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Lead | BUDG | KYRTSOS Georgios (EPP) | JÄÄTTEENMÄKI Anneli (ALDE), NÍ RIADA Liadh (GUE/NGL), ZANNI Marco (EFD) |
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Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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2014/06/24
Non-legislative basic document published
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COM(2014)0376
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Greece following redundancies in the food industry. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) within the annual ceiling of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. The rules applicable to financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. In this context, the Commission examined the request for mobilisation of the EGF with a view to assisting Greece and stated that: Greece: EGF/2014/001 EL/Nutriart: the Greek authorities submitted application EGF/2014/001 EL/Nutriart on 5 February 2014, within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria set out in Regulation were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should complete its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 25 June 2014. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and cessations of activity and the global financial and economic crisis addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, Greece argues that the Greek economy is for the sixth consecutive year (2008-2013) in deep recession. According to ELSTAT, the Greek Statistical Authority, since 2008 the Greek GDP has decreased by 25%, public consumption by 21% and private consumption by 32.3% whilst unemployment increased by 20.6%. Moreover, the decline in GDP has widened the gap between the Greek per capita GDP and the per capita GDP of the EU, cancelling the progress towards economic convergence made by Greece in the 1995-2007 period. Background to request from Greece: the Greek authorities submitted the application under the intervention criterion of Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant or self-employed persons' activity ceasing, over a reference period of four months, in an enterprise in a Member State, including workers made redundant or self-employed persons' activity ceasing in its suppliers and downstream producers. The reference period of four months is from 16 July 2013 to 16 November 2013. The application relates to 508 workers made redundant in Nutriart S.A. ('the primary enterprise') and 25 providers and downstream producers: AR.ZIGAS & SIA and 24 self-employed people whose activity ceased and was dependent on the primary enterprise. The primary enterprise operated in the economic sector classified under NACE Rev. 24 division 10 'Manufacture of food products'. The enterprises concerned are located in the NUTS5 level 2 regions of Central Macedonia (EL12) and Attica (EL30). On the basis of the application from Greece, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of personalised services is EUR 6 096 000. BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) of the EGF Regulation, and having taken into account the number of targeted beneficiaries, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 6 096 000, representing 60 % of the total costs of the proposed actions, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application. The proposed decision to mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council, as laid down in point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management. At the same time as it presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will present to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer to the relevant budgetary line for the amount of EUR 6 096 000. It will also adopt a decision on a financial contribution, by means of an implementing act, which will enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and the Council adopt the proposed decision to mobilise the EGF.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, LEWANDOWSKI Janusz
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COM(2014)0376
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Documents
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2014)0376
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2014/2042(BUD)
2014/09/04
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15 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas this application is based on Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulationand targets to support 508 workers made redundant in the primary enterprise Nutriart S.A., in the downstream producer AR.ZIGAS & SIA and further 24 self- employed whose activity was dependent on the primary enterprise and ceased within the reference period between 16 July 2013 and 16 November 2013;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the importance of the financial intervention as the redundancies further aggravate the unemployment situation in the affected regions;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the fact that the Greek authorities began providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries as of 30 April 2014; reminds that the new EGF Regulation provides for reducing the processing time and simplification of procedures to ensure the rapid decision-making on the mobilisation of the EGF;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that the maximum eligible amount of EUR 15 000 will be granted to 150 selected workers and NEETs as a contribution to setting up their own businesses; underlines that the aim of this measure is to promote entrepreneurship by providing funding, which should result in the creation of further workplaces in the medium term;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes the idea of the development of an incubator for innovative new businesses;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes the total estimated costs of EUR 100 000 on information and publicity actions which should be well targeted to result in a better awareness about the EGF contribution and more visibility of the role of the Union in it;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls that in line with Article 7 of the EGF Regulation, the design of the coordinated package of personalised services should anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills and should be compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas according to Article 6(2) of the EGF Regulation, Greece has decided to provide personalised services co- financed by the EGF also to 505 young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) under the age of 30;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the Greek authorities argue that events giving rise to the redundancies were the decrease of available household income, which resulted in a drastic decrease in household consumption particularly of products other than basic staples, the delayed payments by most clients of the company and the drastic reduction of loans due to the lack of cash in the Greek banks;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas 66,34 % of the workers targeted by the measures are men and 33,66 % are women; whereas the vast majority (86,42 %) of the workers are between 30 and 54 years old; whereas 8,07 % of the workers are between 55 and 64 years old;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the redundancies occurred in Attica and Central Macedonia regions, where the unemployment rate was 28,2 % and 30,3 % respectively and both regions are characterised by a lack of job offers and long-term unemployment;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Agrees with the Commission that the intervention criteria set out in Article 4(1)(a) and the conditions set out in Article 13(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 are met and that, therefore, Greece is entitled to a financial contribution under this Regulation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that this is the first application which was submitted and assessed under the scope of the EGF Regulation for the multiannual financial period 2014-2020;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the Greek authorities submitted the application for EGF financial contribution on 5 February 2014 and supplemented it by additional information until 2 April 2014;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes the fact that the Greek authorities decided to make use of the new provisions of the Regulation and will provide personalised services co-financed by the EGF to up to 505 NEETs; expresses its concerns about the uncertainty of the method to be applied by the Greek authorities to identify the targeted NEETs; calls on the Greek authorities to bear in mind the social criteria and to ensure that the selection of the recipients of EGF support fully respects the principles of non- discrimination and equal opportunities;
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Greece following redundancies in the food industry. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) within the annual ceiling of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. The rules applicable to financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. In this context, the Commission examined the request for mobilisation of the EGF with a view to assisting Greece and stated that: Greece: EGF/2014/001 EL/Nutriart: the Greek authorities submitted application EGF/2014/001 EL/Nutriart on 5 February 2014, within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria set out in Regulation were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should complete its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 25 June 2014. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and cessations of activity and the global financial and economic crisis addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, Greece argues that the Greek economy is for the sixth consecutive year (2008-2013) in deep recession. According to ELSTAT, the Greek Statistical Authority, since 2008 the Greek GDP has decreased by 25%, public consumption by 21% and private consumption by 32.3% whilst unemployment increased by 20.6%. Moreover, the decline in GDP has widened the gap between the Greek per capita GDP and the per capita GDP of the EU, cancelling the progress towards economic convergence made by Greece in the 1995-2007 period. Background to request from Greece: the Greek authorities submitted the application under the intervention criterion of Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant or self-employed persons' activity ceasing, over a reference period of four months, in an enterprise in a Member State, including workers made redundant or self-employed persons' activity ceasing in its suppliers and downstream producers. The reference period of four months is from 16 July 2013 to 16 November 2013. The application relates to 508 workers made redundant in Nutriart S.A. ('the primary enterprise') and 25 providers and downstream producers: AR.ZIGAS & SIA and 24 self-employed people whose activity ceased and was dependent on the primary enterprise. The primary enterprise operated in the economic sector classified under NACE Rev. 24 division 10 'Manufacture of food products'. The enterprises concerned are located in the NUTS5 level 2 regions of Central Macedonia (EL12) and Attica (EL30). On the basis of the application from Greece, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of personalised services is EUR 6 096 000. BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) of the EGF Regulation, and having taken into account the number of targeted beneficiaries, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 6 096 000, representing 60 % of the total costs of the proposed actions, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application. The proposed decision to mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council, as laid down in point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management. At the same time as it presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will present to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer to the relevant budgetary line for the amount of EUR 6 096 000. It will also adopt a decision on a financial contribution, by means of an implementing act, which will enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and the Council adopt the proposed decision to mobilise the EGF. |
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