Activities of Marije CORNELISSEN related to 2011/0269(COD)
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European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 2014-2020 (debate)
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014 - 2020) PDF (846 KB) DOC (1 MB)
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OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)
Amendments (61)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In 2010 the Commission adopted a strategy for promoting equality between women and men in Europe aiming, in particular, to make better use of women's potential, thereby contributing to the Union's overall economic and social goals; a strong commitment to gender mainstreaming is one of the most effective means to support the promotion of gender equality at all levels;
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The detrimental effect of job losses is exacerbated for certain groups who find reintegration into the labour market more difficult, particularly for low-skilled or unskilled female workers, single mothers and women with caring responsibilities; the financial and economic crisis and its impact on reduced public sector funding in turn has led to the further loss of jobs and insecurity for millions of women, notably those on temporary or part-time contracts and engaged in seasonal work; equal access to EGF therefore applies for all employment contracts,
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) special time-limited measures, such as job-search allowances, employers' recruitment incentives, mobility allowances, subsistence or training allowances (including allowances for carershild care and care for other dependents, or farm relief services), all of which limited to the duration of the documented active job search or life-long learning or training activities;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the identification, where applicable, of the dismissing enterprises, suppliers or downstream producers, sectors, and the categories of targeted workers using gender segregated data;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European GlobalisationSustainability Adjustment Fund (2014 - 2020) (This amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established by Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for the duration of the Financial Framework from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 to enable the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to provide support for their rapid reintegration into employment. This initial objective of the EGF remains valid.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ‘A budget for Europe 2020’ recognises the role of the EGF as a flexible fund to support workers who lose their jobs and help them to find another job as rapidly as possible. The Union should continue to provide, for the duration of the Multiannual Financial Framework from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, specific, one-off support to facilitate the re- integration into employment of redundant workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering the shock of serious economic disruption. Given its purpose, which is to provide support in situations of urgency and unexpected circumstances, the EGF should remain outside the Multiannual Financial Framework.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The scope of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 was broadened in 2009 by Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as part of the European Economic Recovery plan to include workers made redundant as a result of the global financial and economic crisis. In order to enable the EGF to intervene in future crisis situations, its scope should cover redundancies resulting from a serious economic disruption when caused by an unexpected crisis comparable to the financial and economic crisis that hit the economy from 2008 onwards.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to maintain the European nature of the EGF, an application for support should be triggered when the number of redundancies reaches a minimum threshold. In small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, and in exceptional circumstances, applications may be submitted for a lower number of redundancies. As regards farmers, the necessary criteria should be determined by the Commission in relation to the consequences of each trade agreement.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Redundant workers, regardless of their formal status, should have equal access to the EGF independently of their type of employment contract or employment relationship. Therefore, workers with fixed term contracts and temporary agency workers made redundant as well as owner- managers of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises and self- employed workers who cease their activities and farmers who change or adjust their activities to a new market situation following trade agreements, should be regarded as redundant workers for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Financial contributions from the EGSAF should be primarily directed at active labour market measures aimed at reintegrating redundant workers rapidly into quality and sustainable employment, either within or outside their initial sector of activity, including the agricultural sector. The inclusion of pecuniary allowances in a coordinated package of personalised services should therefore be restricted. limited. The financial contributions should be in addition and not in replacement to any financial obligations that are the responsibility of Member States or companies by virtue of national or community law or collective agreements. Companies or sectors should contribute to the national cofounding of the measures unless they are unable to do so.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) When drawing up the coordinated package of active labour market policy measures, Member States should favour measures that will significantly contribute to the employability of the redundant workers. Member States should strive towards the reintegration into quality and sustainable employment or new activities of at least 50 % of the targeted workers within 12 months of the date of applicationll targeted workers within 12 months of the date of application in line with the Union's Employment Strategy. The design of the coordinated package of personalised services shall take into account the underlying reasons for the redundancies and anticipate to future labour market perspectives and required skills. The coordinated package shall be fully compatible with the shift towards a climate-friendly, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to support redundant workers effectively and rapidly, Member States should do their utmost to submit complete applications and the European Institutions should do their utmost to assess them rapidly. The provision of supplementary information should be exceptional and limited in time.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To facilitate the implementation of this Regulation, expenditure should be eligible either from the date on which a Member State incurs administrative expenditure for implementing the EGF or from the date on which a Member State starts to provide personalised services or, in the case of farmers, from the date set in a Commission act in accordance with Article 4(3).
