# Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs): competitiveness and business opportunities

European Parliament procedure 2012/2042(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee EMPL / INTA / ITRE / REGI). Stage: Procedure completed. 320 committee amendments tabled by 60 Members between 2012-05-11 and 2012-06-05.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), their competitiveness and business opportunities. Amendments stress the impact of the economic and financial crisis on SMEs, call for support for internationalisation tailored to each company and sector, for single export helpdesks, EU SME Centres and one-stop shops, for simplifying national procedures and reducing red tape, for distinguishing services from manufacturing SMEs, and for defining priority markets, while rejecting protectionism.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jens ROHDE | Denmark | ALDE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96710.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |
| Kent JOHANSSON | Sweden | ALDE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/110365.md |
| Jürgen CREUTZMANN | Germany | ALDE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96873.md |
| Fiona HALL | United Kingdom | ALDE | 54 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28477.md |
| Phil BENNION | United Kingdom | RE | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/112014.md |
| Paul RÜBIG | Austria | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2278.md |
| Iuliu WINKLER | Romania | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39725.md |
| Reinhard BÜTIKOFER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96739.md |
| Gunnar HÖKMARK | Sweden | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28124.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Elisabeth SCHROEDTER | Germany | Verts/ALE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1933.md |
| Vicky FORD | United Kingdom | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96949.md |
| Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU | Romania | PPE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39717.md |
| Patrizia TOIA | Italy | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28340.md |

## Official source documents

- PE489.401: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-489.401+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE489.461: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-489.461+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE489.601: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-489.601+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE491.123: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-491.123+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2042-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2042-INI.json

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