7 Amendments of Kinga GÖNCZ related to 2011/0270(COD)
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Lack of access to credit is one of the main obstacles to business creation, especially among people furthest from the labour market. Union and national efforts in this area need to be stepped up in order to increase the supply of microfinance and meet demand from those who need it most, and in particular unemployed and vulnerable people who wish to start up or develop a micro-enterprise, including on a self-employed basis, but do not have access to credit. As a first step, in 2010 the European Parliament and the Council set up the Facility. Since those most in need of microcredit are generally unaware of this form of Community-supported financing, there is a need for thorough, effective information in the Member States on applying for the European Progress Microfinance Facility.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Making microfinance more available on the Union’s young microfinance market calls for the institutional capacity of microfinance providers, and in particular non-bank microfinance institutions, to be stepped up in line with the Commission Communication 'A European Initiative for the development of micro-credit'10. Care must be taken to ensure that the annual amount of the budget appropriation, increased by the reinvested capital, which is granted to the European Progress Microfinance Facility at least matches the annual amount of the appropriation granted for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2013.
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) The Commission will revise the rules governing the cross-border operation of online platforms specialising in microcredit in order to remove the obstacles to financing micro-enterprises within the EU internal market.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, will ensure that activities carried out under the Programme are consistent with, complementary to and do not duplicate other Union action, in particular under the European Social Fund (ESF) and in such areas as social dialogue, justice and fundamental rights, education, vocational training and youth policy, research and innovation, entrepreneurship, health, enlargement and external relations, and general economic policy. The Commission will ensure that the Member States give funding from the ESF to organisations offering training and mentoring programmes to the final beneficiaries of microcredit; in addition, it will encourage the Member States to grant interest subsidies from ESF funds to recipients of EU microcredit. The activities supported by the programme shall comply with Union and national law, including state aid rules.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13
Article 13
With a view to regular monitoring of the Programme and making any adjustments needed to its policy and funding priorities, the Commission shall draw up bieanniual monitoring reports and send them to the European Parliament and the Council. Such reports shall cover the Programme's results and the extent to which gender equality and anti-discrimination considerations, including accessibility issues, have been addressed through its activities.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The information provided in these annual implementation reports shall feed into the bieanniual monitoring reports provided for in Article 13. Such monitoring reports shall include the annual reports provided for in Article 8(2) of Decision No 283/2010/EU.