Translation of "Galet de mise en vitesse de la bande " (French → English) :

8. Welcomes the proposal to review the Small Business Act in order to link it closely with the 2020 Strategy and calls on the Commission to take proper account of SMEs’ and micro-businesses’ crucial role in Europe; calls on the Commission to accelerate high-speed broadband links in EU regions in order to ensure maximum participation of SMEs in an increasingly digitised internal market; calls for an SME-friendly, quality-oriented and flexible EU patent system that encourages technological innovation and the emergence of new business models; welcomes the proposal to adopt an action plan for SMEs’ access to capital markets, such as Eurob ...[+++]onds, and calls for the promotion of innovative financing mechanisms aimed at innovative SMEs; welcomes the Commission’s plans to modernise the EU’s value-added tax system, with particular regard to the simplification of the rules concerning SMEs and the reduction of compliance costs; stresses the importance of implementing the proposals of the High-Level Group on Burden Reduction;

The agenda will be followed by three documents on broadband: firstly, broadband communication, which details the implementation of the agenda with respect to broadband; secondly, the recommendation on new generation access (NGA), which aims to clarify the basis to encourage investment in high-speed Internet; and thirdly, the first radio spectrum policy programme, which will form the basis of the Commission’s strategy to generate enough spectrum for wireless broadband.

45. Stresses that competition and effective and appropriate rules for opening up the broadband market provide the greatest stimulus for broadband deployment, meaning roll-out, speed and variety of services;

45. Stresses that competition and effective and appropriate rules for opening up the broadband market provide the greatest stimulus for broadband deployment, meaning roll-out, speed and variety of services;