8 Amendments of Jutta STEINRUCK related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Views SMEs as having particular potential in promoting and spreading the dual system of vocational training, making it easier for as many young people as possible to enter the labour market and thereby reducing youth unemployment;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognisealls that if Member States are to deliver on EU 2020 targets, SMEs and microbusinesses must be taken into account, as these have enormous potential in achieving the EU 2020 targets, in particular full employment, youth employment and reducing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UnderlinesRefers to the ‘Think Small First’ principle; recognises the benefits of e- commerce in providing opportunities for SMEs to access the single market and reduce costs; underlines that this principle does not entail a subordinate position for citizens, workers and consumers in Europe, but that their interests are placed on an equal footing with those of the SMEs;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that developing e-government and one stop shops will reduce administrative procedures and create new business opportunities; notes that greater access to procurement markets can assist SMEs in unlocking their potential for job creation; in order to achieve the Europe 2020 target of full employment;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that costs associated with compliance can have a disproportionate effect on SMEs, especially on micro-enterprises and micro-enterprises in some areas; emphasises that the benefits to the national economy and general economy must be weighed against the costs; in particular it is necessary to consider lower costs in the healthcare sector, reduced absenteeism due to injuries at work, occupational diseases or invalidity, which can also have an effect on social security systems and national budgets, also increasing productivity and growth, as a consequence of the high quality working environment and high- quality jobs available in Europe;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Within the framework of fitness checks, calls for the identification of areas in which there are excessive burdens, inconsistencies or ineffective legislation in the field of employment that have an adverse impact on SMEs; calls on the Commission to consider a ‘one in, one out rule’ that allowsensure that the objectives of health, safety and equality and social provisions to bare maintained and safeguards the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that any derogation from directives setting down European minimum standards, such as the Directive concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services or the Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment, is inappropriate;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes and strongly supports the focus on micro- enterprises in a strengthened SME test (see COM(2011)0803) through which all available possibilities such as exclusion from the scope, individual provisions, extended transition perare assessed; expressly points out that the SME test is not to be applied to protections for workers, in particular to health and safety provisiodns for lighter regimes are systematically assessed.workers or to social legislation;