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2017/2014(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the retail sector in the Netherlands

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	BUDG	ALI Nedzhmi (ALDE)	NEGRESCU Victor (S&D), NÍ RIADA Liadh (GUE/NGL)
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Opinion	REGI

Lead committee dossier: BUDG/8/08933

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2017/02/17 Council Meeting
2017/02/17 End of procedure in Parliament
2017/02/14 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T8-0025/2017
2017/02/10 Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
- A8-0036/2017
2017/02/09 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2017/02/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2016/11/29 Non-legislative basic document published
- COM(2016)0742 summary
  
  PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist the Netherlands faced with redundancies in its retail sector. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: 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 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. In this context, the Commission examined the application to mobilise the EGF to assist the Netherlands and stated that: The Netherlands: EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail: on 12 July 2016, the Netherlands submitted an application EGF/2016/005 NL/ Drenthe Overijssel Retail for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 Division 47 (Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 - Drenthe and NL21 - Overijssel in the Netherlands. The Netherlands submitted the application within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should finalise its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 29 November 2016. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, the Netherlands argues that retail is a sector in crisis. The sector had to face fundamental changes and still has major difficulties in dealing with these changes. The difficulties had a substantial and negative influence on employment in the sector. In the past few years there were significant changes in the consumers` sentiment, such as the decline of sales in the middle price category and the growing popularity of internet shopping. The development of new shopping areas in many Dutch cities outside the city centres and the declining trust of consumers in the economy also affected negatively the position of the conventional retail sector. Furthermore, the weak financial position of the bigger department stores made it impossible to invest in other shop models in order to achieve the necessary changes and to be competitive again. To date, the retail sector has been the subject of 6 EGF applications. Basis of the application from the Netherlands: the Netherlands submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant over a reference period of nine months in enterprises operating in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 Division and located in two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State. There were 1 096 redundancies combined in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 – Drenthe and NL21 – Overijssel. The reference period of nine months for the application runs from 1 August 2015 to 1 May 2016. All the criteria comply with the Regulation. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EGF: having examined the application, it is proposed to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 1 818 750, 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 above-mentioned.

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Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0742
Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A8-0036/2017
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0025/2017

Amendments	Dossier
9	2017/2014(BUD) 2017/01/31 BUDG 9 amendments... Amendment 1 # Victor NEGRESCU Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. Whereas 1096 redundancies were made in the retail sector between the 1 August 2015 and the 1 May 2016 in the regions of Drenthe and Overijsel, in the Netherlands; Amendment 2 # Victor NEGRESCU Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. Whereas although retail and wholesale services provide 11 % of the Union's GDP and 15 % of total employment in the Union, the sector still suffers from the crisis; Amendment 3 # Thomas HÄNDEL ~~7. Underlin~~Emphasises that ~~both~~ the Dre~~nthe 7. and Overijssel regions have suffered considerably especially from bankruptcies in the retail sector; regrets that the share of employmen~~tail sector accounts for a considerable share of employment (17-19%) in the NUTS 2 level regions Drenthe and Overeijssel; notes that 5 200 retail shops have gone bankrupt since th~~is sector in both provinces is considerable and that, therefore, the loss of job~~e start of the crisis with the largest department stores being affected only recently; regrets tha~~s a strong negative effect on the economy of both regions and that the redundancies in the retail sector contributed to that negative development3~~t this has contributed to an increase of 3 461 in the number of unemployment benefit recipients in those regions’ retail sector between January 2015 and March 2016; Amendment 4 # Victor NEGRESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the long period spent by the targeted beneficiaries neither working nor in education or training, as well as the long period between the date when the last redundancy took place (1 May 2016) and the time when applicant Member State starts receiving EGF support that lasts over one year; Amendment 5 # Victor NEGRESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recommends the Commission to study new ways of improving banking regulations so that SMEs and other companies receive further credit or restructuring of credit, thus avoiding bankruptcy; Amendment 6 # Thomas HÄNDEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes that the application does not include any allowances or incentives referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1) of the EGF Regulation; welcomes the decision to limit the costs of technical assistance to 4% of the total costs leaving 96 % to be used for the package of personalised services; Amendment 7 # Victor NEGRESCU Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission to study new ways of reducing the delay in providing the EGF support through the debureaucratisation of the applications procedure; Amendment 8 # Thomas HÄNDEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Notes that the ~~Netherlands is planning seven different actions, all of which are personalised and targeted services: intake,~~EGF co-funded personalised services for the redundant workers include assessments of participants’ capabilities, potentials and job perspectives; job search assistance and case management~~, m~~; a flexible “Mobility pPool,” for the job seekers and employers with temporary jobs; outplacement assistance,; training and retraining, including entrepreneurship promotion training ~~and~~, coaching, and ~~entrepreneurship promotion grant; acknowledges the fact there is no allowances and pay-subsidies in that package~~grants; Amendment 9 # Thomas HÄNDEL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the ~~Netherlands confirm~~Dutch authorities have provided assurances that the ~~eligible~~proposed actions dowill not receive ~~assistance~~financial support from other Union funds or financial instruments, that any double financing will be prevented, that they will be complementary with actions funded by the Structural Funds and that the requirements in national and Union legislation concerning collective redundancies will be complied with; source: 597.723

