~~ especially for SMEs and micro enterprises, to raise awareness of existing and new innovative techniques, best practices, ways to acquire proper financing, possible government support schemes and the relevant legislative frameworks entailing the least burdensome administration;

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the need to ~~further~~be more effective in developing basic R&D necessary for further technological ~~development~~advances; highlights the importance of the reindustrialisation of Europe given the importance of the manufacturing industry for R&D&I and thus the EU’s future competitive advantage;

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States to avoid creating barriers to the internal market by gold-plating and to ensure consistent transposition into national legislation; invites the Commission to step up its efforts in addressing gold-plating with individual Member States; stresses the need for a clear and uniform EU-wide interpretation by national regulators and open public procurement rules, including green procurement and e-procurement, which at the moment represents a substantial barrier for SMEs wishing to internationalise and at the same time a tremendous opportunity for Member States to be early adaptors;deleted

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that public funding needs to go to mature technologies, which can be put on the market at a significantly lower cost, rather than being used to push for large-scale deployment of immature and cost-inefficient technologies;deleted

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes the importance of addressing un sustainable consumption patterns and promoting a change in consumer behaviour; stresses the need for adequate consumer education and the need to encourage measures for greener consumption;deleted

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

Aldo PATRICIELLO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses the importance of facilitating start-ups and spin-offs through collaboration with ~~research and~~ technological research institutes and universities;

2015/03/02
Committee: ITRE

11 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2014/2209(INI)

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