30 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2011/0269(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Budgets calls on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 35 #
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 agreementits funds shall be contained in a dedicated budget line within the European Budget for Structural funds and notably the European Social Fund (ESF); an application for support could be triggered when the number of redundancies reaches a minimum threshold.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) FThe temporary and one-off financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market measures aimed at reintegrating redundant workers rapidly into permanent 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.
Amendment 52 #
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 permanent employment or new activities of at least 50 % of the targeted workers within 12 months of the date of application.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In compliance with the principle of sound financial management, financial contributions from the EGF should not replace or duplicate support measures which are available for redundant workers within the Union's Structural Funds or other Union policies or programmes. The EGF can only provide limited, one-off support, whereas other Union policies and programmes can provide long-term support.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Special provisions should be included forThe information and communication activities on EGF cases and outcomes. In addition, to bring about greater efficiency in communication to the public at large and stronger synergies between the communication activities undertaken at the initiative of the Commission, the resources allocated to communication actions under this Regulation should also contribute to covering the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union provided that these are related to the general objectives of this Regulation of the support need to be published in a timely fashion in order to better assess the impact of the EGF.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) In order to enable political scrutiny by the European Parliament and continuous monitoring by the Commission of results obtained with EGF assistance, Member States should submit interim and final reports on the implementation of the EGF in a timely fashion.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at the Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives, and should therefore be included under the appropriate budget line,
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) as part of the package on Structural Funds for the period of the Multiannual Financial Framework from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
Amendment 70 #
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 agreements affecting agriculture, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into stable employment, or for changing or adjusting their agricultural activities.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Where owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and self- employed workers change or, in the case of farmers, adjust their previous activities, such situations shall be considered as redundancies for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A financial contribution may be made for active labour market measures that form part of a coordinated package of personalised services, designed to facilitate the re-integration of the targeted redundant workers into employment or self- employment or, in the case of farmers, to change or adjust their previous activities. The coordinated package of personalised services may include in particular:
Amendment 101 #
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 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The financial contribution shall be limited to what is necessary to provide solidarity and temporary, one-off support for individual redundant workers. The activities supported by the EGF shall comply with Union and national law, including state aid rules.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The applicant Member State shall ensure that the specific actions receiving a financial contribution shall not also receive assistance from other Union financial instruments, thereby avoiding undermining longer-term programmes such as structural funds and notably the European Social Fund (ESF).
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of the Commission, subject to a ceiling of 0,51 % of the annual maximum amount of the EGF, the EGF may be used to finance the preparation, monitoring, data gathering and creation of a knowledge base relevant to the implementation of the EGF. It may alsonot 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, which shall be undertaken by the appropriate services within the Commission dealing with the administration of structural funds and/or the European Social Fund (ESF).
Amendment 121 #
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 in a timely fashion. 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 visible, thereby showing the EU added value and aiding the data gathering efforts of the Commission in order to enhance budgetary transparency.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall set up an Internet siteupdate the dedicated Internet site in a user friendly manner, available in all Union languages, to provide up to date information on the EGFand implementation data on the EGF since its inception, guidance on the submission of applications, and information on accepted and rejected applications, highlighting the role of the budgetary authority.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Article 14
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 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The appropriations concerning the EGF shall be entered in the general budget of the European Union as a provision.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
At the same time as it presents the proposal for a Decision to deploy the EGF, the Commission shall present to the two arms of the budgetary authority a proposal for a transfer to the relevant budgetary lines. These transfers shall be carried out in accordance the budgetary priorities, both annual and long-term. In case of disagreement a trialogue procedure shall be initiated.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The Member State shall carry out the eligible actions set out in Article 6 as soon as possible, but not later than 2418 months after the date of the application, pursuant to Article 8(1).
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
No later than 152 months after the date of the application pursuant to Article 8(1) or by the date laid down in the delegated act taken in accordance with Article 4(3) the Member State shall present an interim report to the Commission on the implementation of the financial contribution, including on the funding, timing and type of actions already carried out and on the rate of reintegration into employment or new activities achieved 12 months after the date of the application.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. No later than sixthree months after the expiry of the period specified in Article 16(4) the Member State shall present a final report to the Commission on the implementation of the financial contribution, including information on the type of actions and main outcomes, the characteristics of the targeted workers and their employment status, together with a statement justifying the expenditure and indicating whenever possible the complementarity of actions with those funded by the ESF.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. No later than sixthree months after the Commission has received all the information required under paragraph 2, it shall wind up the financial contribution by determining the final amount of the financial contribution and, if any, the balance due by the Member State in accordance with Article 22.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 August of every second year, and for the first time in 2015, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a quantitative and qualitative report on the activities under this Regulation and Regulation 1927/2006 in the previous two years and compare to data from the fund's inception. The report shall focus mainly on the results achieved by the EGF and shall in particular contain information relating to applications submitted, decisions adopted, actions funded, including their complementarity with actions funded by other Union Funds, notably the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), and the winding-up of financial contributions made. It should also document those applications that have been rejected or reduced owing to a lack of sufficient appropriations or to non- eligibility.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 30 June 20187, a mid-term evaluation of the effectiveness and sustainability of the results obtained;
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 20221, an ex-post evaluation with the assistance of external experts, to measure the impact of the EGF and its added value.