7 Amendments of Marita ULVSKOG related to 2014/2065(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Belgian authorities submitted the application for EGF financial contribution on 23 December 2013, and that its assessment was made available by the Commission on 22 August 2014the application was supplemented by additional information until 12 June 2014, and that its assessment was made available by the Commission on 22 August 2014; welcomes the prompt assessment within less than 8 months; underlines the importance of the introduction of an assessment period at a maximum of 20 weeks in the new regulation;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that besides the subject of the current application, further two waves of dismissals are expected until the end of 2014 due to the closure of the Ford Genk plant; considers that it will have a serious impact on the labour market in the whole Flemish region with an estimated loss of more than 11 000 jobs;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the fact that in order to address the issue, the Flemish Government established a specific taskforce bringing together all relevant stakeholders, with the Commission's services associated in its work;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes that the social partners were not only consulted, but were also involved in a Monitoring Committee specifically set up for the EGF application;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that vocational training measures should aim to improve workers' employability and should be adapted to the actual labour market demands; notes at the same time that the training and re- training measures should recognise and also build upon the specific skills and competences that the affected workers have acquired in the automotive and its supplying industry;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that the automotive industry has been the subject of 17 decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF since the start of the Fund in 20071a; calls for an assessment of the effects of the EGF interventions specifically linked to the redundancies in the automotive sector on the basis of these applications and the ones expected until the end of the year; __________________ 1aSee EGF database, available at http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId= 582.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that the EGF Regulation requires Member States to ensure that there is no overlap between financial contributions laid down in national legislation for collective redundancies and in the EGF decision.