Activities of Gianluca SUSTA related to 2012/2042(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs): competitiveness and business opportunities
Amendments (7)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to draft a legislative proposal laying down binding commitments on the part of the Member States to simplify all national procedures pertaining to policies in support of the internationalisation of SMEs and to increase the protection of the latter with regard to unfair competition practices on third markets;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretBelieves that the Communication does not address the difficulties that SMEs face in identifying foreign business opportunities, and that it does not propose providing SMEs identified by governments with suggestions on internationalisation; believes that the EU should support incentives to develop SMEs in strategic sectors in a proactive fashion, especially when it concerns high- value-added manufacturing activities offering a competitive edge over emerging economieEU should promote, also in concert with the Member States, incentive measures to benefit, above all, strategic sectors and the most technologically advanced manufacturing sectors in order to strengthen EU competitiveness; stresses the need, therefore, to identify promising niche- markets;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to adopt a single network of export helpdesks at a local level, run in cooperation with businesses, so that SMEs can receive, in their own language and for immediate usechambers of commerce, universities and other interested stakeholders, so that SMEs can have an easily identifiable single contact and receive, in their own language and for immediate use, personalised advice and economic analyses of overseas markets, information regarding export opportunities, trade barriers and competitors in third markets;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the network of services and opportunities offered to SMEs in more protected overseas markets that are considered to be a priority should be reorganised and strengthened; would like to see ad hoc offices set up, within the EU delegations, that are able to provide specialist assistance with reference to the specific features of the countries in question and any existing difficulties (respect for intellectual property rights, existence of non-tariff barriers, local legislation, regulatory standards, certification, etc.) and that are also able to provide legal protection and facilitate the establishment of contacts and networks between European SMEs and export consortia in third countries;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a clearer definition of SME priority markets on the basis of the agenda for the EU’s trade negotiations; sees the growth of host markets and gaps in existing support structures as the main criteria for making the list of priority markets; recommends that EU’s neighbouring countries be added to the list, since most SMEs initially export to trading partners in neighbouring countries, such as the Republic of Moldova andpoints to the markets of neighbouring countries and EU candidate countries – in particular the countries inof the Western Balkan, such as Serbia, recently recognised as an EU candidate countrys and Mediterranean area – as priority markets in which SMEs can play a particularly important role in the growth and stability of the regions;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to ensure that the specific needs and interests of SMEs are reflected in all trade negotiations; supports a reform of the multilateral framework for involvingtake legislative initiatives to strengthen the competitiveness of the European production system, gearing it to the central role played by SMEs; calls on the Commission to take further measures at the WTO to ensure that the protection of SMEs atin the WTO and for ensuring faster arbitrationglobal markets is increasingly effective and sbettlement of disputes for SMEser guaranteed;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for concrete initiatives on the part of the EU to improve the protection of SMEs’ intellectual property rights (IPR) in third countries, such as has been achieved with the SME IPR helpdesk in China, and urges the Commission to establish similar instruments also in other priority markets;