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2003/0292(COD) Multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001-2005)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ITRE RÜBIG Paul (icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion EMPL BUSHILL-MATTHEWS Philip (icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE)
Committee Opinion ECON
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 157-p2

Events

2004/08/16
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE : to phase out the JEV programme and return the unspent funds to the general budget of the EU.

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 593/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2000/819/EC on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001-2005)

CONTENT : the Commission's evaluation of the Growth and Employment Initiative as at 29 May 2002 concludes that the take-up of the JEV programme by the market is low, the job creation effect limited and the administrative cost very high and that JEV should be phased out as soon as possible. This decision phases out the JEV and returns the unspent funds to the general budget. The financial intermediaries may present applications for financial contributions from SMEs to the Commission until 29 December 2004.

The Commission will submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an annual report on the implementation of the financial instruments of this programme for 2004 as well as a similar end report for 2005 (the final year).

In addition, the Decision:

- makes a more explicit reference to the eligibility of RTD activities under the ETF Start-up Facility;

- updates the reference to the fifth framework programme for RTD (in order to take account of the launch of the sixth framework programme);

- extend the definition of the start-up period for specific high technology sectors, in particular life sciences, to 10 years (to reflect the extended pre-commercialisation product development and testing phases that are characteristic of these particular sectors).

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05/09/2004.

2004/07/21
   CSL - Final act signed
2004/07/21
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2004/07/19
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2004/07/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2004/06/30
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2004/04/22
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2004/04/22
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Documents
2004/04/21
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2004/04/06
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2004/04/06
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2004/04/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Documents
2004/01/21
   EP - RÜBIG Paul (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2003/12/17
   EP - BUSHILL-MATTHEWS Philip (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2003/12/15
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2003/12/08
   EC - Legislative proposal
2003/12/07
   EC - Legislative proposal published

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  • date: 2004-08-16T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE : to phase out the JEV programme and return the unspent funds to the general budget of the EU. LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 593/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2000/819/EC on a multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (2001-2005) CONTENT : the Commission's evaluation of the Growth and Employment Initiative as at 29 May 2002 concludes that the take-up of the JEV programme by the market is low, the job creation effect limited and the administrative cost very high and that JEV should be phased out as soon as possible. This decision phases out the JEV and returns the unspent funds to the general budget. The financial intermediaries may present applications for financial contributions from SMEs to the Commission until 29 December 2004. The Commission will submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an annual report on the implementation of the financial instruments of this programme for 2004 as well as a similar end report for 2005 (the final year). In addition, the Decision: - makes a more explicit reference to the eligibility of RTD activities under the ETF Start-up Facility; - updates the reference to the fifth framework programme for RTD (in order to take account of the launch of the sixth framework programme); - extend the definition of the start-up period for specific high technology sectors, in particular life sciences, to 10 years (to reflect the extended pre-commercialisation product development and testing phases that are characteristic of these particular sectors). ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05/09/2004. docs: title: Decision 2004/593 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32004D0593 title: OJ L 268 16.08.2004, p. 0003-0005 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:268:SOM:EN:HTML
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