21 juin 2013 Sheraton - Rome, Italie | Commission launches proposal for COSME, the successor programme for CIPActualités - 30/11/2011 - Brussels
The financial instruments under COSME comprehend both a debt and an equity facility to improve SME access to finance. As regards the debt facility, through COSME, the Commission will be providing enterprises and in particular SMEs with a Loan Guarantee Facility, which will offer guarantees for:
The Loan Guarantee Facility shall, except for loans in the securitized portfolio, cover loans up to €150 000 and with a minimum maturity of 12 months. This guarantee facility will be supplemented by another guarantee programme under Horizon 2020 (see respective newsletter article), which will be accessible for more innovative SMEs with loan amounts of over € 150.000. The COSME proposal is now being examined by the European Parliament and Council with a view for adoption. Read more: http://ec.europa.eu/cip/files/cosme/com_2011_0834_proposition_de_reglement_en.pdf | Actualités On Thursday 6 June 2013, the Group III "Various Interests" of the European Economic and Social Committee... On 8th May 2013, the DG Competition of the European Commission has issued the draft proposal for the... The German Association of Guarantee Banks (VDB) expects own funds requirements for SME finance to rise... On 2nd May 2013, the European Commission organized a High Level Meeting of the SME Finance Forum on the...  S'abonner au fil rss |
On the 30th of November, the Commission presented the Competiveness and Innovation programme (CIP) follow-up programme called, Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME). A budget of €2.5 billion over the period 2014-2020 will ensure the continuity of activities to promote access to finance and encourage entrepreneurial culture in Europe. COSME is a funding instrument, which will continue largely the activities of the current CIP programme.