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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the textiles\nindustry in Spain.
\nCONTENT: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established by Council Regulation No\n1927/2006 to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006\non budgetary discipline allows\nfor the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of\nEUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the\nfinancial framework.
\nThe Commission services have carried out a thorough\nexamination of the application submitted by Spain to mobilise the\nEGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows:
\nSpain :\nEGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad Valenciana textiles: on 8 October\n2013, Spain submitted application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles)3 in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52) in Spain. The application was\nsupplemented by additional information up to 5 November\n2013.
\nIn order to establish the link between the\nredundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns\ndue to globalisation, Spain argues that since the closure of the\nWorld Trade Organization's (WTO) ten-year, transitional Agreement\non Textiles and Clothing (ATC) at the end of 2004, the European\nUnion market for textiles has been open to far more global\ncompetition, particularly from China and other Far Eastern\ncountries. Over the period 2004-2012, the EU trade balance in\ntextiles has deteriorated substantially. There was a 17 % increase\nin imports of textiles into EU over the period whilst the export of\ntextiles from the EU to the rest of the world decreased by 3 %. The\ntrade balance for textiles of the EU decreased from a surplus of\nEUR 1 107 million in 2004 to a deficit of EUR 3 067 million in\n2012.
\nSpain submitted this application under the\nintervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a\nnine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE\nRevision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS\nII level in a Member State.
\nThe application cites 560 redundancies in 198\nenterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 13\n(Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II region of Comunidad\nValenciana (ES52) during the nine-month reference period from 1\nNovember 2012 to 1 August 2013.
\nAfter a thorough examination of this application, the\nCommission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of\nRegulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution under this Regulation are met.
\nOn the basis of the Commission conclusions, the\nproposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of\npersonalised services is EUR 840 000.
\nFINANCIAL IMPLICATION: considering the maximum\npossible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under\nArticle 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope\nfor reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to\nmobilise the EGF for the total amount of EUR 840 000, to be\nallocated under heading 1a of the financial framework.
\nThe proposed amount of financial contribution will\nleave more than 25 % of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the\nEGF available for allocations during the last four months of the\nyear, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006.
\nBy presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the\nCommission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as\nrequired by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May\n2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount\nrequired. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft\nmobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform\nthe other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of\ndisagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority,\na formal trialogue meeting will be convened.
\nThe Commission presents separately a transfer request\nin order to enter in the 2014 budget specific commitment\nappropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional\nAgreement of 17 May 2006.
\nSource of payment appropriations: appropriations allocated to the EGF budget line in\nthe 2014 budget will be used to cover the amount of EUR 840 000\nneeded for the present application.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the report by\nFrédéric DAERDEN (S&D, BE) on the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nMembers recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Members requested the institutions involved to make the\nnecessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order to\naccelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the Commission\nthat the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF regulation\n(1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to a financial\ncontribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nMembers welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nTargeted measures:\nMembers noted that the coordinated package of personalised services\nto be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of 300\nredundant workers into employment such as profiling, occupational\nguidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated package provides\nfinancial incentives for job-search (lump sum of EUR 300), mobility\nallowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR 350) as well as\ncontribution for carers of dependent persons. The overall amount of\nfinancial incentives is relatively limited leaving the majority of\nthe contribution to be spent on training, counselling, job\nsearch assistance and support of entrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Members requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. They appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. They underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe report stressed that, in accordance with Article 6\nof the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF supports\nthe reintegration of individual redundant workers into stable\nemployment.
\nLastly, Members reiterated that:
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 597 votes to 70,\nwith 11 abstentions, a resolution approving the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nParliament recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Parliament requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the\nCommission that the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF\nregulation (1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to\na financial contribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nParliament welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nParliament also welcomed the fact that the social\npartners, including trade unions (UGT-PV, CCOO-PV), were consulted\nduring the preparation of EGF application and agreed on\ncontributing 10% of the total national co-funding of total costs of\nthe applied measures, and that a policy of equality of women and\nmen as well as the principle non-discrimination will be applied\nduring the various stages of the implementation of and in access to\nthe EGF.
