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"en.20120522.4.2-059-000"2
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"At this time, when all national governments are taking restrictive measures in their budgets, the impact on small businesses is palpable. Many of them are going under at the expense of the creation of a grey economy. It is therefore a good thing that the Commission has come up with proposals for SMEs to have the opportunity to gain access to the Structural Funds. During the crisis, there has been a tightening of credit conditions, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. Therefore, increasing the capacity of loan guarantee programmes, investment in equity funds and micro-credit programmes for SMEs is a way for services and employment to develop and grow. However, together with these new measures, we need tighter, more thorough supervision of compliance with current guidelines which are designed to create conditions for the stabilisation and growth of SMEs, for example, Directive 2011/7/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions. This directive requires public authorities to make payments within 30 days. The facts are alarming: if small and medium-sized enterprises want to win a contract, they are forced to negotiate repayment terms of 2-4 months, both in the public and governmental sectors."@en1
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