# Financing EU SMEs' trade and investment: facilitated access to credit in support of internationalisation

European Parliament procedure 2012/2114(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee INTA). Stage: Procedure completed. 74 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2012-10-04 and 2012-10-04.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on financing EU SMEs' trade and investment and facilitated access to credit supporting internationalisation. The amendments cite statistics on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, lack of finance and bank-loan rejection rates, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), the proposed COSME programme and its Loan Guarantee Facility, WTO standards and dispute settlement, and barriers to SME internationalisation including lack of information.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| Paul MURPHY | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 16 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97344.md |
| Marielle DE SARNEZ | France | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4335.md |
| María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111496.md |
| Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96763.md |
| Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL | Germany | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1055.md |
| Daniel CASPARY | Germany | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28219.md |
| Amelia ANDERSDOTTER | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/108570.md |
| Francesca BALZANI | Italy | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96979.md |

## Official source documents

- PE496.561: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-496.561+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2114-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2114-INI.json

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