\nTargeted measures:\nParliament noted that the coordinated package of personalised\nservices to be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of\n300 redundant workers into employment such as profiling,\noccupational guidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated\npackage provides financial incentives for job-search (lump sum of\nEUR 300), mobility allowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR\n350) as well as contribution for carers of dependent persons. The\noverall amount of financial incentives is relatively limited\nleaving the majority of the contribution to be spent on\ntraining, counselling, job search assistance and support of\nentrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Parliament requested the institutions involved to\nmake the necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in\norder to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. It appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. It underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe resolution stressed that, in accordance with\nArticle 6 of the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF\nsupports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into\nstable employment.
\nLastly, Parliament reiterated that:
\nPURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the textiles\nindustry in Spain.
\nCONTENT: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established by Council Regulation No\n1927/2006 to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006\non budgetary discipline allows\nfor the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of\nEUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the\nfinancial framework.
\nThe Commission services have carried out a thorough\nexamination of the application submitted by Spain to mobilise the\nEGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows:
\nSpain :\nEGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad Valenciana textiles: on 8 October\n2013, Spain submitted application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles)3 in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52) in Spain. The application was\nsupplemented by additional information up to 5 November\n2013.
\nIn order to establish the link between the\nredundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns\ndue to globalisation, Spain argues that since the closure of the\nWorld Trade Organization's (WTO) ten-year, transitional Agreement\non Textiles and Clothing (ATC) at the end of 2004, the European\nUnion market for textiles has been open to far more global\ncompetition, particularly from China and other Far Eastern\ncountries. Over the period 2004-2012, the EU trade balance in\ntextiles has deteriorated substantially. There was a 17 % increase\nin imports of textiles into EU over the period whilst the export of\ntextiles from the EU to the rest of the world decreased by 3 %. The\ntrade balance for textiles of the EU decreased from a surplus of\nEUR 1 107 million in 2004 to a deficit of EUR 3 067 million in\n2012.
\nSpain submitted this application under the\nintervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a\nnine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE\nRevision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS\nII level in a Member State.
\nThe application cites 560 redundancies in 198\nenterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 13\n(Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II region of Comunidad\nValenciana (ES52) during the nine-month reference period from 1\nNovember 2012 to 1 August 2013.
\nAfter a thorough examination of this application, the\nCommission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of\nRegulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution under this Regulation are met.
\nOn the basis of the Commission conclusions, the\nproposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of\npersonalised services is EUR 840 000.
\nFINANCIAL IMPLICATION: considering the maximum\npossible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under\nArticle 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope\nfor reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to\nmobilise the EGF for the total amount of EUR 840 000, to be\nallocated under heading 1a of the financial framework.
\nThe proposed amount of financial contribution will\nleave more than 25 % of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the\nEGF available for allocations during the last four months of the\nyear, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006.
\nBy presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the\nCommission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as\nrequired by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May\n2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount\nrequired. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft\nmobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform\nthe other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of\ndisagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority,\na formal trialogue meeting will be convened.
\nThe Commission presents separately a transfer request\nin order to enter in the 2014 budget specific commitment\nappropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional\nAgreement of 17 May 2006.
\nSource of payment appropriations: appropriations allocated to the EGF budget line in\nthe 2014 budget will be used to cover the amount of EUR 840 000\nneeded for the present application.
\nPURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the textiles\nindustry in Spain.
\nCONTENT: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established by Council Regulation No\n1927/2006 to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006\non budgetary discipline allows\nfor the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of\nEUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the\nfinancial framework.
\nThe Commission services have carried out a thorough\nexamination of the application submitted by Spain to mobilise the\nEGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows:
\nSpain :\nEGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad Valenciana textiles: on 8 October\n2013, Spain submitted application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles)3 in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52) in Spain. The application was\nsupplemented by additional information up to 5 November\n2013.
\nIn order to establish the link between the\nredundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns\ndue to globalisation, Spain argues that since the closure of the\nWorld Trade Organization's (WTO) ten-year, transitional Agreement\non Textiles and Clothing (ATC) at the end of 2004, the European\nUnion market for textiles has been open to far more global\ncompetition, particularly from China and other Far Eastern\ncountries. Over the period 2004-2012, the EU trade balance in\ntextiles has deteriorated substantially. There was a 17 % increase\nin imports of textiles into EU over the period whilst the export of\ntextiles from the EU to the rest of the world decreased by 3 %. The\ntrade balance for textiles of the EU decreased from a surplus of\nEUR 1 107 million in 2004 to a deficit of EUR 3 067 million in\n2012.
\nSpain submitted this application under the\nintervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a\nnine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE\nRevision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS\nII level in a Member State.
