Activities of Stanisław OŻÓG related to 2016/2032(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on access to finance for SMEs and increasing the diversity of SME funding in a Capital Markets Union PDF (481 KB) DOC (187 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to identify undue barriers and obstacles to the financial sector providing funding to the real economy, in particular SMEs; underlines the importance of simplifying or modifying rules which gave rise to unintended consequences or inhibition of SMEs development;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that it is primordial to enhance the SME lending capacity of banks and the involvement of alternative financing possibilities; points out that financing by capital markets alone will not succeed in providing sufficient funding and appropriate financing solutions for SMEs;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to foster a risk-taking and capital market culture; reiterates that financial education for SMEs is not only key to increasing bank lending but also to expanding the use and acceptance of capital market solutions, allowing for a better assessment of costs, benefits and the associated risks; calls on the Member States to enhance the financial literacy of SMEs; however, points out that SMEs themselves also bear a responsibility in this regard;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that the ongoing development of the CMU must be accompanied by recurring efforts to evaluate the existing financial regulatory framework, in particular with regard to its effects on SMEs; stresses that such an evaluation should be done taking into account specific Member States recommendations as for the practicality of introduced measures;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the potential of new innovative financial technology (FinTec) for the better matching of SMEs with potential investors; calls on the Commission to explore potential risks and the need for an appropriate harmonised EU regulatory frameworkways to encourage the development of FinTec initiatives in Europe;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need to foster innovation through lending platforms; encourages banks to regard the use of such innovative technologies as an opportunity; stresses that alternative funding sources like crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending offer solutions for start-ups and innovative SMEs in particular; welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation forpossible tax relief for improving the internal financing capacity of SMEs;