9 Amendments of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been particularly affected by the world- wide economic and financial crisis;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the support to SMEs to be tailored to suit the individual needs of each company, as SMEs display a very wide range of profiles and needs reflecting their respective size, sector and geographic location; calls, therefore, for a network between SMEs and large European companies to be set up to enable SMEs to reap the benefit of these companies’ expertise and export and innovation capacities;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that a larger online information portal, and a better awareness of support schemes, are unlikely to raise substantially the number of EU SMEs that do engage internationally unless they are supplemented by, especially if they are coupled with a strategy targeting those SMEs that have not yet recognised their potential to do so;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the Communication does not address the difficulties that SMEs face in identifyfinding 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 economies; stresses the need, therefore, to identify promising niche-markets and to foster the exchange of good practices, in accordance with the European Charter for Small Enterprises;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to adopt single export helpdesks at a local level, run in cooperation with businesses and organisations representing businesses (such as chambers of commerce or chambers of skilled trades), so that SMEs can receive, in their own language and for immediate use, information regarding export opportunities, administrative formalities, barriers and competitors in third markets;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists that tools currently available to all EU firms when they export, such as the Market Access Database and the Export Helpdesk, should be adapted to suit the needs of SMEs; appreciates the opening of a SME-dedicated helpdesk for issues pertaining to trade defence instruments (the SME TDI helpdesk); recommends more effective coordination between the various support structures for European SMEs in third countries;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that the EU SME Centres be expanded and provided with joint helpdesks that are tailored to needs, and that they be located close to where the SMEs actually set up shop and where they represent an added value to the helpdesks already functioning in the Member Statone- stop shops with a single administrative contact person assigned to each SME to provide support, keep it informed about its rights and ensure that it does not incur any penalties;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. CDeplores the lack of resources made available to European SMEs to combat breaches of intellectual property rights in a meaningful way; 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; hopes that the major emerging economies will continue to transpose applicable international law on IPR protection – particularly provisions outlawing counterfeiting and piracy – into their national law; urges the Commission and the Member States to step up customs cooperation in the EU and with third countries on the seizure of counterfeit goods, and to simplify customs procedures;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the Commission to take an initiative to ensure that EU SMEs enjoy access to public procurement on third markets on an equal footing with other companies; requests that the EU develop an ambitious common industrial policy based on fostering research and innovation that benefits from innovative financing arrangements such as project bonds and supports the development of SMEs, particularly via access to public procurement, in order to maintain its competiveness vis-à-vis new major players in industry and research; calls on the EU to enhance the value of European production by providing better quality information to consumers, particularly through the adoption of the regulation on origin marking (‘made-in’) of products imported into the EU.