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Draft Resolution n. 16 /XI
It recommends the Government to measures stimulation for economic growth
Recently new data on forecasts for the economy has been known
Portuguese, produced by international and national instances. The autumn report of the
European Commission predicts growth below eurozone, the OECD report puts it
Portugal in the penultimate position with regard to prediction of economic growth in the
next years. The Bank of Portugal, despite having "revised upscale" the downturn in the economy
Portuguese, continues to predict timid growths for the next few years. For gold side,
the numbers-real and no longer mere predictions-of unemployment show the crueness of the
difficulties. Virtually 550000 unemployed people are enrolled in the employment centres,
which corresponds to 9.8% of the working population.
Adding that finally the Government has come to recognize, in line with the Commission's forecasts
European European, which 8% is a referential number for the deficit of 2009.
The CDS is sensitive to the need to consolidate public accounts, all the more so as it gets
now proven the evidence that the Government sought to disprove: the efforts made to
deficit containment focused exclusively on revenue, overburdening citizens and
companies with one of the highest tax pressures in Europe. In the perspective of the CDS,
only by stimulating the economy, helping it to position itself on a growth route is possible
create wealth and, with it, improve public accounts. Our priority is therefore focusing on us.
stimuli to economic growth.
We are certain that these stimuli are situated at various levels of state action. From the
state relationship mode with citizens and businesses, to tax policy, to the
public investment. We believe that wealth does not belong originally to the state,
but to whom it creates it, and who creates it are, in the first line, the companies. Only with companies
stronger and more competitive it is possible to have more wealth, more employment and more revenue
tax. If we consider that Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises are responsible for large
part of employment in Portugal. We argue that the state should have a policy
preferentially concerned with creating conditions for these companies to exceed the
difficult conjuncture, privileging actions that enable them to recover liquidity, to take them
as priority partners in public procurement, which put them as a target audience
particularly relevant from public banking, which takes up programmes of providing
credit and participation with venture capital in enforceable conditions.
The first line of action of the State to the companies shall be that of responsibility and
credibility in the reciprocal relationship, be it in the framework of relations of provision of goods
and services is in the framework of the tax relationship.
The CDS autonomously presents a draft law that aims to establish the general principle
of mandatory moratory interest payment by the state and too many entities
public for the delay due to the payment of any pecuniary obligation
regardless of their source. It aims to still establish the nullity of contractual clauses
that provide for excessive and unwarranted deadlines for the maturity of the obligations
pecuniary, as well as of clauses that exclude liability for the mora or the liming
without justification in the face of concrete circumstances.
It also presents another draft law that sets out the mandatory payment of the
VAT to 30 days, staying the State obliged automatically to pay late payment interest for the days
of late and being barred from requiring bank guarantees to the taxpayer as a condition
of the refund of amounts due below certain amount.
As a way to expedite procedures and to avoid cross-movements, the CDS recommends
to the Government through this resolution that creates mechanisms for reciprocal compensation
of credits and debits between the State and the companies, including tax credits, from security
social and the provision of goods and services.
In a second line, we understand that the state should not press companies with more
contributions in a context of crisis, and should, as far as possible, create mechanisms
of liquidity facilitation.
Being the economic growth and employment at the top of your priorities
priorities, understands the CDS that there are no conditions for overloading companies with the
entry into force of the Contributive Code to January 1, 2010, which is why it presents
an autonomous draft law where it provides for another year of vacatio legis.
It understands the CDS that the state should refrain from demanding payment in advance of
taxes that too often will not be due. This is especially important in
depressed conjunctures like the current one. We propose by means of autonomous draft law to
reduction of the rate of the payment on account, which will contribute to keep in the companies
resources that belong to them and can be particularly relevant in the tables
known as a lack of liquidity.
On a third level understands the CDS that Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises must be
central concern of the economic policy of the state. The State must: reorient its
investment plans, privileging investments of greater proximity, medium size
and rapid impact on the dynamisation of the economy; simplifying and streamlining the procedures of the
QREN; redefine the mission of the General Deposit Box in the sense of support
insider credit to the PMEs; rethink the criteria for access to the credit lines, de
how to avoid the requirement of almost impossible conditions to comply; to encourage capital of
risk, investment funds in SMEs and develop the fund for consolidation and
concentration of Portuguese companies; give preference to SMEs in supplies to the
State up to certain amount, compatibilizing with community legislation.
In these terms, and under the provisions of Article 156 of the Constitution of the Republic
Portuguese, the Assembly of the Republic recommends to the Government that:
1. Create mechanisms of reciprocal compensation of credits and debits between the State and the
companies, including tax credits, social security and the provision of goods and services.
2. Orient your investment plans in the sense of privileging investments of larger
proximity, of medium size and of rapid impact on the dynamisation of the economy. Will be
in this case the following investments that we highlight: i) maintenance and valorisation of the
heritage ii) promotion of energy and environmental efficiency of public buildings iii)
recovery, qualification or construction of social infrastructure, namely the
schools and the areas of support for the elderly and the child, in partnership with the social sector iv)
repair and safety of bridges within the framework of a national v) requalification of the
urban centres and investment in social housing, in partnership with municipalities,
as a matter of priority through the acquisition and recovery of the real estate returned vi)
confirmation of the plan of dams vii) promotion of accessibility for disabled viii)
renovation of the courts and construction of new penitentiary centres ix) promotion of
public transport system and sustainable mobility x) improvement of the conditions of
work and the means of the security forces.
3. Reorient the objectives of the QREN for support for projects with a strong component
exporting and simplifying and streamlining the procedure of applications and the decision system and
payments.
4. Redefine, in a public and formal way, the mission of the General Deposit Box in the sense of
support in particular SMEs, in particular in consolidation and process processes
export.
5. Change the criteria for access to credit lines, in order to avoid the requirement of
almost impossible conditions to fulfill how: to make a profit in the last two of three years, no
have debts to the fisc or Social Security, even when the state is debtor of the company.
6. Encourage the venture capital and investment funds in SMEs, which with this
participation can bring not only capital, but also know-how, and that develop the
fund for the consolidation and concentration of Portuguese companies.
7. Adopt the necessary measures the condition of preference to SMEs on equal basis
circumstances in supplies to the State up to an amount to be fixed legally.
8. Adie the entry into force of the New Contributive Code, and the new date shall be set at
meeting of the Social Concertation Commission, and it should never be before January 1
of 2011.
Assembly of the Republic, November 23, 2009.
The Deputies,