10 Amendments of Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that by strengthening economic growth and social and territorial cohesion, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) will have a crucial role to play in the efforts to reach the EU 2020 objectives; not by strengthening economic growth, social and territorial cohesion; underlines that the economic and fiscal crisis has had a dramatic impact on the position and perspectives of many SMEs, and thaterefore there is an urgent need for simplifying the rules at national and European level in order to facilitate better access to financing;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that SMEs employ around 75 million people and that 85 % of all new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2012 were created by SMEs, in particular by new firms;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that SMEs are of crucial importance to the European economy as employers and sources of innovation;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European Council to preserve the cohesion policy budget for the next programming period, as the Structural and Cohesion Funds are among the EU's most effective instruments for creating growth and jobs, increasing competitiveness of the European economy and supporting SMEs; calls on the Member States to encourage the development and the competitiveness of the different types of SMEs and address their particular needs through specific measures that are best suited;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines that the potential of the financial engineering instruments should be further developed so to allow respectively the development of qualitative strategic projects and the participation of private actors, especially SMEs, and capitals into European projects. Their current under-utilisation due to their excessive complexity makes the debate on their governance very urgent;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Structural Funds should continue to provide financing to SMEs by means of equity, guarantees and loans, and underlines that complex administrative procedures, especially at national level, as well as significant differences between the provisions applied respectively by managing authorities and intermediate bodies, should be avoided;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that is necessary to implement and apply extensive simplification measures, including simplified reimbursement methods, to help SMEs take part in EU funded programmes;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States and on regional and local authorities to apply, on their respective levels, the instruments promoted by the Commission, such as competitiveness proofing, fitness checks and SME tests, in order to guarantee the policies’ overall effectiveness.; underlines that higher investments both in financial assistance and training should be ensured towards national and regional administrations to increase the capacities and knowledge of rules by authorities in charge of Programmes;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to promote and support SMEs economic activities in foreign markets both inside and outside the EU, in order to create new sustainable jobs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that costs associated with compliance have a disproportionate effect on SMEs, especially on micro-enterprises and on their capacity to employ and retain staff;