\nThe application cites 560 redundancies in 198\nenterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 13\n(Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II region of Comunidad\nValenciana (ES52) during the nine-month reference period from 1\nNovember 2012 to 1 August 2013.
\nAfter a thorough examination of this application, the\nCommission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of\nRegulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution under this Regulation are met.
\nOn the basis of the Commission conclusions, the\nproposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of\npersonalised services is EUR 840 000.
\nFINANCIAL IMPLICATION: considering the maximum\npossible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under\nArticle 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope\nfor reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to\nmobilise the EGF for the total amount of EUR 840 000, to be\nallocated under heading 1a of the financial framework.
\nThe proposed amount of financial contribution will\nleave more than 25 % of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the\nEGF available for allocations during the last four months of the\nyear, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006.
\nBy presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the\nCommission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as\nrequired by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May\n2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount\nrequired. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft\nmobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform\nthe other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of\ndisagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority,\na formal trialogue meeting will be convened.
\nThe Commission presents separately a transfer request\nin order to enter in the 2014 budget specific commitment\nappropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional\nAgreement of 17 May 2006.
\nSource of payment appropriations: appropriations allocated to the EGF budget line in\nthe 2014 budget will be used to cover the amount of EUR 840 000\nneeded for the present application.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 597 votes to 70,\nwith 11 abstentions, a resolution approving the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nParliament recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Parliament requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the\nCommission that the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF\nregulation (1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to\na financial contribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nParliament welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nParliament also welcomed the fact that the social\npartners, including trade unions (UGT-PV, CCOO-PV), were consulted\nduring the preparation of EGF application and agreed on\ncontributing 10% of the total national co-funding of total costs of\nthe applied measures, and that a policy of equality of women and\nmen as well as the principle non-discrimination will be applied\nduring the various stages of the implementation of and in access to\nthe EGF.
\nTargeted measures:\nParliament noted that the coordinated package of personalised\nservices to be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of\n300 redundant workers into employment such as profiling,\noccupational guidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated\npackage provides financial incentives for job-search (lump sum of\nEUR 300), mobility allowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR\n350) as well as contribution for carers of dependent persons. The\noverall amount of financial incentives is relatively limited\nleaving the majority of the contribution to be spent on\ntraining, counselling, job search assistance and support of\nentrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Parliament requested the institutions involved to\nmake the necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in\norder to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. It appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. It underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe resolution stressed that, in accordance with\nArticle 6 of the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF\nsupports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into\nstable employment.
\nLastly, Parliament reiterated that:
\nPURPOSE: mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Spain in respect of redundancies in\nthe textiles industry.
\nNON-LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 2014/167/EU of the\nEuropean Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the\nEuropean Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 13\nof the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the\nEuropean Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary\ndiscipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound\nfinancial management (application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles from Spain)
\nCONTENT: with this Decision,\nParliament and Council decided to mobilise the European\nGlobalisation Adjustment Fund in the sum of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations in the context of the 2014\nbudget.
\nThis amount is intended to assist Spain following\nredundancies in in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52).
\nAcknowledging that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006 have been met by Spain, Parliament and\nCouncil decided to respond by granting the sum applied\nfor.
\nTo recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nRegulation (EU, Euratom) No\n1311/2013, which lays down the multiannual\nfinancial framework for the years 2014-2020, allows the\nmobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 150\nmillion.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 597 votes to 70,\nwith 11 abstentions, a resolution approving the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nParliament recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Parliament requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the\nCommission that the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF\nregulation (1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to\na financial contribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nParliament welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nParliament also welcomed the fact that the social\npartners, including trade unions (UGT-PV, CCOO-PV), were consulted\nduring the preparation of EGF application and agreed on\ncontributing 10% of the total national co-funding of total costs of\nthe applied measures, and that a policy of equality of women and\nmen as well as the principle non-discrimination will be applied\nduring the various stages of the implementation of and in access to\nthe EGF.
\nTargeted measures:\nParliament noted that the coordinated package of personalised\nservices to be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of\n300 redundant workers into employment such as profiling,\noccupational guidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated\npackage provides financial incentives for job-search (lump sum of\nEUR 300), mobility allowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR\n350) as well as contribution for carers of dependent persons. The\noverall amount of financial incentives is relatively limited\nleaving the majority of the contribution to be spent on\ntraining, counselling, job search assistance and support of\nentrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Parliament requested the institutions involved to\nmake the necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in\norder to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. It appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. It underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe resolution stressed that, in accordance with\nArticle 6 of the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF\nsupports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into\nstable employment.
