6 Amendments of Raffaele BALDASSARRE related to 2012/2134(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s action plan to improve access to finance onfor SMEs, in particular with regard to improving the European regulatory framework for venture capital; stresses the need for solutions that cater for the special needs of SMEs and which support their development in a manner reflecting their size, turnover and credit requirements;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the lack of legal coherence in the EU with regard to these new means of funding and calls on the Commission to consider the main differences within Member States and to provide guidance and a legislative framework for these new means of finance, which can also provide high growth and job-creating potential;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission to continue applying the SME Test and the ‘Think Small First’ principle and to carry out impact assessments on all legislative proposals, in particular those of a financial nature, ensuring in the process that all possible issues applicable to SMEs can be dealt with at an early stagethat all options are duly assessed, and to take these into consideration in order to minimise the impact on SMEs in furtherwhen legislative proposals are draftsed, as well as to provide an explanation as to why the legislation does or does not apply to SMEfor any exemptions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. CPoints out that the difficulties small and medium-sized enterprises experience in accessing credit often stem from their not knowing about the instruments available to them; calls for the Commission to ensure that Member States provide SMEs with greater support, education and training with regard to funding issues and to consider cooperating more closely with SME representative bodies to develop this training;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative of strongly encouraging Member States to accelerate the implementation of the Late Payments Directive as such late payments are extremely detrimental to SMEs’ financial planning and are often the root cause of their bankruptcy; in this connection, calls on the Commission to carefully assess the payment by public authorities of the credit they have received;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to design specific financing strategies for business networks and consortia formed by small and medium-sized enterprises;