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2021/0116(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the air transport sector in Finland
Next event: Vote in plenary scheduled 2021/06/07

Progress: Awaiting committee decision

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead BUDG HEINÄLUOMA Eero (icon: S&D S&D) SARVAMAA Petri (icon: EPP EPP), TORVALDS Nils (icon: Renew Renew), VANA Monika (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), RZOŃCA Bogdan (icon: ECR ECR), MODIG Silvia (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion EMPL ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (icon: EPP EPP)
Lead committee dossier:

Events

2021/06/07
   Vote in plenary scheduled
2021/05/20
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2021/05/18
   EP - ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2021/05/17
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/05/10
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/05/07
   EP - HEINÄLUOMA Eero (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
2021/05/06
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
2021/05/06
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

AmendmentsDossier
8 2021/0116(BUD)
2021/05/20 BUDG 8 amendments...
source: 692.943

History

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2021-05-06T00:00:00
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2021-05-27T00:00:00
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title: PE692.913
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Specific opinion
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  • PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Finland facing redundancies in the air transport sector.
  • PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • CONTENT: on 30 December 2020, Finland submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in the company Finnair Oyj and a subcontractor in Finland.
  • Following the examination of this application, the Commission concluded, in accordance with all relevant provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF are met.
  • Grounds for the application
  • Finland submitted the application under the intervention criterion of Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a reference period of four months in an enterprise in a Member State, including employees and self-employed persons made redundant or made redundant in the suppliers and downstream producers of that enterprise.
  • The application concerns 508 workers made redundant in Finnair Oyj and a subcontractor. The redundancies in the companies took place in the NUTS level 2 region of Helsinki-Uusimaa.
  • The four-month reference period is from 25 August 2020 to 25 December 2020.
  • Link between redundancies and a global financial and economic crisis
  • Finland reports that Finnair has been hit hard by the effects of the pandemic. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Finnair had a strong financial position. Over the past decade, passenger numbers at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport have increased by 58%, from 12.6 million to 21.9 million. In January 2020, passenger volume to China increased by 58% compared to January 2019.
  • At the beginning of 2020, passenger traffic at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport continued to increase. However, in February 2020, the passenger volume decreased sharply, by 73%, due to the epidemic situation. Finnair had to cancel all flights to mainland China and to the US.
  • Restrictions in Finland and other destination countries have had a significant impact on Finnair's operations, especially on international and intercontinental flights. Finnair's 2020 annual report shows a sharp drop in revenue of 73.2% (from EUR 3097.7 million to EUR 829.2 million), in the number of passengers of 76.2% (from EUR 14.7 million to EUR 3.5 million) and the company accumulated an operating loss of EUR 464.5 million.
  • Finnair had to cut costs to cope with the crisis, which resulted in a reduction of the workforce by 1000 jobs. The redundancies at Finnair are having a serious impact on the national economy. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region, where Finnair has its operating centre, has increased by 0.8 percentage points, from 6.4% in 2019 to 7.2% in 2020.
  • Beneficiaries
  • Of the 508 eligible persons, an estimated 500 redundant workers are expected to participate in the EGF measures.
  • The personalised services to be provided to the redundant workers include the following actions: (i) coaching and preparatory measures to help participants find a job; (ii) employment and business services; (iii) vocational qualification training; (iv) a pay subsidy of 30-50% of the payroll costs to encourage recruitment into a new job; (v) a start-up grant to promote business creation and recruitment of staff; (vi) travel, accommodation and relocation allowances to cover expenses incurred in the search for a job.
  • The proposed actions are active labour market measures and are not a substitute passive social protection measures.
  • The total estimated cost amounts to EUR 2 920 600, corresponding to expenditure on personalised services of EUR 2 730 600 and expenditure on preparation, management, information and publicity, monitoring and reporting activities of EUR 190 000.
  • Budget proposal
  • The annual allocation to the EGF does not exceed EUR 186 million (in 2018 prices), as provided for in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027.
  • Following the assessment of the application, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for an amount of EUR 1 752 360, representing 60% of the total cost of the proposed actions, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application.
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MODIG Silvia
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The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL
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GUE/NGL
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2021-05-17T00:00:00
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Committee referral announced in Parliament
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Indicative plenary sitting date
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Vote in plenary scheduled
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  • BUDG/9/05979
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Preparatory phase in Parliament
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Awaiting committee decision
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  • name: SARVAMAA Petri group: Group of European People's Party abbr: EPP
  • name: TORVALDS Nils group: Renew Europe group abbr: Renew
  • name: VANA Monika group: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance abbr: Verts/ALE
  • name: RZOŃCA Bogdan group: European Conservatives and Reformists Group abbr: ECR
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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-692943_EN.html
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2021-05-20T00:00:00
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title: PE692.943
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Amendments tabled in committee
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  • name: ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš date: 2021-05-18T00:00:00 group: Group of European People's Party abbr: EPP