5 Amendments of Indrek TARAND related to 2014/2209(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. Whereas it is essential that energy and resource efficiency be at the basis of the European industrial renewal if European industry intends to maintain its competitiveness in the future;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. Whereas SMEs that comply with environmental standards will increase their business opportunities and will be more able to resist the cost pressure arising from increased costs for resources;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that EU programmes still fall short of significantly contributing to eco- innovation and the circular economy and that the Commission, therefore, needs to focus better funding from COSME and Horizon 2020 towards the development of eco-innovative solutions by and for SMEs and to support financing for improvement of product design and processes performance, building on the successful experience of the Eco-Innovation programme under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme in the past MFF; considers, in particular, that the SME instrument under Horizon 2020 needs to be fully implemented.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that the Commission is putting a lot of emphasis on venture capital in order to access finance for SMEs; this is certainly necessary, but will only benefit a small number of SMEs;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Believes that bank loans will remain the main source of funding for SMEs; sees possibilities here for the European Fund for Strategic Investments;