7 Amendments of Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ related to 2012/2134(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the financial crisis in the EU resulted in a number of European bank failures and that as a result lenders are less willing to grant a credit to SMEs, hindering SMEs' access to finance; is concerned that an increasingly capital and risk-sensitive banking sector is asking for more collateral and higher risk premiums, both requirements resulting in insufficient financing and missed business and employment opportunities in this very large sector of the economy; regards the availability of credit and loan guarantee schemes, therefore, as crucial to exploiting the growth and job potential offered by SMEs;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that SMEs across Europe are very heterogeneous and, in view of their use of divergent business models, they face different types of financing challenges;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States to create fast- track procedures and one-stop shops for SMEs to enhance the setting-up of new businesses and also to facilitate their access to international markets; calls on the Commission to establish greater coherence between the various programmes providing guarantees and a good balance between national and EU schemes supporting the financing of innovation or the provision of venture capital to SMEs;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to support the development of national investment banks for SMEsfurther improve cooperation with national development banks and commercial banks in order to pool experience, exchange best practices, develop synergies and identify ways in which EU SME financing programmes can be simplified and streamlined, and to take action enabling the existing investment banks for SMEs to expand their operations in other Member States in accordance with the conditions in place in those Member States;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on Member States to reduce bureaucratic burdens and simplify procedures which hinder the setting-up of new business and create obstacles for SMEs in keeping their businesses running;, especially having regard to the Commission Communication of 23 November 2011 entitled ' Minimizing regulatory burden for SMEs, Adapting EU regulation to the needs of micro- enterprises',
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asks the Commission to propose simplified and less costly regulations and guidelines, especially for programmes intended to support low-volume SME finance in the form of guarantees and mezzanine or equity instruments;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to facilitate SMEs' access to funds by simplifying the rules of data submission and to promote online data repositories for certificates and other supporting documents;