\nLastly, Parliament reiterated that:
\nPURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the textiles\nindustry in Spain.
\nCONTENT: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established by Council Regulation No\n1927/2006 to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006\non budgetary discipline allows\nfor the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of\nEUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the\nfinancial framework.
\nThe Commission services have carried out a thorough\nexamination of the application submitted by Spain to mobilise the\nEGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows:
\nSpain :\nEGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad Valenciana textiles: on 8 October\n2013, Spain submitted application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles)3 in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52) in Spain. The application was\nsupplemented by additional information up to 5 November\n2013.
\nIn order to establish the link between the\nredundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns\ndue to globalisation, Spain argues that since the closure of the\nWorld Trade Organization's (WTO) ten-year, transitional Agreement\non Textiles and Clothing (ATC) at the end of 2004, the European\nUnion market for textiles has been open to far more global\ncompetition, particularly from China and other Far Eastern\ncountries. Over the period 2004-2012, the EU trade balance in\ntextiles has deteriorated substantially. There was a 17 % increase\nin imports of textiles into EU over the period whilst the export of\ntextiles from the EU to the rest of the world decreased by 3 %. The\ntrade balance for textiles of the EU decreased from a surplus of\nEUR 1 107 million in 2004 to a deficit of EUR 3 067 million in\n2012.
\nSpain submitted this application under the\nintervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a\nnine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE\nRevision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS\nII level in a Member State.
\nThe application cites 560 redundancies in 198\nenterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 13\n(Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II region of Comunidad\nValenciana (ES52) during the nine-month reference period from 1\nNovember 2012 to 1 August 2013.
\nAfter a thorough examination of this application, the\nCommission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of\nRegulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution under this Regulation are met.
\nOn the basis of the Commission conclusions, the\nproposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of\npersonalised services is EUR 840 000.
\nFINANCIAL IMPLICATION: considering the maximum\npossible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under\nArticle 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope\nfor reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to\nmobilise the EGF for the total amount of EUR 840 000, to be\nallocated under heading 1a of the financial framework.
\nThe proposed amount of financial contribution will\nleave more than 25 % of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the\nEGF available for allocations during the last four months of the\nyear, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006.
\nBy presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the\nCommission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as\nrequired by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May\n2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount\nrequired. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the\nbudgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft\nmobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform\nthe other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of\ndisagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority,\na formal trialogue meeting will be convened.
\nThe Commission presents separately a transfer request\nin order to enter in the 2014 budget specific commitment\nappropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional\nAgreement of 17 May 2006.
\nSource of payment appropriations: appropriations allocated to the EGF budget line in\nthe 2014 budget will be used to cover the amount of EUR 840 000\nneeded for the present application.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the report by\nFrédéric DAERDEN (S&D, BE) on the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nMembers recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Members requested the institutions involved to make the\nnecessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order to\naccelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the Commission\nthat the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF regulation\n(1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to a financial\ncontribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nMembers welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nTargeted measures:\nMembers noted that the coordinated package of personalised services\nto be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of 300\nredundant workers into employment such as profiling, occupational\nguidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated package provides\nfinancial incentives for job-search (lump sum of EUR 300), mobility\nallowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR 350) as well as\ncontribution for carers of dependent persons. The overall amount of\nfinancial incentives is relatively limited leaving the majority of\nthe contribution to be spent on training, counselling, job\nsearch assistance and support of entrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Members requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. They appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. They underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe report stressed that, in accordance with Article 6\nof the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF supports\nthe reintegration of individual redundant workers into stable\nemployment.
\nLastly, Members reiterated that:
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 597 votes to 70,\nwith 11 abstentions, a resolution approving the proposal for a\ndecision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) for an amount of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations to assist Spain in respect of\nredundancies in the textiles industry.
\nParliament recalled that the European Union set up\nlegislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support\nto workers who are suffering from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their\nreintegration into the labour market. Given that Spain submitted\nthe application for a financial contribution from the EGF,\nfollowing 560 redundancies in 198 enterprises operating in\nComunidad Valenciana with 300 workers targeted for EFG co-funded\nmeasures, Parliament requested the institutions involved to make\nthe necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in order\nto accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF agreeing with the\nCommission that the conditions set out in Article 2 (b) of the EGF\nregulation (1927/2006) are met. Therefore, Spain is entitled to\na financial contribution under this regulation.
