7 Amendments of Edit BAUER related to 2013/2264(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Finnish authorities submitted the application for EGF financial contribution on 01 February 2013, and that its assessment was made available by the European Commission on 16 October 2013; regrets the lengthy evaluation periods and inquires why this particular application required 8 months of assessment whereas previous application related to Nokia Salo from 2012 had been evaluated within 3 months;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the redundancies in Nokia stem from its corporate decision to move its production plants as well as the design and product development to Asia and are part of its plan to reduce global employment in Nokia Corporation by 17 000 workers by the end of 2013; notes that this decision led to three EGF mobilisations in favour of 6 138 Nokia workers;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. NoteRecalls that the mobile phone sector has been the subject of several EGF applications, all of which based on trade related globalisation, this being the fourth application on behalf of workers made redundant by Nokia; the three previous cases were for former Nokia workers in Germany, Romania and FinlandEGF already acted in favour of 1 337 workers dismissed in result of re-location of Nokia from Germany to Romania in 2008; notes that now five years later the EGF is mobilised for the fourth time in relation to dismissals in Nokia;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that, in order to provide workers with speedy assistance, the Finish authorities decided to initia the Finnish authorities started the implementation of the personalised services to the affected workerscoordinated package of personalised service already on 01 August 2012, well ahead of the final decision on granting the EGF support hen the dismissals started in order to assist workers before the proposed coy stop wordkinated packageg at Nokia;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the fact that the package contains innovative measures like Protomo - a matching service for new business start-ups;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that financial allowances to be covered by the EGF are limited and the majority of support will be devoted to training and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the fact that the redundancies and the preparation of the coordinated package of specialised services are addressed by a dedicated working group comprising the social partners (including Nokia representatives) and regional authorities;