10 Amendments of Vicky FORD related to 2011/2288(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to harmonise and simplify regulations and fiscal and tax condition, reduce bureaucracy and improve conditions for business to guarantee free and fair competition and patent protection and to simplify investors' access to the EU market; supports the use of tax and fiscal regimes that simplify and encourage investment, especially long-term investment, into EU markets, in particular infrastructure projects;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that investors with a naturally long-term horizon such as insurance funds and pension funds should be enabled and encouraged to make longer- dated investments; is concerned that EU regulatory requirements for liquidity and capital adequacy may reduce long term investment; suggests that implementation of EU legislation for such investors should be carefully monitored and amended if necessary;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Respects the subsidiarity of Member States with regard to tax matters but recommends that Member States should consider whether their tax regimes adequately incentivise long-term investments; notes also that stability and certainty of policy decisions are key to encouraging investment especially in longer-term infrastructure projects;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Insists, in order to attract more investment, on the need for the EU and EU Member States to:
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point b
Paragraph 4 – point b
b) invest in and supportencourage and enable investment in innovative businesses into becominge commercially successful, and participate in such investment where appropriate,
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
c) launch urbanencourage urban and rural infrastructure projects, including digital infrastructure, in all EU regions andwhere this is lacking, and encourage innovative business parks with incubation units to guaranteenable technology and knowledge transfer, especially for SMEs and young entrepre and sharing of equipment and skills, especially for SMEs and all entrepreneurs working with other industrial and economic partneurs where appropriate, fostering synergies between research, education and innovation,
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d a (new)
da) encourage and enable corporate investment by non-financial corporations as well as by financial investors;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
db) recognise that long timetables and uncertainty regarding planning and development decisions many discourage investment;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for a programme focusing on the competitiveness of SMEs, notes and welcomes recent increases in venture and angel capital in many EU Member States, but reiterates that the EU should simplify regulations and access to finance for SMEs, for example by structuring an and other economic players, by encouraging effective EU venture capital systemand angel capital systems across the EU and by enhancing the role of private equity firmand public equity investments in financing long-term corporate growth.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises that many investors may consider investing outside the EU as an alternative to investing in EU Member States; recommends that when proposing new EU legislation or revisions to existing EU legislation an impact assessment is prepared which compares these proposals to the equivalent legislation in significant non-EU jurisdictions, assessing the potential consequential impact on investment in EU Member States.