Activites

• 2010/04/08 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Budget 2010/200
  • OJ L 088 08.04.2010, p. 0013
• 2010/03/09 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T7-0044/2010 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 557 votes to 43 with 14 abstentions a resolution approving the attached proposal for a decision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).The Fund will be mobilised for a total amount of EUR 1 118 893 in commitment and payment appropriations to assist Lithuania in respect of redundancies in the construction sector.Parliament recalls that the European Union set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Given that Lithuania requested assistance from the EGF in respect of cases concerning redundancies in 128 enterprises operating in the construction sector and this application fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Parliament requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF for the requested amount.Parliament recalls the institutions' commitment to ensure a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one-off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation. It stresses that the European Union should use all its means to face the consequences of the global economic and financial crisis and that in this context, the EGF can play a crucial role in the reintegration of the workers made redundant into the labour market.In addition, Parliament recalls that:the EGF should support the reintegration of the individual redundant workers into employment and that assistance from the EGF shall not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors;in the context of mobilising the EGF, the Commission should not systematically transfer payment appropriations from the ESF, since the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines;the functioning and the added value of the EGF should be evaluated in the context of the general assessment of the programmes and other various instruments created by the IIA of 17 May 2006, within the process of the 2007-2013 multiannual financial framework mid-term review.Lastly, Parliament calls on the Commission to include, in proposals for the mobilisation of the EGF, as well as in its annual reports, precise information on the complementary funding received from the European Social Fund (ESF) and other Structural Funds.

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• 2010/03/08 Council Meeting
• 2010/02/25 Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
  • A7-0019/2010
• 2010/02/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/02/08 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/01/22 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2010)0009 summary

    PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in respect of redundancies in the construction sector in Lithuania.PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.CONTENT: Regulation EC N° 1927/2006 established the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market. This Regulation has been last amended by Regulation (EC) N° 546/2009 which temporarily broadens the scope for application of EGF and modifies the eligibility criteria. The amended Regulation is applicable for applications received from 1 May 2009. The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million. The Commission has carried out a thorough examination of the application submitted by Lithuania and it has made the following decision:Lithuania: Case EGF/2009/017 LT/Construction of buildings: Lithuania submitted the application to the Commission on 23 September 2009. It was based upon the specific intervention criteria Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 which requires at least 500 redundancies to occur within a nine-month period of reference in a NACE 2 division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS II level, and was submitted within the deadline of 10 weeks referred to inArticle 5 of that Regulation. The application concerns 1 612 redundancies in 128 enterprises in the construction sector. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: none.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: the total annual budget available for the EGF is EUR 500 million. An amount of EUR 7 119 592 has already been mobilised for prior applications in 2010 leaving an amount of EUR 492 880 408 available. On the basis of the application for support from the Fund submitted by Lithuania, the contribution from EGF to the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded is of EUR 1 118 893, representing 65% of the total cost.Considering the maximum possible amount of a contribution from the Fund, the Commission proposes to deploy the EGF for this amount, to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial framework. By presenting this proposal to deploy the Fund, the Commission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as required by Point 28 of the Inter-institutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, in view of securing the agreement of the two arms of the budgetary authority on the need to use the Fund and the amount required. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the Budgetary Authority that reaches agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform the other arm and the Commission of its intentions.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, LEWANDOWSKI Janusz

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2010)0009
• Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A7-0019/2010
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0044/2010
• : Budget 2010/200
• : OJ L 088 08.04.2010, p. 0013

History

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