Commission for Economic Policy
Paquete de ayuda a las pymes y BEFIT
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Opinion number:
CDR-4941-2023
Status:
Aprobados
Objective
To highlight the role of regional and local authorities in the development of a sound and business-friendly entrepreneurial ecosystem;
To call for a close partnership for the iimplementation of the The SME Relief Package between the EU, member states and the local and regional level
To stress that LRAs may be of pivotal importance to implement a series of simplification and relief measures for SMEs and reduce by 25% the reporting obligations coming from EU legislation
To call for a close partnership for the iimplementation of the The SME Relief Package between the EU, member states and the local and regional level
To stress that LRAs may be of pivotal importance to implement a series of simplification and relief measures for SMEs and reduce by 25% the reporting obligations coming from EU legislation
Essential points
THE EUROPEAN COMMITTE OF THE REGIONS
- welcomes the SME Relief Package communication and supporting legislative proposals as a long-awaited package of legislation to support the competitiveness and resilience of SMEs;
- regrets that the SME Relief Package has been published so late in the political mandate and that it is therefore only belatedly addressing the combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine as well as their consequences – e.g. energy crisis, global supply chain issues and soaring inflation;
- admits that meeting the objectives of the EU Green Deal in an increasingly complex global context requires a simplified regulatory framework that is flexible, agile, proportionate and meets the intended objectives;
- calls for full acknowledgement of the "think small first" principle as a genuine paradigm valid throughout the entire EU legislative cycle;
- notes the Commission's commitment to ensuring that SME tests, SME filters and competitiveness checks become the norm in EU policy making;
- calls for strengthening of the CoR's role in the Fit for the Future Platform based on the work of its RegHub network, and for strengthening of synergies between SME tests and territorial impact assessments;
- points out that support to SMEs in the Cohesion Policy remains essential;
- is convinced of the significant potential of digitalisation at local and regional level in removing barriers and reporting burdens on SMEs;
- stresses that European regions and cities are open to new ideas and could offer a territorial space to host regulatory sandboxes to test more innovation friendly rules and regulations;
- highlights that key skills for the green and digital transition of European industry are best brought to SMEs by regional partnerships, networks, clusters.