1 Amendments of Krzysztof HETMAN related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that quick access to funding on favourable terms is crucial to SMEs’ development; points out, therefore, that the excessive length of time it currently takes for EU funding applications to be processed is forcing SMEs to seek other, more expensive, solutions or preventing their projects from coming to fruition, which is hampering their development; draws attention to the need for local or regional development agencies to give SMEs easier access to repayable instruments in the EU budget;