Activities of Sajjad KARIM related to 2012/2134(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Improving access to finance for SMEs (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to consider a broader review of EU financial and regulatory legislation which currently burdens SMEs and to present legislative solutions following its examination of the tax obstacles to cross-border venture capital investments in the EU; considers that, following this wider review, the Commission should bring forward proposals to exempt SMEs where regulatory provisions disproportionately affect them and there is no sound reason for including them in the scope of the legislation, or to consider 'tailor-made' approaches or lighter regimes when an exemption would not be suitable;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invitessists that the Commission to continuemust applying the SME Test, including specific consideration of microenterprises, and the ‘Think Small First’ principle when preparing draft legislation, and to carry out impact assessments on all legislative proposals, in particular those of a financial nature, to ensuring in the processe that all possible issues applicable to SMEs can be identified and dealt with at an early stage, and to take these into consideration in order to minimise the impact on SMEs in further drafts, as well as to provide an explanation as to why the legislation does or does not apply to SME; considers it essential that the Commission should seek to minimise the regulatory burden falling on SMEs in further drafts;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the Commission to ensure that Member States provide SMEs with greater support, education and training with regard to funding issues and to consider cooperating more closely with SME representative bodies to develop this training; in conjunction, urges the Commission to advance programmes of simplification to improve access to European financing programmes;