3 Amendments of Catherine GUY-QUINT related to 2008/2237(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that no analysis has been carried out at Community level in order to measure the impact of the various forms of Community funding on SMEs and the benefits they have gained from that funding; reiterates Parliament's call to the Commission to carry out all the requisite studies; regards it as fundamental that the rules and procedures governing access for the various categories of SME to these forms of funding and the relevant programmes should be simplified as far as possible; with that aim in view, calls on the Commission to hold talks with the organisations representing SMEs in an effort to eliminate the obstacles encountered;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to find suitable ways of monitoring more effectively the use made by intermediary financial, banking or administrative bodies of Community funding intended for small enterprises and micro- enterprises, and to make sure that all the funding in question reaches those undertakings, within a reasonable time- frame;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls, with that aim in view, for Community legislation to be drafted in such a way as to reflect the needs of the majority of enterprises and that this principle should be established as a binding rule, in a form to be determined, but one which would require Parliament, the Council and the Commission to ensure that the priorities inherent in the "Think Small First" principle are properly applied at Community level; calls for the intermediate representative organisations concerned to be directly involved in legislative processes at all levels; urges the Member States to implement this principle in national and region legislation.