15 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2018/2545(RSP)
Amendment 20 #
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s initial impact assessment, and apsupports the possibility to improves the focus on those enterprises that are in need in of support and simple rules andwith the objective to increasaim to streamline planning and legal certainty for businesseSMEs and create a level playing field;
Amendment 24 #
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that given the nature of this strategic instrument and the many differences between SMEs and Member States, the flexibility offered by the 2003 recommendation should be maintained; is convinced that the overall striuctly applying the SME definition runs counter to the intentions of the recommendation and ultimately hinders the growth of SMEsure of the definition must be preserved and applied with the correct combination of the already identified criteria;
Amendment 26 #
Subheading 3
Amendment 31 #
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to prevent larger players from attempting to create specific corporate structures to take advantage of the SME definition, which would lead to a system in which the available support is wrongly distributed more widely and hence not available to SMEs in need; emphasises that an adjustmenty potential update of the SME definition should notalways work to the detrimenbenefit of SMEs, denying and ease themir access to public support;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 4
4. UrAcknowledges the Commission to at least's intention to verify the need to update the SME definition only to take account of the rise in inflation and labour productivity since 2003; strongly supports an adjustment beyond the index-linking of inflation and labour productivity, in order to take account of future inflation, provide certainty and obviate the need for a rapid further adjustment in the next few years;
Amendment 49 #
Paragraph 5
Amendment 64 #
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that there is a need to clarify not only the terms ‘linked enterprise’ and ‘partner enterprise’ but also SMEs’ status in mergers and consortiums, and regards the simplification of procedures and the cutting of red tape as imperative; calls on the Commission in that connection to further simplify the applicable rulesapplicable rules, and the cutting of red tape, as imperative;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s start- up and scale-up initiative; views the promotion of entrepreneurship as important for economic growth in the EU; calls on the Commission to introduce a two-yeaevaluate the need and feasibility of introducing a further transitional period during which enterprisescale-ups which no longer qualify for SME status would retain that status;
Amendment 87 #
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view that economic diplomacy instruments employed at EU level, such as the Mission for Growth, could be usedsupportive to address economic challenges and exploit economic opportunities at global level more effectively; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts in that area, without creating duplicate structures; calls, in that connection, for an ‘Export growth in relation to enterprise size’ indicator to be developed and for additional support to be offered to small enterprises with high export volum and to address specific concerns of those enterprises with high export volumes, among which there are also several SMEs, under the EU Industrial Policy initiatives;
Amendment 94 #
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned of the fact that, despite the considerable contribution they make to employment and growth by virtue of their productivity, MidCaps (enterp, several categorises that have outgrown the SME definition but still have typically medium-sized structurof enterprises) are being neglected by policy- makers; calls, therefore, for a definition to be established for these companies based onnot yet clearly defined in the EU, thus running the criteria that they are family-run, have high equity ratio and employ up to 3000 peoplesk of being underestimated by policy-makers;
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that, beyond SMEs, freelancers and large enterprises, also Mid-Caps contribute to employment and growth, especially by virtue of their productivity and therefore should deserve a fair level of attention in the EU policies;
Amendment 113 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in addition to the priority EU measures for SMEs, to launch a MidCapevaluate the opportunity to launch further specific business-oriented initiatives using new funding, which would cover collaborative research access, digitalisation strategies, export market development and an easing of the Basel specifications and data protection rules, data protection rules and internationalisation;
Amendment 126 #
Paragraph 11
11. Takes the view that SME categorisation should not be exclusiveis correctly based on the criteria of employee headcount, annual turnover and balance sheet totals; calls, therefore, for the criteria of ‘export-intensive’ (high level of exports in relation to number of employees), ‘largely independently-run’ and ‘high equity ratio’ - to be defined in due course - to be taken into account when categorising companies and for enterprises with these characteristics to at least be exempted from the relevant specific reporting obligations and/or for it to be made easier for them to access financial support, and their combination;
Amendment 137 #
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study intoabout the impact of the SME definition on business development and on lock-in-effects, i.e. when enterprises deliberately opt not to expand in order to avoid bureaucratic burdens and other obligations that arise from the loss of their SME statuand SME relevant policies on business development, taking into consideration lock-in-effects and looking into the usefulness of sector-specific SME definitions;
Amendment 146 #
Paragraph 13