Procedure
Small Business Act
2008/2237(INI)·6th term·CULT / ECON / EMPL / FEMM / IMCO / ITRE / JURI·INI - Own-initiative procedure·Completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): HERCZOG Edit (PSE)
Summary
This own-initiative report concerns the Small Business Act. Amendments stress the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in growth, employment and innovation, push to make the 'Think Small First' and 'Priority for SMEs' principles compulsory in future legislation, promote entrepreneurship education and the Leonardo da Vinci programme, and call for monitoring and screening systems for implementation by the Commission and Member States.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled29 Oct 2008 – 10 Dec 2008
- Procedure completed
330
Amendments
distinct, in window
50
Members
tabled at least one
7
Committees
29 Oct 2008 – 10 Dec 2008
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
50 Members · by amendment count1
Patrizia TOIA
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
31(31 solo)
2Nicole FONTAINE
PPE-DE · 🇫🇷 France
20(20 solo)
3Nikolaos VAKALIS
PPE-DE · 🇬🇷 Greece
17(17 solo)
4Anne LAPERROUZE
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
16(16 solo)
5Donata GOTTARDI
PSE · 🇮🇹 Italy
14(14 solo)
6Gunnar HÖKMARK
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
13(13 solo)
7Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
12(12 solo)
8Salvador Domingo SANZ PALACIO
PPE-DE · 🇪🇸 Spain
11(11 solo)
9Paul RÜBIG
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria
10(10 solo)
10Thomas MANN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
10(10 solo)
11Lena EK
ALDE · 🇸🇪 Sweden
9(9 solo)
12Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU
PPE-DE · 🇬🇷 Greece
9(9 solo)
13Angelika NIEBLER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
8(5 solo)
14David HAMMERSTEIN
Greens / EFA · 🇪🇸 Spain
8(8 solo)
15Šarūnas BIRUTIS
ALDE · 🇱🇹 Lithuania
8(8 solo)
16Dominique VLASTO
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
17Vladimir URUTCHEV
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
7(7 solo)
18Jean Marie BEAUPUY
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
19Jacques TOUBON
PPE-DE · 🇫🇷 France
7(7 solo)
20Malcolm HARBOUR
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
7(7 solo)
21Edit HERCZOG
Socialists & Democrats · 🇭🇺 Hungary
6(6 solo)
22Ieke van den BURG
PSE · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
6(6 solo)
23Neena GILL
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5(5 solo)
24Dragoș Florin DAVID
PPE-DE · 🇷🇴 Romania
5(5 solo)
25Jean-Paul GAUZÈS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
5(5 solo)
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330 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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