Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-01-18-Speech-3-418"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060118.25.3-418"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-01-18-Speech-3-4192
lpv:speaker	lp:Katerina Batzeli2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; FEMM (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, I should like to start by thanking the rapporteur, Mrs Vlasto, for her integrated report and the Commissioner for the Commission's clear presentation relating to the subject of small- and medium-sized enterprises. We need to turn words into action. ( ) However, I should also like to welcome the initiative by the Austrian Presidency in immediately defining the European Charter for Small Enterprises, so that specialised initiatives and measures can be promoted to strengthen the competitiveness and employment in the European Union. The European Economic and Social Committee highlights certain financial and tax incentives in its opinion which could help small- and medium-sized enterprises to break into the economic area of competitiveness, research and technology and the mobility of workers: not fragmentary and dispersed mobility, mobility within the framework of a clear European social model. I should like at this point to refer to the question of relocations of large enterprises, which have a significant impact on turnover and employment in small- and medium-sized enterprises, given that many of them act as sub-contractors. I agree with the Austrian Presidency that, in small- and medium-sized enterprises, subsidised investments need to be promoted at regional level. Commissioner, small- and medium-sized enterprises live and work in the shadow of multinationals, of large chains, and in the shadow of bureaucracy. In order to address this state of affairs, I would point out that important horizontal, national and Community measures need to be taken, which will include: Firstly, simplifying bureaucracy. Secondly, promoting a simplified general system of financial support for small- and medium-sized enterprises which will include new banking products. Thirdly, simplifying the tax liabilities of small- and medium-sized enterprises, taking account of the fact that the pilot plan for the taxation of small- and medium-sized enterprises in their country of establishment could help in this direction, with the ultimate objective of adopting a common, unified basis for taxation. Finally, strengthening incentives for the integration of innovation and research, on the basis of the proposals of the Commission itself on competitiveness and national aid and within the framework of the 7th research programme."@en1
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