\nMembers noted that Comunidad Valenciana has been\nseverely affected by globalisation with unemployment reaching\n29.19% in the first quarter of 2013. They welcomed the fact that\nthe region avails itself yet again of EGF aid to alleviate high\nunemployment by addressing for the second time lay-offs in textile\nsector.
\nThey noted that to date, the manufacture of textiles\nsector has been the subject of 11 EGF applications, all of them\nbased on trade related globalisation while Comunidad Valenciana\nregion submitted already six EGF applications.
\nParliament welcomed the fact that, in order to provide\nworkers with speedy assistance, the Spanish authorities decided to\ninitiate the implementation of the personalised services to the\naffected workers on 1 January 2014, well ahead of the final\ndecision on granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated\npackage.
\nParliament also welcomed the fact that the social\npartners, including trade unions (UGT-PV, CCOO-PV), were consulted\nduring the preparation of EGF application and agreed on\ncontributing 10% of the total national co-funding of total costs of\nthe applied measures, and that a policy of equality of women and\nmen as well as the principle non-discrimination will be applied\nduring the various stages of the implementation of and in access to\nthe EGF.
\nTargeted measures:\nParliament noted that the coordinated package of personalised\nservices to be co-funded includes measures for the reintegration of\n300 redundant workers into employment such as profiling,\noccupational guidance, counselling, trainings. The coordinated\npackage provides financial incentives for job-search (lump sum of\nEUR 300), mobility allowance, outplacement incentive (up to EUR\n350) as well as contribution for carers of dependent persons. The\noverall amount of financial incentives is relatively limited\nleaving the majority of the contribution to be spent on\ntraining, counselling, job search assistance and support of\nentrepreneurship.
\nImproving the future EGF: Parliament requested the institutions involved to\nmake the necessary efforts to improve procedural arrangements in\norder to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF. It appreciated the\nimproved procedure put in place by the Commission, following\nParliament's request for the accelerated release of grants, aimed\nat presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's\nassessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with\nthe proposal to mobilise the EGF. It underlined that further\nimprovements in the procedure have been integrated in the new\nRegulation on European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)\nand welcomed the agreement reached between the European\nParliament and the Council regarding the new EGF Regulation, for\nthe period 2014-2020, to reintroduce the crisis mobilisation\ncriterion, to increase Union financial contribution to 60% of the\ntotal estimated cost of proposed measures, to increase\nefficiency for the treatment of EGF applications in the Commission\nand by the European Parliament and the Council by shortening time\nfor assessment and approval, to widen eligible actions and\nbeneficiaries by introducing self-employed persons and young people\nand to finance incentives for setting up own businesses.
\nThe resolution stressed that, in accordance with\nArticle 6 of the EGF Regulation, it shall be ensured that the EGF\nsupports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into\nstable employment.
\nLastly, Parliament reiterated that:
\nPURPOSE: mobilisation of the European Globalisation\nAdjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Spain in respect of redundancies in\nthe textiles industry.
\nNON-LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 2014/167/EU of the\nEuropean Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the\nEuropean Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 13\nof the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the\nEuropean Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary\ndiscipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound\nfinancial management (application EGF/2013/008 ES/Comunidad\nValenciana textiles from Spain)
\nCONTENT: with this Decision,\nParliament and Council decided to mobilise the European\nGlobalisation Adjustment Fund in the sum of EUR 840 000 in\ncommitment and payment appropriations in the context of the 2014\nbudget.
\nThis amount is intended to assist Spain following\nredundancies in in 198 enterprises operating in the NACE\nRevision 2 Division 13 (Manufacture of textiles) in the NUTS II\nregion of Comunidad Valenciana (ES52).
\nAcknowledging that the conditions for a financial\ncontribution Regulation (EC) No\n1927/2006 have been met by Spain, Parliament and\nCouncil decided to respond by granting the sum applied\nfor.
\nTo recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund\n(EGF) was established to provide additional support to\nredundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major\nstructural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with\ntheir reintegration into the labour market.
\nRegulation (EU, Euratom) No\n1311/2013, which lays down the multiannual\nfinancial framework for the years 2014-2020, allows the\nmobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 150\nmillion.
\n