5 Amendments of Frank ENGEL related to 2010/2051(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
having regard to the Commission communication of 25 June 2008 entitled "Think Small First" - A "Small Business Act" for Europe (COM(2008)0394),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas principle VII of the "Small Business Act" underlines the importance of promoting SME's participation and defence of SME's interests in standardisation,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensure direct participation by societal stakeholders and SMEs at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees remains weak; affirms that, as very limited progress has been made to increase SMEs and societal stakeholder participation at national level, financial and political support for the European organisations established to represent such stakeholders needs to be maintained at least in the period to 2020;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Holds the view that these European organisations must obtain a stronger role within the ESOs; recommends that, without prejudice to the national delegation principle, all such organisations should be given a vote in the ESO technical bodies, on condition that they are associate members or cooperating partners of the ESOs and have participated in the respective work item at technical level; considers also that such organisations should, under the same conditions, be given a symbolic vote in the formal adoption of standards, which would not necessarily be counted in the voting result but would serve as an indicator of the level of support for a given standard among all stakeholders;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Member States to ensure effective representation of all relevant stakeholders on national technical committees by establishing monitoring and reporting mechanisms and, where necessary, providing financial support to weaker societal stakeholders and to SMEs in order to facilitate their participation;