6 Amendments of Jens HOLM related to 2008/2205(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to review their priorities at multilateral level by promoting the removal, to give more importance to the interests of SMEs, at multilateral level in negotiations ofn tariff and non-tariff barriers and to foster international trade through appropriate measures to simplify and harmonise standards;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SupportsCalls on the Commission's efforts to provide the EU with a global strategy covering all external aspects of European competitiveness and helping to ensure that the Lisbon Strategy objectives are fully achieved, but notes with regret the absence of any specific initiatives in favour of SMEs; calls on the Commission and the Council to remedy this shortcoming without delay and to set ambitious and, at the same time, realistic objectives and to replace its competitiveness driven "Global Europe Strategy" by an external trade policy strategy which ensures fair international economic and trade relations and which includes specific initiatives in favour of SMEs and a commitment to make the necessary means and resources available;
Amendment 52 #
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;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Points out that opening up markets, especially in emergingfacilitating access to markets for SMEs can countries, to European SMEs meansbute to creating new jobs and defending existing jobs, safeguarding and exchanging know- how and specific features of European industry and giving EU countries a guarantee ofnd their partners a basis for solid and lasting economic growth;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes the view that the Commission should refrain from concluding free-trade agreements or other trade agreements that are not favourable to the European economy as a whole and to SMEs in particular or that do not provide for trade concessions at similar level, exceptsustainable economic, social and ecological development within the EU as well as in partner countries; insists on the principles of special and differentiated treatment and less than reciprocal market opening in the cases of developing countries;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25