4 Amendments of Robert ROCHEFORT related to 2011/0394(COD)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Global competition, demographic changes, resothe limited naturce constraintsof natural resources, in particular fossil resources, and emerging social trends generate challenges and opportunities for some sectors. For example, design-based sectors facing global challenges and characterised by a high proportion of SMEs need to adapt to reap the benefits and harness the untapped potential of high demand for personalised, inclusive products. As these challenges apply to all SMEs in the Union in these sectors, a concerted effort at Union level is necessary.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall contribute to promotencouraging entrepreneurship by improving framework conditions affecting the development of entrepreneurship. The Commission shall support a business environment favourable to enterprise developmentstart- up, development and transfer and growth.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may support actions to improve SMEs access to the Single Market including information provision (including through digital services) and awareness- raising, particularly in respect of standardisation and public procurement. These actions may also seek the removal of existing legal and regulatory barriers.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) ‘fitness checks’ of existing legislation and impact assessments of Union measures of particular relevance for the competitiveness and growth of enterprises, and in particular of SMEs and micro- enterprises, with a view to identifying areas of existing legislation that need to be simplified, or repealed and to ensure that burdens on SMEs are minimised in areas in which new legislative measures need to bare proposed;