8 Amendments of Šarūnas BIRUTIS related to 2008/2237(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the setting up of a screening system for the monitoring of the progress and the implementation made by the Commission and Member States; it is necessary in this respect to draw up as soon as possible an agenda of the actions the Commission and the Member States are required to implement;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is strongly convinced that patents (including the Community patent) play an increasingly important role in innovation and economic performance, since they enable innovators to capture the returns from innovative investments and provide the necessary security for investment, equity and loans; considers therefore that it is necessary to set up the Community patent in such a way that it will give to SMEs a more efficient framework for the protection of IPR;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to promote innovative public procurement, since it leads to added value for the contracting authorities, citizens, and participating undertakings; in order to promote innovative public procurement, calls on the Commission and Member States to use as an example the strategy applied for green public procurement, and on Member States who are "front runners" in the field of innovation to promote innovative public procurement in order to implant the innovation culture throughout the EU;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their promotional and information efforts concerning the availability of EU funds and of state aid, and to make them both more accessible and comprehensible;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that public procurement covers around 16% of EU GDP; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen SME access to and participation in public procurement through inter alia making more use of e-procurement, harmonisation of required documents, consolidation of national online platforms;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to continuously enhance the framework requirements for the access of SMEs to foreign markets and to support the provision of information; encourages the setting up of European business support centres in China and India, in close cooperation with national business support centres already operating there; because poor SME participation in cross border activities can also be explained by the lack of language skills and multicultural competences, greater means of action are needed in order to achieve this challenge;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
24. Encourages Member States, without prejudice to what already exists (for instance: Enterprise Europe Network, Chambers of Commerce), to set up national dedicated information contact points and support agencies for SMEs, offering access to various sources of information, structured according to the entire life cycle of a business and very specific information on particular topics such as for instance public procurement;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates that the financial rules governing Community programmes often still lead to unnecessary bureaucratic, long and costly procedures particularly for the SMEs; calls on the Commission to enhance the role and visibility of the respective SME designates in the different policy areas; furthermore, encourages all initiatives allowing the development of "SME spirit" in policy making within public authorities; considers therefore that the Commission should encourage Member States to follow its example through its “Enterprise Experience Program” which allows European Civil Servants to familiarise themselves with SMEs;