24 Amendments of Amjad BASHIR related to 2015/2320(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2014 SMEs highly contributed to the employment growth, up to 71 % in the non-financial business economy;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas despite the stabilisation of the EU unemployment rate in 2014 at the level of 10,2 % (11,6 % in the Euro area) and its slight fall in early 2015, the number of unemployed - about 23 million people in 2015 remains historically high;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas SMEs representatives point out high labour costs as one of the major restriction to job creation and expect the reduction of said costs; the highest levels of labour costs having been identified in overregulated and bureaucratized systems,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. having regard to skills' scarcity and disparities across the EU, as well as skills' flows mostly from the post-2004 enlargement Member States and Eurozone crisis countries to other Member States, creating peripheral regions with difficult access to skilled workers, suffering from the brain drain phenomenon;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas some SMEs tend to 'bypass' regulatory systems by means of tax and social contribution avoidance, bogus self-employment, precarious working conditions and shadow economy activities, undermining both employees' and employers' interest, the latter being unable to attract skilled workers; whereas these issues have multiple negative consequences for the SMEs sector, such as the unfair market competition and higher tax and social contributions rates;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas the ECB argues that the sovereign debt crisis increased banks' financing costs in the Eurozone crisis countries, which were then passed on to SMEs in the form of higher lending rates or smaller loans;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas due to historical reasons some societies perceive entrepreneurs rather negatively, which in some cases is also reflected in the governments' discriminatory treatment of the SMEs sector, in comparison, for example, to the advantageous environment created in these countries for foreign investment, especially the MNC;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas the unlevel playing field between Multinational Corporations (MNC) and SMEs also results from the practice of profits shifting to the Members States or third countries considered as tax heavens;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to ensure better conditions for job creation for the SME sector Member States must address the following problems, which are unequally present in different regions: skills scarcity and brain drain; regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty; the shadow economy; and the de facto privileged position of multinational corporations (MNCs);
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedRecognises the growing significance of self-employment and micro enterprises, which are of vital importance for boosting innovation and entrepreneurship; is concerned, however, at the growing phenomenon of bogus self- employment across the EU, which cannot be considered in positive terms as contributing to the ‘growing number of micro-enterprises’, but, rather, undermines the image of entrepreneurship;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that the administrative burden of regulation is disproportionately higher for the self-employed and micro enterprises than for larger companies; considers in this regard that any measures concerning 'bogus self-employed workers' must be clearly targeted and must not place additional administrative burden on the individual;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Underlines the importance of accessibility to supportive EU funding measures and to electronic public services for SMEs located in smaller urban zones and rural areas, enhancing their employment potential and contributing to the development of areas at risk of depopulation;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to adopt favourable legislative frameworks for young graduatespeople who are employed by an SME or are starting up an enterprise;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that a favourable and stable regulatory environment is an essential prerequisite for job perennity and job creation in SMEs; considers that this regulatory certainty must encompass, among other elements, contract law and fiscal and social regulation, as well as tax rulings and also legal certainty and procedural effectiveness;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider that SMEs face specific obstacles and should therefore be exempted from excessively burdensome administrative procedures, while always ensuring that they provide their employees with the necessarythe impact of administrative requirements is felt disproportionately by SMEs and that measures such exemptions should therefore be systematically considered to minimize the burden, while ensuring that employees receive adequate health and safety standardsprotection;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to remove the remaining administrative barriers with a view to facilitating market access for micro-enterprises and SMEs from other Member Statesthroughout the EU, which is preconditioned by further steps to complete the single market;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Highlights the importance of implementing effectively the SMEs related measures announced in the 2015 Single Market Strategy of the European Commission;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that in regions where economic development is focused on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), MNCs are treated preferentially in both legislative and tax matters; believes that these practices should be examined with a view to ensuring a level playing field for SMEs and restorenhancing their employment creation capacities;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that a reduced regulatory burden, better regulation and improvement of law enforcement can contribute to tackling the issues of the shadow economy and tax avoidance, as the attractiveness of such ‘exits’ frombypassing’ of the regulatory systems would be substantially reduced;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt the principle of income taxation in the place where it is generated and other measures against profits shifting practices of MNC in order to ensure a level playing field with the SMEs thus their job creation potential;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Calls on the Member States to enforce the legislation on the equal access of SMEs to public procurement;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Draws attention to the regional disparities and imbalances in SMEs' access to funding; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a level playing field for all SMEs in accessing funding from EU-supported financial instruments, with a special focus on poorer regions and countries that have been under financial and economic constraints.
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Members State to encourage SMEs to become members of representative organisations in order to make their voice heard at national and European levels, as it is mostly the case of multinational corporation;