Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2013-02-06-Speech-3-276-000"
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"Madam President, I have long argued that we need to make sure that our smaller companies are exempted from European legislation.
A few months ago I went to visit a company called Radical Cars. It is a fantastic flagship for the single market. They were the first company to get single-type approval, which means that, instead of getting their new car adopted in 27 countries, they just do the paperwork once.
But then this Noise Directive arrives, and a bit of legislation which is meant to deal with Golfs, Fiestas and Renault Clios is suddenly imposed on this little tiny company which sells 100 cars, not thousands or tens of thousands, every year. Suddenly their entire business model is under threat.
I am so glad that the amendment to help these smaller cars went through today. But it went through with only 15 votes, and we have left them with months of uncertainty. So colleagues, please, when we ask to exempt small businesses from EU legislation, let us be serious about this."@en1
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