CELEX: 51988PC0317
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-21
Title: Draft COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning the improvement of the business environment and action to promote the development of SMEs in the Community (presented by the Commission)

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                                                                     COM(88 ) 317 final
                                                                     Brussels , 21 June 1988
                                       Draf t
                            COUNCIL RESOLUTION
  concerning the improvement of the business environment and action
         to promote the development of SMEs in the Community
                     ( presented by the Commission )
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     Draft resolution of the Council concerning the Improvement of the
    business environment and action to promote the development of SMEs
                                  In the Commun Ity
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
having     regard     to   the  Treaty  establishing   the   European   Economic
Community ;
having regard to the draft from the Commission ;
considering the Council Resolution of November 3rd 1986 on the Action
Programme on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises ( SMEs ) and Its
statement on reducing the administrative burden on business as well as
the Council Resolution of December 22nd 1986 on an Action Programme on
Employment and Growth ;
considering the following Commission Communications :
       Second Report from the Commission on the realization of the
       objectives of the Community Action Programme for Small and Medium¬
       sized Enterprises ( C0M(88)64 final ).
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       Strengthening Cooperation between European firms .         A response to       :
       the 1992 Internal market deadline ( C0M(88)162 final ).
       Euro Info Centres - extension of the project ( C0M(88)161 final ).
 .     Simplifying     Administrative   Procedures   within   the   Community
       General Considerations ( SEC(88)579 final );
       An Enterprise Policy for the Community ( C0M(88)241 final );
acknowledging that the completion of the Internal Market represents at
the same time a major opportunity and a challenge for businesses and
that small and medium sized enterprises will be Increasingly drawn Into
the process of integration of the European economies ;
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acknowledging that the development of the spirit of enterprise and the
creation of new firms in the Community must be encouraged ;                              ,
acknowledging that the development of SMEs is of great importance In
 Increasing the compet l t ! v I ty of the European economy , for employment             \
growth and for economic and social cohesion In the Community ;
acknowledging that the economic and regulatory environment should
favour the development of firms and should not impose unnecessary costs
on them ;
acknowledging         that   SMEs   require   adequate   financial    resources ,
especially risk capital , a highly qualified workforce and management
capable of meeting new challenges In an ever-more rapidly changing                      „
world , and access to new technology and marketing skills appropriate to
succeed     in the European     Internal market and to meet competition from             !
t h I rd countr les ;
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acknowledging     that   at  Community   level  the  availability   -if   re lev an :
Information on the Community and cooperation between firms in different
member states are of particular Importance :
undertakes . In full agreement with the Commission , to strengthen the
business environment and to promote small and medium sized enterprises
In the Community , this policy being based on the following guidelines :
      the   promotion of    SMEs   Is  achieved   through   a  strengthening of
      market forces ;
      compliance costs to enterprises from Community regulation should be
      minimized ;
      measures at the Community level should not duplicate those taken at
      the level of the Member State ; they should , as far as possible ,
      make use of existing structures rather than create new ones ;
      the   opportunities   for  SMEs   In  the  Structural   Funds   and   In   the
      Community 's    research    and   development     programmes     should     be
      strengthened ;
      at the Community level specific services with a European dimension
      are of importance to SMEs , notably the provision of Information and
      the promotion of transfrontier cooperation between firms and with
      other private and public organisations ;
      at the Community level the exchange             of  experience     from    the
      different parts of the Community and the demonstration of concrete
      measures can help to Improve the efficiency of programmes to
      support SMEs ;
      the realisation of national and Community measures should take
      place In close consultation with the social partners ;
we I comes the progress which has been made In implementing the Action
Programme on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and requests the
Commission , in the light of the completion of the internal market , to
accelerate the work on developing this policy ;
under I I nes the  Importance of the     impact assessment exercise to assess
compliance costs of Community regulation and requests the Commission
continually to seek Improvements to the system ;
under | | nes the necessity of improving the flow of Information to SMEs
on Community affairs and In this context supports the plans of the
Commission to extend the Euro Info Centre project ;
under i ! nes the necessity of strengthen ! ng business cooperation across
frontiers and welcomes        In this connection the further      development cf
the Commission 's programme In this area , and especially the Business
Cooperation Network ( BC-NET ) .