5 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2016/2032(INI)
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the importance of the SME Supporting Factor for maintaining and increasing bank lending to SMEs; calls on the Commission to examine the appropriate calibration of the factor, including size, threshold and possible interactions with other regulatory requirements; is concerned about the possible negative impact of itsthe SME Supporting Factor removal; calls on the Commission to explore the possibility of making ithis factor permanent;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the benefits of third-party guarantees in loan agreements for entrepreneurs; demands that greater account be taken of these third-party guarantees when it comes to the evaluation of credit ratings as well as prudential rules and supervisory practices;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the need to foster innovation through lending platforms; encourages banks to regard the use of such innovative technologies as an opportunity; stresses that alternative funding sources like crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending offer solutions for start-ups and innovative SMEs in particular; welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the existing framework for crowdfunding; calls on the Commission to explore the need for, and potential of, a harmonised EU framework; recalls that for the system to be efficient both the SME and the lender must be fully aware of the potential risks/opportunities linked to the funding mechanism;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for an EU corporate taxation framework which would be fair for all companies, irrespective of their size, and simpler, in order to avoid creating loopholes and rewarding complex tax strategies by companies;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Believes that the EIB/EIF should step up their efforts to provide SMEs with expertise to access funding and tools to facilitate contacts with investors such as, inter alia, the European Angels Fund; believes that the EIB/EIF should explore direct funding to innovative and risky projects that prudent regulatory requirements render difficult for private actors to finance; stresses however that the range of such projects and the funding made available by the EIB/EIF should not endanger its credit rating;