Amendments

Dossier

2017/2014(BUD)

2017/01/31 BUDG 9 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. Whereas 1096 redundancies were made in the retail sector between the 1 August 2015 and the 1 May 2016 in the regions of Drenthe and Overijsel, in the Netherlands;

Amendment 2 #

Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. Whereas although retail and wholesale services provide 11 % of the Union's GDP and 15 % of total employment in the Union, the sector still suffers from the crisis;

Amendment 3 #

Thomas HÄNDEL

~~7. Underlin~~Emphasises that ~~both~~ the Dre~~nthe 7. and Overijssel regions have suffered considerably especially from bankruptcies in the retail sector; regrets that the share of employmen~~tail sector accounts for a considerable share of employment (17-19%) in the NUTS 2 level regions Drenthe and Overeijssel; notes that 5 200 retail shops have gone bankrupt since th~~is sector in both provinces is considerable and that, therefore, the loss of job~~e start of the crisis with the largest department stores being affected only recently; regrets tha~~s a strong negative effect on the economy of both regions and that the redundancies in the retail sector contributed to that negative development3~~t this has contributed to an increase of 3 461 in the number of unemployment benefit recipients in those regions’ retail sector between January 2015 and March 2016;

Amendment 4 #

Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the long period spent by the targeted beneficiaries neither working nor in education or training, as well as the long period between the date when the last redundancy took place (1 May 2016) and the time when applicant Member State starts receiving EGF support that lasts over one year;

Amendment 5 #

Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recommends the Commission to study new ways of improving banking regulations so that SMEs and other companies receive further credit or restructuring of credit, thus avoiding bankruptcy;

Amendment 6 #

Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Notes that the application does not include any allowances or incentives referred to in point (b) of Article 7(1) of the EGF Regulation; welcomes the decision to limit the costs of technical assistance to 4% of the total costs leaving 96 % to be used for the package of personalised services;

Amendment 7 #

Victor NEGRESCU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission to study new ways of reducing the delay in providing the EGF support through the debureaucratisation of the applications procedure;

Amendment 8 #

Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the ~~Netherlands is planning seven different actions, all of which are personalised and targeted services: intake,~~EGF co-funded personalised services for the redundant workers include assessments of participants’ capabilities, potentials and job perspectives; job search assistance and case management~~, m~~; a flexible “Mobility pPool,” for the job seekers and employers with temporary jobs; outplacement assistance,; training and retraining, including entrepreneurship promotion training ~~and~~, coaching, and ~~entrepreneurship promotion grant; acknowledges the fact there is no allowances and pay-subsidies in that package~~grants;

