6 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women entrepreneurs tend to start off with less capital, borrow less and use family rather than debt or equity finance;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas studies have found that many female entrepreneurs felt discrimination with regards to their access to funding compared to men; whereas this perception is likely to impact on women's start-up decisions, and the nature and size of the businesses that they eventually establish;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas access to funding has been found to be either the main barrier or one of the main barriers experienced by female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. While women's enterprises are more often than male in services and otherwise based on immaterial resources, their ability to meet capital requirements should be facilitated by gender sensitive support mechanisms like special EU or other government guarantee schemes;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to investigate to what extent women entrepreneurs are subject to indirect discrimination in the sense of Directive 2004/113/EC in the area of financial services;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls the sizeable cost for SMEs to access capital markets; stresses the need for a proportionate regulation, with less complex and burdensome disclosure and listing requirements for SMEs; notes, in this respect, that regulation should not create too high hurdles when moving from e.g. one size-category to another, or between listed and non-listed companies; is thus of the opinion that staged approach with gradually increasing regulatory requirements should be preferred;