6 Amendments of Anni PODIMATA related to 2010/2072(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1
Paragraph 1 – point 1
1. Calls on the Commission to submit forthwith a report on the use made to date of the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, setting out in particular a detailed account of how the appropriations were used by each Member State, the fundamental reasons for the limited use to date of fund resources and what proportion of overall funding they accounted for by comparison with other national and company-specific support measures; calls on the Commission to draw initial conclusions from that report and rapidly submit proposals for the improvement of the fund;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the projected review of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund Regulation, to simplify the procedure for the submission and evaluation of applications from Member States in a bid to reduce delays in the processing thereof and ensure that EGF mechanisms are more promptly and effectively deployed for the benefit of workers; calls on the Commission and Member States, with a view to simplifying and expediting completion of the necessary formalities, to consider the creation of permanent structures for the processing of EGF formalities at national level and the exchange of best practices at European level;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal forthwith stipulating that firms that are making workers redundant and which recorded profits in past reporting periods must contribute in an appropriexamine, in the light of an impact study, ways in which a contribution to EGF funding can be made by companies generating disproportionate manner to meeting the social costs arising out ofd inadequately documented social costs through plant relocations and job cuts and securing the refinancing of the EGFresulting job cuts without substantially endangering the viability of the company itself;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 3
Paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Calls on the Commission to replace the EGF inexamine ways for the medium -term with a restructuring fund, financed by means of an EU-wide plant relocation levy and offering support to enterprises in proportion to the leconversion of the EGF into a restructuring fund not limited to providing assistance over a specific period for redundant workers but seeking to create new and lasting jobs through the steady labour market reintegration of those affected and the consolidation of local development in economic and social terms; takes the view that this will make it possible to combine successfully the functioning of the EGF operations with the basic objectivel of lasting replacement jobs created by themthe Europe 2020 strategy for genuinely sustainable development, thereby giving the EGF greater substance and greater long-term stability;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 4
Paragraph 1 – point 4
4. Calls on the Commission to introduce criteria by means of which the granting of EGF assistance can be linked as a matter of priority to restructuring measures designed to secure and create employment and , support lifelong learning, thereby making both workers and local economies more competitive, and encourage a return to ecologically sustainable and socially balanced development in the regions concerned;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to take account of the major disparities between Member States and regions and to adjust the eligibility criteria so as to allow for greater flexibility in response to special circumstances and requirements;