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) The mid-term evaluation of the effectiveness and sustainability of the results obtained should include the assessment of the incorporation of this instrument into the European Social Fund as a rapid intervention axis, with special regard to its budgetary and management implications, in order to increase coherence and complementarity, to shorten the decision-making process and to simplify and streamline the ESAF applications as the ESAF could benefit from ESF structures, procedures, management and control systems as well as ESF simplifications in areas such as eligible costs
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 b (new)
Recital 19 b (new)
(19b) The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) based in EU Agency Eurofound in Dublin, assists the European Commission and the member State concerned with qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Regulation establishes the European Sustainability Adjustment Fund (ESAF) as integral element of the European Social Fund with the aim of providing a rapid intervention tool for the period of the Multiannual Financial Framework from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 and the period of the Structural Funds.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The aim of the EGSAF shall be to contribute to economic growth and employment in the Union by enabling the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, trade agreements affecting agriculture, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into employment, or for changing or adjusting their agricultural activitiessmart, sustainable and inclusive growth, social cohesion, employment in the Union and the facilitation of a smooth transition towards a sustainable economy by enabling the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into quality and sustainable employment to social cohesion.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Actions benefiting from financial contributions by the Fund pursuant to Article 2(a) and (b) shall aim to ensure that a minimum of 50 % ofll workers participating in these actions find stable, quality and sustainable employment within a year from the date of application.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, demonstrated, in particular, by a substantial increase in imports into the Union, a rapid decline of the Union market share in a given sector or a delocalisation of activities to non-member countries, where these redundancies have a significant adverse impact on the local, regional or national economy;
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘'a worker’ means workers with' is defined as a person having a contracts ofr employment of indefinite duration whose employment contract or relationship is in accordance with Article 4; or relationship defined by the law in force in a Member State and/or governed by the law in force in a Member State or in a de facto employment relationship regardless of the contractual situation. This includes fixed-term workers and temporary agency workers.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘a worker’ means owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self-employed workers (including farmers) and all members of the household active in the business, provided that, if farmers, they were already producing the output affected by the relevant trade agreement before the measures concerning the specific sector were implemented.;
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) at least 500 workers being made redundant over a period of nine months, particularly in small or medium-sized enterprises, operating in one economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division level andsector located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS II level, or in more than two contiguous regions defined at NUTS II level provided that more than 500 workers are made redundant in two of the regions combined.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) For owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers (including farmers), the redundancy shall be counted either from the date of cessation of the activities caused by any of the conditions set out in Article 2, and determined in accordance with national law or administrative provisions, or from the date specified by the Commission in the delegated act adopted in accordance with the Article 4(3).
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) special time-limited measures, such as job-search allowances, employers' recruitment incentives, mobility allowances, subsistence or training allowances (including allowances for carers or farm relief services), all of which limited to the duration of the documented active job search or life-long learning or training activities;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) measures to stimulate in particular disadvantaged or older workers to remain in or return to the labour market, including measures to improve the working conditions or adapt the work place of the concerned workers.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
The cost of investments in physical assets for self-employment and business start-up or for changing or adjusting activity may not exceed EUR 325 000.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The design of the coordinated package of personalised services shall take into account the underlying reasons for the redundancies and anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills. The coordinated package shall be fully compatible with the shift towards a climate-friendly, climate-resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy;
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) actions which are the responsibility of enterprises or Member States by virtue of national, Union law or collective agreements or which would be replacing such responsibilities.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State shall submit a complete application to the Commission within a period of 126 weeks from the date on which the criteria set in Article 4(1) or (2) are met or, where applicable, before the deadline set by the Commission in accordance with Article 4(3). In exceptional and duly justified circumstances the application may be supplemented with additional information by the applicant Member State within six months from the date of application, following which the Commission shall assess the application on the basis of the available information. The Commission shall complete its assessment of the application within twelve weeks of the date of receipt of a complete application or (in the case of an incomplete application) six months after the date of the initial application, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a reasoned analysis of the link between the redundancies and the major structural changes in world trade patterns, or the serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crisis,ay-offs. This analysis shall be based on statistical and other information at the most appropriate level to demonstrate the fulfilment orf the new market situation in the agricultural sector in the Member State and resulting from the effects of a trade agreement initialled by the European Union in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT or a multilateral agreemeintervention criteria set out in Article 4. In case of a company continuing its activities after lay offs it shall cont ainitialled within the World Trade Organisation as per Article 2(c). This analysis shall be based on statistical and other information at the most appropriate level to demonstrate the fulfilment of the intervention criteria set out in Article 4; a detailed explanation of legal social obligations by virtue of Union law national, law or collective agreements and measures taken by the company to provide support for redundant workers.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Detailed information explaining the fulfilment of the conditions set in article 7 paragraph (1 a new)
