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4 Amendments of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2012/2042(INI)

Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to draft a legislative proposal laying down binding commitments recommendations the part of the Member Stateo Member States laying down suggestions to simplify all national procedures pertaining to policies in support of the internationalisation of SMEs;
2012/05/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the Communication does not address the difficulties that SMEs face in identifying foreign business opportunities, and that it does not propose providing SMEs identified by governments with suggestions on internationalisation; believes that the EU should support incentives to develop SMEs in strategic sectors in a proactive fashion, especially when it concerns high- value-added manufacturing activities offering a competitive edge over emerging economies; stresses the need, therefore, to identify promising niche-markets;deleted
2012/05/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that thenew EU SME Centres be expanded andinitiatives in third countries provided with joint helpdesks that are tailored to needs, and that they bare located close to where the SMEs actually set up shop and where they represent an added value to the helpdesks already functioning in thenear areas in which SMEs actually operate; such EU initiatives should provide an added value to similar initiatives of Member States already operating in third countries and should therefore closely cooperate with helpdesks of Member States;
2012/05/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a clearer definition of SME priority markets on the basis of the agenda for the EU's trade negotiations; sees the growth of host markets and gaps in existing support structures as the main criteria for making the list of priority markets; recommends that EU's neighbouring countries be added to the list, since most SMEs initially export to trading partners in neighbouring countries, such as the Republic of Moldova and countries in the Western Balkan, such as Serbia, recently recognised as an EU candidate country;
2012/05/11
Committee: INTA