7 Amendments of Vladimir URUTCHEV related to 2008/2237(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to further enhance the visibility and awareness of SME-related policy actions through the bundling of existing Community instruments and funds for SMEs; emphasises the important role of education and training for SMEs on the existing and alternative policies and tools for access to finance and markets and initiatives to improve SME participation in innovation and environment programmes;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the setting up of a screening system for the monitoring of the progress of, and implementation by, the Commission and Member States; special emphasis should be devoted to the identification and consequent dissemination of best practices that help SMEs to realise their full potential;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that SMEs’ limited ability to access finance is a major impediment to their creation and growth; encourages initiatives by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to boost the funding available for guarantees and other financial instruments for SMEs; also applauds in this respect the recent initiative to set up a Micro Credit Initiative; calls on Member States to take a proactive role in creation of appropriate conditions and incentives in order to make microcredits and other financing possibilities available to SMEs;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises the important role of the EIB in improving financing available to SMEs, particularly given the current financial turmoil and its repercussions on the credit market; invites the Commission to investigate further how current banking rules and other financial regulations and instruments could be improved to ease access to finance for SMEs, including lending by institutions that are not banks;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that public procurement covers around 16% of EU GDP; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen SME access to and participation in public procurement through inter alia making more use of e-procurement and to take stronger initiatives to exploit the existing multiple opportunities for attracting SMEs in procurements under the current procurement legislation;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises the fundamental importance of evaluating the impact of future legislative initiatives on SMEs; therefore calls for the establishment of a mandatory systematic and targeted impact assessments for SMEs, a so called ‘SME test’ for all new proposals for EU legislation affecting business and encourages the Commission to promote the introduction of the initiative at Member State level;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes recent initiatives to assist SMEs in coping with environmental legislation, by inter alia granting them reduced agency fees, ensuring their access to information on environmental standards or introducing specific exemptions from Community legislation; underlines the importance of simplifying regulatory approaches in areas where environmental risk is relatively low by applying notification procedures instead of issuing permits;