7 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2008/2205(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the forecasted growth in third countries is expected to be higher than in the internal market, which will create new opportunities for exporting SMEs,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas SMEs will face more intense competition inside the EU by competitors from third countries,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas open market and fair competition will best ensure the opportunities for SMEs in the globalised economy,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers, in this connection, that the ‘proportion of total Community production’ concept should be reviewed with a view to lowering the threshold for complaints (currently set at 25% of Community production) andalready offers possibilities for SMEs to initiate complaints, but also asks the Commission to ensure that professional associations with a high SME representation should be allowed to validly represent them before the Commission without changing the current threshold;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit themselves with renewed vigour to preventing and combating counterfeiting by means of appropriate internal policies and international initiatives, at both multilateral (e.g. the ACTA Agreement) and bilateral (new economic cooperation agreements with third countries) level, taking due account of the impact of counterfeiting on SMEs; asks the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the high standards of data protection in the EU are not violated by these measures;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the control of imports by the customs authorities in order to ensure a more efficient level of protection against products which violate intellectual property rights held by EU companies;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Takes the view that the EU should guarantee European SMEs should have the same level of advantages and possibilities as regards public tenders asin the main industrialised countries (including the United States, Canada and Japan) guarantee their SMEs, setting aside for them a proportion of national or Community tenders or guaranteeingas they enjoy inside the EU; calls on the Commission therefere to guarantee that European SMEs will have better access to public procurement markets in third countries and enjoy fair conditions of competition for European SMEs working in the sectors concerned by the tenders if necessary by applying the principle of reciprocity;