Procedure
Enhancing the role of European SMEs in international trade
2008/2205(INI)·6th term·IMCO / INTA / ITRE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), craft industries · Common commercial policy in general
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): MUSCARDINI Cristiana (UEN)
Summary
Own-initiative report on enhancing the role of European SMEs in international trade. Amendments call for support to SMEs' international development through financing, training, information and business support centres in third countries, note the low share of SMEs in cross-border activity, and address trade defence instruments such as anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures, intellectual property and counterfeiting, standardisation, tariff and non-tariff barriers, the WTO system and trade facilitation.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled10 Nov 2008 – 19 Nov 2008
- Procedure completed
125
Amendments
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19
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
10 Nov 2008 – 19 Nov 2008
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
19 Members · by amendment count1🇮🇹
Cristiana MUSCARDINI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
21(1 solo)
2🇫🇷Tokia SAÏFI
European People's Party (EPP) · France
20
3🇬🇧Caroline LUCAS
Greens / EFA · United Kingdom
20(20 solo)
4🇮🇹Pia Elda LOCATELLI
PSE · Italy
13(13 solo)
5🇳🇱Corien WORTMANN-KOOL
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
12(12 solo)
6🇪🇸Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA
PPE-DE · Spain
11(11 solo)
7🇭🇺Edit HERCZOG
Socialists & Democrats · Hungary
7(7 solo)
8🇩🇪Daniel CASPARY
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
7(7 solo)
9🇩🇪Helmuth MARKOV
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
6
10🇸🇪Jens HOLM
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Sweden
6
11🇬🇧Syed KAMALL
European Conservatives & Reformists · United Kingdom
6(6 solo)
12🇬🇷Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
European People's Party (EPP) · Greece
5(5 solo)
13🇸🇪Lena EK
ALDE · Sweden
4(4 solo)
14🇸🇪Christofer FJELLNER
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
4(4 solo)
15🇮🇹Patrizia TOIA
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
2(2 solo)
16🇷🇴Iuliu WINKLER
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
2(2 solo)
17🇵🇱Małgorzata HANDZLIK
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
2(2 solo)
18🇮🇹Catiuscia MARINI
PSE · Italy
2(2 solo)
19🇬🇧Bill NEWTON DUNN
Renew Europe · United Kingdom
1(1 solo)
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