Traduction de «SME Policy » (Anglais → Français) :

Provide a single coherent framework for SME policy, in order to give greater visibility to SMEs and to the public in general of measures and initiatives for unlocking the full potential of all types of SMEs; Step up its efforts to complete the internal market, with special attention being paid to services; Focus on improving access to finance for SMEs, strengthening the Community's role in addressing market failures, increasing the promotion of good practices and fostering the development of public-private partnerships; Carry on the work on Better Regulation following the principle of "Think Small First" to ensure that the needs of SM ...[+++]Es are fully and systematically taken into account when screening and conducting integrated impact assessment of forthcoming legislation and by consulting all relevant stakeholders on new Community legislation; Organise the 4th European Conference for Crafts and Small Enterprises in early 2007, special attention having been given to the integration of crafts and small enterprises from the new Member States into the Single Market; Take fully into account the need for consideration to be given to amending existing state aid rules reflecting market failures relevant to SMEs and at simplifying administrative procedures (inter alia via an increased de-minimis rule and, more importantly, wider block exemptions); Take into account SME needs in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and Counterfeiting; Implement more efficient mechanisms for a regular and comprehensive dialogue with key SME stakeholders, especially representative SME organisations; Review progress achieved in the implementation of the modern SME policy communication by organising an annual high-level conference.

Follow the "Think Small First" principle in the implementation of Community legislation as well as national legislation , as SMEs suffer disproportionately from administrative costs in comparison to larger companies; Improve the regulatory environment for SMEs in order to enable them to create more jobs, including by making public procurement rules and practices more SME-friendly; Consider appropriate action for encouraging SME cross-border business activities; Improve SMEs' competitiveness by completing the Internal Market in line with the re-launched Lisbon Strategy, in particular in the services sector, inter alia by swiftly implementing the new Directives on public procurement to improve SMEs access to public procurement markets; Ma ...[+++]ke better use of the cohesion policy funding to promote the key priorities in the field of SME policy according to the general objectives of the new Lisbon strategy and corresponding national priorities; Facilitate the opportunities for SMEs of making better use of co-operation between research institutes and the business community; Strengthen the measures to promote a more entrepreneurial culture and the skills to encourage more people to consider a career as entrepreneur, including through entrepreneurship education and training at the appropriate level of education;

RECALLING that the Commission Communication to the Spring European Council "Working together for Growth and Jobs – a new start for the Lisbon strategy" , the Integrated Guidelines (2005-2008) for the re-launch of the Lisbon Strategy, and the Community Lisbon Programme submitted in May 2005, underline the key importance of SMEs in the context of the Lisbon mid-term review; RECALLING the important policy messages with regard to small enterprises contained in the Council conclusions on "stimulating entrepreneurship - European Charter for small enterprises" of 7 March 2005 , "research and innovation, growth and employment" of 28 November 2005 , as well as in the contributions from the "Competitiveness" Council to the Spring European Council in ...[+++] 2004 and 2005 ; RECALLING the key importance of SMEs in the diffusion of more sustainable production and consumption patterns and the resulting need for more investment in knowledge-based skill and competitiveness; NOTES that evidence shows that SMEs, and in particular micro-enterprises, are disproportionately affected by administrative burdens and recalls the conclusions of the Competitiveness Council meeting of 28 and 29 November 2005 on better regulation; WELCOMES the proposed approach to SME policy contained in the Commission's communication "Implementing the Community Lisbon Programme - Modern SME policy for growth and employment" .

The 'European Partnership for Growth and Employment’ assigns a key role to SMEs, and to fully develop this role we have set out future policy areas for the new SME policy in the consultation paper.

This Communication creates a policy framework for SME actions and integrates the objectives of the existing enterprise policy instruments, in particular the European Charter for Small Enterprises and the Entrepreneurship Action Plan to build up synergies and to enhance transparency of the European SME policy approach.

2. Increasing the promotion of SME policy actions: Promotion campaigns in coordination with EIC network; organisation of European Business Weeks. 3. Develop and evaluate SME policy actions: Database concerning SME Policy measures; evaluation of existing policy actions and development of proposals for new Community measures in areas affecting enterprises.