2 Amendments of Vicky FORD related to 2012/2134(INI)
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Alerts the Commission that a lot of new and more stringent regulation has been put in place without an overall and inclusive impact assessment; urges the Commission to come forward with such an assessment, specifically focusing on SMEs; urges the Commission to exempt micro-entities from regulation where appropriate;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that SMEs are often at the end of a long delivery life cycle and thus are the ones to be affected the most by late payments and short payment periods; therefore welcomes the Commission's initiative of strongly encouraging Member States to accelerate the implementation of the Late Payments Directive; however, is aware that in certain Member States, the extension of the Late Payments Directive to all sectors has in certain circumstances resulted in the considerable and undesirable reduction of purchases from SMEs by retailers;