1 Amendments of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2012/2134(INI)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States to reduce the administrative burden at the start-up and during the lifetime of the SME; underlines that it is important to reduce the number of days required to start up a new business; asks the Commission to study the best practices to be implemented in all Member States; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of introducing a unique SME identification number, stored in a single European database for SMEs, including all financial data, allowing SMEs to apply more easily for EU and national programmes and funding; points out that if such an SME identification number is to be introduced, attention must be paid to the risk of industrial espionage and to data protection principles;