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"Firstly, I would like to say to Mr Gallagher that I am delighted that he has given me the opportunity, on the occasion of my first visit to question time in this Parliament, to answer a question in my native language.
Mr Kelly mentioned the quick wins and terms of delivery. Well, the quick wins in terms of delivery will come from the innovation flagship. I think you will see issues dealt with here that include standards, regulations, intellectual property and patents. I think you will find that when the flagship policy is actually published, we have tackled all of the issues – including venture capital, which is a very difficult issue at the moment for many small companies – that we have discussed with research centres, universities, public and private companies and Members of the European Parliament, in relation to what should be in the flagship.
Putting forward a policy, however, does not resolve matters. We then have to monitor it, we have to support it, we have to ensure that those who avail themselves of those policies are prepared to engage with us, and that includes very much, of course, the Members of the European Parliament.
One would expect that the Research Executive Agency, which was granted autonomous status in June 2009, would contribute greatly to the speed and efficiency of the decision-making process and that it would improve the services of the framework programme falling within the agency’s remit. Obviously, this applies, in particular, to the empowerment programme for SMEs
Specific new policies have been implemented under the Agendas for Cooperation 2011 and these policies should induce small and medium businesses and their research partners to participate. The progress of these policies will be closely monitored and these efforts will continue under Agendas 2012 and 2013.
Further possible ways of simplifying the rules and procedures can be found in the Communication on Simplification of 30 April – I already mentioned that, of course, a while ago. Certain policies can be applied immediately, under the current legal and regulatory framework, the ‘Research Participant Portal’ as it is known; putting that into operation, improving the structure and timing of the professions and restructuring consortia with regard to size, for example.
The Commission itself is currently studying a second set of policies, such as possible modifications of Commission rules allowing for broader average personal costs, the use of common principles rather than specific rules, and a review of the rules regarding usurious accounts.
The honourable Member, Mr Crowley, is, of course, correct when he talks about the large number of new projects coming on stream, and says that one of the many difficulties which SMEs face is that of intellectual property rights.
I chair a Commissioners’ group on innovation and one of my colleagues, of course, is Commissioner Barnier, who is particularly concerned with this whole area. We have worked very closely together – as I hope you will see when the innovation policy flagship is published at the beginning of October – to try and find a solution to the many problems that SMEs – and indeed others – have, specifically relating to intellectual property rights.
On technical storage data, of course there are, as you said, many opportunities which can be exploited and, indeed, many private companies who feel that this is an area of opportunity for them to be able to exploit those opportunities. We would like to see, when the innovation policy flagship is published, a serious attempt to put forward bold and daring proposals from the Commission – that, of course, will then have to be debated, as we know – but which will deal with and face these issues and problems and barriers head on.
I am hopeful that those companies that are interested in these kinds of issues will see that the Commission is prepared to respond in a positive way, and we need them on board to support us."@en1
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