10 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In compliance with the Communication on ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’, the scope of the EGF should be broadened to facilitate the adaptation of farmers to a new market sThe scope of the EGF should be broadened to include farmers and facilituation resulting from international trade agreements in the agricultural sector ande their adaptation to extreme market instability leading to a change or a significant adjustment in the agricultural activities of the affected farmers so as to assist them to become structurally more competitive or to facilitate their transition to non-agricultural activities.
Amendment 39 #
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 tdegree of price fluctuation in relation to averadge agreementprices.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Redundant workers 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,llow for extreme market instability should be regarded as redundant workers for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Regarding farmers, the scope of the EGF should include among the beneficiaries affected by bilateral agreements concluded by the Union in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT or multilateral agreements concluded within the World Trade Organisation. This covers farmers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities within a period starting upon initialling of such trade agreements and ending three years after their full implementation.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 — paragraph 2
Article 1 — paragraph 2
The aim of the EGF 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 agextreements affecting agriculture market instability, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into employment, or for changing or adjusting their agricultural activities.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 — paragraph 1 — point c
Article 2 — paragraph 1 — point c
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — introductory part
Article 4 — paragraph 1 — introductory part
1. A financial contribution from the EGF shall be provided where any of the conditions set out in points (a), (b) and (cb) of Article 2 occur and result in:
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 — paragraph 3
Article 4 — paragraph 3
3. As regards farmers, when, after a trade agreement is initialled and on the basis of the information, data and analyses available to in a situation of extreme market instability, the Commission considers that the conditions for support in accordance with Article 2(c) aconditions for support are considered likely to be met for a significant number of farmers, ithe Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 24 designating the eligible sectors or products, defining the affected geographical areas where appropriate, setting a maximum amount for potential support at Union level, setting reference periods and eligibility conditions for farmers and eligibility dates for expenditure as well as establishing the deadline by which applications must be submitted and, if necessary, the content of these applications in accordance with Article 8(2).
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 — paragraph 1 — point c
Article 6 — paragraph 1 — point c
(c) farmers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities following the initialling by the Unionwhere extreme market instability has led to a change ofr a trade agreementsignificant adjustment in the agricultural activities of the affected farmers as referred to in the delegated act takenadopted in accordance with Article 4(3).
Amendment 71 #
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, or 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 agreement initialled 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;