Activities of Hans-Olaf HENKEL related to 2014/2209(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on green growth opportunities for SMEs PDF (196 KB) DOC (130 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas the administrative burden of EU regulation forms a substantial cost for enterprises to comply with;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas new initiatives to reduce regulatory burdens on SMEs and other sectors have been proposed;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas application procedures for EU funding for SMEs are still too bureaucratic and therefore prohibitive for most SMEs;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the concept of green growth and the opportunities arising from it relate to various sectorareas such as the circular economy, energy efficiency, resource efficiency, renewable energy, waste management, cradle to cradle; points out the considerable economic potential of these areas have for different sectors;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that green growth should be put in a broad perspective, and should include efforts deployed throughout the whole value chain and across the entrepreneurial ecosystem, including efforts by industrial manufacturing players to reduce the ecological footprint of their products, production processes, business practices and services;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that there is no one-size-fits-all mode of finance and calls on the Commission to support the development of a broad range of tailotake into account the interest of SMEs in all existing and possible futured programmes, instruments and initiatives., especially for new business models in the green economy, ranging across equity (such as business angels, crowd funding and multilateral trading facilities), quasi-equity (such as mezzanine finance) and debt instruments (such as small-ticket company bonds, guarantee facilities and platforms), and partnerships between banks and other operators involved in SME financing (accountancy professionals, business or SME associations or chambers of commerce), in order to support businesses in their start- up, growth and transfer phases, taking into account their size, turnover and financing needs; calls on the Member States and the regions to provide fiscal incentives for these funding models; stresses the importance of reviewing existing SME supporting instruments to include further green growth opportunities;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that the "one-size-fits-all" common currency is a major inhibiting factor for the growth of SME's and has directly led to de-industrialization, particularly in Southern Europe; notes that the euro has been far too strong for southern Eurozone countries and much too weak for others, i.e. Germany; underlines that such one-size-fits-all modes of finance results in a mode which fits none, while the euro has clearly become a one-size-fits-none currency whose effects will be even more detrimental for green growth;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that entrepreneurs, SMEs, business associations and support organisations should be more literate on financing possibilities for more performant technologies, or for contracting services such as consultancy, coaching and training on eco-design, resource management and green entrepreneurship and availability of green technologies, products and services that could be beneficial for their business, therefore all information about these possibilities should be easily accessible and should be communicated in a way that corresponds best with the logic and working methods of SMEs;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of knowledge transfers and multi-stakeholder knowledge sharing, including cross-border, through informal networks, especially for SMEs and micro enterprises, to raise awareness of existing and new innovative techniques, best practices, ways to acquire proper financing, possible government support schemes and the relevant legislative frameworks entailing the least burdensome administration and recalls that the existing national contact points for the EU funding programmes and the Enterprise Europe Network have to be fully involved in the support of SMEs and pro-actively inform, coach and support SMEs to identify financing possibilities at EU, national or regional level;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to further develop basic R&D necessary for further technological developments; highlights the importance of the reindustrialisation of Europe given the importance of the manufacturing industry for R&D&I and thus the EU’s future competitive advantage and to fully involve SMEs in this process;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights the importance of the reindustrialisation of Europe given the importance of the manufacturing industry for R&D&I and thus the EU's future competitive advantage;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to pursue better and therefore not necessarily more legislation and to consequently involve stakeholders from the relevant industries and SMEs to share their insights and knowledge at each stage of the legislative process, including the impact assessment;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the SME Test is fully applied in all impact assessments;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Notes that the Erasmus+ programme makes it possible for students and young people to develop entrepreneurship through, amongst others, the funding for internships, and believes that the first priority of the programme in the coming years must stay on the support for fostering young and ambitious entrepreneurs and supports the 'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and develop the single market and competitiveness;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23