# Enhancing the role of European SMEs in international trade

European Parliament procedure 2008/2205(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 6th term, committee IMCO / INTA / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 125 committee amendments tabled by 19 Members between 2008-11-10 and 2008-11-19.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristiana MUSCARDINI | Italy | ECR | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1073.md |
| Tokia SAÏFI | France | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4345.md |
| Caroline LUCAS | United Kingdom | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4524.md |
| Pia Elda LOCATELLI | Italy | PSE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28976.md |
| Corien WORTMANN-KOOL | Netherlands | PPE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28167.md |
| Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA | Spain | PPE-DE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2000.md |
| Edit HERCZOG | Hungary | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28155.md |
| Daniel CASPARY | Germany | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28219.md |
| Helmuth MARKOV | Germany | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4303.md |
| Jens HOLM | Sweden | GUE/NGL | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/37008.md |
| Syed KAMALL | United Kingdom | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33569.md |
| Georgios PAPASTAMKOS | Greece | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28572.md |
| Lena EK | Sweden | ALDE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28127.md |
| Christofer FJELLNER | Sweden | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28126.md |
| Patrizia TOIA | Italy | S&D | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28340.md |

## Official source documents

- PE415.224: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-415.224+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE415.323: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-415.323+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE416.267: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-416.267+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-2205-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-2205-INI.json

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