For the reasons set out in these Guidelines, the Authority takes the view that the development of the risk finance market and the improvement of access to risk finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), small mid-cap and innovative mid-cap is of great importance to the EFTA States' economy at large.
En dépit de leurs perspectives de croissance, les PME peuvent éprouver des difficultés à accéder au financement, en particulier aux tout premiers stades de leur développement.