Amendment 9 #

Thomas HÄNDEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the ~~Netherlands confirm~~Dutch authorities have provided assurances that the ~~eligible~~proposed actions dowill not receive ~~assistance~~financial support from other Union funds or financial instruments, that any double financing will be prevented, that they will be complementary with actions funded by the Structural Funds and that the requirements in national and Union legislation concerning collective redundancies will be complied with;

source: 597.723

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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist the Netherlands faced with redundancies in its retail sector.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: 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 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

In this context, the Commission examined the application to mobilise the EGF to assist the Netherlands and stated that:

The Netherlands: EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail: on 12 July 2016, the Netherlands submitted an application EGF/2016/005 NL/ Drenthe Overijssel Retail for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 Division 47 (Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 - Drenthe and NL21 - Overijssel in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands submitted the application within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should finalise its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 29 November 2016.

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, the Netherlands argues that retail is a sector in crisis. The sector had to face fundamental changes and still has major difficulties in dealing with these changes. The difficulties had a substantial and negative influence on employment in the sector.

In the past few years there were significant changes in the consumers` sentiment, such as the decline of sales in the middle price category and the growing popularity of internet shopping. The development of new shopping areas in many Dutch cities outside the city centres and the declining trust of consumers in the economy also affected negatively the position of the conventional retail sector.

Furthermore, the weak financial position of the bigger department stores made it impossible to invest in other shop models in order to achieve the necessary changes and to be competitive again.

To date, the retail sector has been the subject of 6 EGF applications.

Basis of the application from the Netherlands: the Netherlands submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant over a reference period of nine months in enterprises operating in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 Division and located in two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State.

There were 1 096 redundancies combined in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 – Drenthe and NL21 – Overijssel. The reference period of nine months for the application runs from 1 August 2015 to 1 May 2016.

All the criteria comply with the Regulation.

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EGF: having examined the application, it is proposed to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 1 818 750, 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 above-mentioned.

New

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist the Netherlands faced with redundancies in its retail sector.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

In this context, the Commission examined the application to mobilise the EGF to assist the Netherlands and stated that:

In the past few years, there were significant changes in consumption patterns, such as the decline of sales in the middle price category and the growing popularity of internet shopping. The development of new shopping areas in many Dutch cities outside the city centres and the declining trust of consumers in the economy also negatively affected the position of the conventional retail sector.

Furthermore, the weak financial position of the bigger department stores made it impossible to invest in other shop models in order to achieve the necessary changes and to be competitive again.

To date, the retail sector has been the subject of 6 EGF applications.

All the criteria comply with the Regulation.

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activities/0/docs/0/text	PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist the Netherlands faced with redundancies in its retail sector. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: 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 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. In this context, the Commission examined the application to mobilise the EGF to assist the Netherlands and stated that: The Netherlands: EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail: on 12 July 2016, the Netherlands submitted an application EGF/2016/005 NL/ Drenthe Overijssel Retail for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 Division 47 (Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 - Drenthe and NL21 - Overijssel in the Netherlands. The Netherlands submitted the application within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should finalise its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 29 November 2016. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, the Netherlands argues that retail is a sector in crisis. The sector had to face fundamental changes and still has major difficulties in dealing with these changes. The difficulties had a substantial and negative influence on employment in the sector. In the past few years there were significant changes in the consumers` sentiment, such as the decline of sales in the middle price category and the growing popularity of internet shopping. The development of new shopping areas in many Dutch cities outside the city centres and the declining trust of consumers in the economy also affected negatively the position of the conventional retail sector. Furthermore, the weak financial position of the bigger department stores made it impossible to invest in other shop models in order to achieve the necessary changes and to be competitive again. To date, the retail sector has been the subject of 6 EGF applications. Basis of the application from the Netherlands: the Netherlands submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant over a reference period of nine months in enterprises operating in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 Division and located in two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State. There were 1 096 redundancies combined in the NUTS level 2 regions of NL13 – Drenthe and NL21 – Overijssel. The reference period of nine months for the application runs from 1 August 2015 to 1 May 2016. All the criteria comply with the Regulation. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EGF: having examined the application, it is proposed to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 1 818 750, 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 above-mentioned.
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