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the identification, where applicable, of the dismissing enterprises, suppliers or downstream producers, sectors, and the categories of targeted workers; broken down by gender and age groups
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) a statement of compliance of the requested EGSAF support with the procedural and material Union rules on state aid as well as a statement thatwhy the personalised services do not replace measures that are the responsibility of companies or Member States by virtue of national or Union law or collective agreements;
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. In accordance with their respective responsibilities, the Commission and the applicant Member State shall ensure the coordination of the assistance from Union Funds. The Commission and the applicant Member State shall keep the actors involved in the application informed of the ongoing assessment of the application throughout the application process.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The applicant Member State shall ensure that ESF programmes and funding are available to ensure the continuity of the EGF measures.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of the Commission, subject to a ceiling of 0,5% of the annual maximum amount of the EGSAF, the EGSAF may be used to finance the preparation, monitoring, data gathering and creation of a knowledge base relevant to the implementation of the EGFSAF, as well as the dissemination of best practices between Member States. It may also be used to finance administrative and technical support, information and communication activities, as well as audit, control and evaluation activities necessary to implement this Regulation.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission's technical assistance shall include the provision of information and guidance to the Member States for using, monitoring and evaluating the EGSAF. The Commission mayshall also provide detailed and timely information on using the EGSAF to the European and national social partners.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Information, and communication and publicity
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The applicant Member State shall provide information on and publicise the funded actions. The information shall be addressed to the targeted workers, local and regional authorities, social partners, the media and the general public. It shall highlight the role of the Union and ensure that the contribution from the EGF is visibleThe applicant Member State shall share best practices with different stakeholders.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall implement information and communication activities on EGSAF cases and outcomes [A1] based on objective and independent evaluations with the purpose of improving the effectiveness of the ESAF.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation shall also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union provided thatincluding the EU 2020 strategy and its headline targets as these are related to the general objectives of this Regulation.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8(3), particularly taking into account the number of targeted workers, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, evaluate and propose as quickly as possible the amount of a financial contribution, if any, that may be made within the limits of the resources available. The amount may not exceed 50 % of the total of the estimated costs referred to in Article 8(2)(e) or 65 % of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State on the territory of which at least one region at NUTS II level is eligible under the ‘Convergence’ objective of the Structural Funds. The Commission, in its assessment of such cases, will decide whether the 65 % co-funding rate is justified.:
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) 50% of the total of the estimated costs referred to in Article 8(2)(e) or
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) 65% of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State on the territory of which at least one region at NUTS II level belongs to the category of "Less developed regions" as laid down in Regulation XX/XXX or
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
(c) 75% of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State receiving financial assistance under one of the conditions as laid down in Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as 1 or from the European Financial Stability Facility;
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
(d) 35% of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State on the territory of which no region at NUTS II level belongs to the category of 'Less developed regions' as laid down in Regulation XX/XXXX and whose unemployment rate is at least 3% below the EU average unemployment of the most recently published Eurostat figures.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a National co-funding The companies and or sectors involved in the application shall contribute at least 50% of the total national co-funding. The applicant Member State shall assess whether a lower percentage of cofunding by companies or sectors is justified on the basis of the financial position of the company or sector involved in the application.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Expenditure shall be eligible for a financial contribution from the dates set out in Article 8(2)(h) on which the Member State starts the personalised services to the targeted workers or the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF in accordance with Article 7(1) and (3) respectively. In the case of farmers, expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution from the date set in the delegated act taken in accordance with Article 4(3).
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) a description of the actions taken and planned by the national, regional or local authorities, Union Funds, social partners and enterprises, including an estimate of how these contribute to the reintegration of the workers into employment or new activities. It shall explicitly compare the results of re-integration measures financed by the ESAF with results of re- integration measures without ESAF support.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 30 June 2018, a mid-term evaluation of the effectiveness and sustainability of the results obtained; This evaluation should include the assessment of the incorporation of this instrument into the European Social Fund as a rapid intervention axis with special emphasis on its budgetary and management implications in order to increase coherence and complementarity, to shorten the decision-making process and to simplify and streamline the ESAF applications as the ESAF could benefit from ESF structures, procedures, management and control systems as well as ESF simplifications in areas such as eligible costs.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
Article 24