14 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2012/2042(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Internet and ICT facilitates SMEs opportunities to sell services around the globe and play a vital role in making SMEs more potent contributors to economic growth and job creation.
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to secure agreements enabling SMEs to operate all over Europe and commercialise their ideas by granting them better access to markets and reducing red tape;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for better access for SMEs to public procurement through tenders designed in a way to make the utmost use of small companies as well as the opening up of services to public tenders.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recognises that cloud computing significantly can boost the efficiency and productivity of SMEs; therefore calls on the European Commission to develop a Europe-wide framework for cloud computing which is open to other global clouds;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Regrets that the EU is lagging behind other global actors such as Japan and South-Korea with only 2 % of Internet connections operating on fibre, calls therefore on Member States and the European Commission to accelerate the spread and adoption of ultra high-speed broadband;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Recognises that e-commerce is an enabling tool for SMEs that want to enter new markets and expand their customer base; calls therefore on the Commission to facilitate for cross-border e-commerce by for example creating a reliable, safe and efficient online payment system;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Stresses the urgent need for the EU to provide SMEs and entrepreneurs with confidence and means to trade online in order to increase cross-border trade; therefore calls for simplification of licensing systems and the creation of an efficient framework for copyright;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Calls on the Commission to encourage the free movement of services by extending and fully implementing the Service Directive in order to give SMEs and entrepreneurs a real possibility to scale up and sell services and products to the EU's 500 million consumers
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that free trade and access to global markets is an important catalyst for jobs and growth and a decisive factor enabling European SMEs to become world leading; underlines therefore the importance of progress in trade negotiations which would further reduce regulatory barriers to trade, which effect SMEs disproportionally.
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a new
Paragraph 30 a new
30a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate investment opportunities for innovative start-ups by removing obstacles that hinders the emergence of an EU wide venture capital market;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for increased efforts to be made in implementing mutual recognition in order to facilitate cross-border activities of SMEs; calls for the establishment of a 'one-stop-shop' for VAT in order to make it possible for entrepreneurs to fulfil their responsibilities in the business country of origin;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph b (new)
Paragraph b (new)
31b. Calls on the Commission to encourage the Member States to establish a level playing field for all forms of finance; urgent measures are needed so that businesses are not so reliant on debt; supports the establishment of tax neutrality between equity and debt;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote the continuity of SMEs, via a regulatory environment that facilitates business transfers; recommends that fiscal barriers (inheritance tax, gift tax etc...) that could put the continuity of family businesses in jeopardy are removed;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 d (new)
Paragraph 31 d (new)
31d. Underlines the need for lower taxes on labour and investments;