9 Amendments of Antonio TAJANI related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages SMEs to consider the whole EU as their home market and to use the potential of the single market for their financing needs; welcomes the Commission’'s initiatives supporting SMEs and start-ups in an upgraded Single Market; believes that the Start-up Europe initiative should assist small innovative companies by supporting them until they become operational; underlines, in this context, the importance of the implementation of the Small Business Act; calls on the Commission for a follow-up to the Small Business Act;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that a legal and business environment supportive of timely payments in commercial transactions is key for access to finance; underlines, in this context, the financial problems suffered by SMEs and the situation of uncertainty experienced by suppliers generated by late payments of public institutions and authorities; calls on the Commission to assess during the review of the late payment directive the introduction of specific measures aimed at easing payments for SMEs;
Amendment 83 #
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; believes that a European approach to financial regulation and the Capital Markets Union should duly take into account international developments in order to avoid unnecessary divergences and duplications in legislation and keep Europe as an attractive place for international investors;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of the SME Supporting Factor for maintaining and increasing bank lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to examine the appropriate calibration of the factor, including size, threshold and possible interactions with other regulatory requirements; believes, in particular, that the exposure threshold of 1.5 million euro should be revised in order to further increase SMEs access to bank lending; is concerned about the possible negative impact of its removal; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of making thise factor permanent;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that the real economy remains heavily reliant on banks which makes it vulnerable to a tightening of bank lending; believes that alternative sources of financing should be further promoted, in particular by strengthening the recourse to venture capital;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls the sizeable cost for SMEs to access capital markets; stresses the need for a proportionate regulation, with less complex and burdensome disclosure and listing requirements for SMEs with the aim to reduce the cost of their access to capital markets;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises the importance of the transparency, standardisation and public availability of SME financing information for investors, supervisors and other stakeholders in order to understand the risk profile and take informed decisions; believes that the creation of a European database collecting information on business strategies and financing needs of SMEs could serve this purpose; welcomes the Commission’'s SME information strategy;
Amendment 206 #
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; notes that the existing laws and regulation on crowdfunding differ significantly across Member States and do not appear to have promoted cross-border activities; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of corporate and income taxation for the internal financing capacity of SMEs; highlights the need to introduce financial exemptions for SMEs, primarily in their initial phase, to enable them having enough funds for the subsequent periods of their lifecycle;