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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | BUDG | VANA Monika ( Verts/ALE) | WINZIG Angelika ( EPP), GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL Eider ( S&D), LAPORTE Hélène ( ID), RZOŃCA Bogdan ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | EMPL | PÎSLARU Dragoş ( Renew) |
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help Spain facing redundancies in the automotive sector.
PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT: on 23 September 2021, Spain submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in the automotive sector (manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers) in the region of Cataluña in Spain.
Following the assessment 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
The Spanish application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(2)(b) of the EGF Regulation, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced workers over a reference period of six months in enterprises operating in the same economic sector and located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State.
There were 346 displaced workers in the NUTS 2 region of Cataluña in Spain. The six-month reference period for the application runs from 1 January 2021 to 1 July 2021. In addition, 359 workers were dismissed after the six-month reference period.
Events leading to the economic crisis
The automotive industry is the third most important sector in Catalonia (after chemicals and food) both in terms of turnover and employment. The turnover of the automotive industry (EUR 23.8 billion) represents more than 10% of the region's GDP. The sector provides around 143 000 jobs (direct, indirect and induced jobs), that represents 4.2% of the Catalan employed population.
The event giving rise to these displacements is Nissan’s decision to stop activities and close down its plant in Catalonia. On 27 May 2020, Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi presented their new strategic plan based on a leader-follower scheme and on complementarity between companies. Each company would focus on a particular type of vehicle, per product segment i.e. the leading company will engineer one mother vehicle (leader car) and sister vehicles with the support of the followers’ teams. Each enterprise will also focus on its core regions. Under this scheme, Nissan will focus on China, North America and Japan; Renault on Europe, Russia, South America and North Africa; and Mitsubishi on Southeast Asia and Oceania.
The following day, triggered by the steady contraction of the EU market share in global passenger car production, Nissan confirmed its intentions to reduce its presence in Europe to refocus on more profitable markets and announced the closure of its plant in Barcelona.
The closure of Nissan’s plant in Barcelona resulted in more than 2 500 direct redundancies and the loss of 8 000 jobs among its suppliers (3 000 among top-tier suppliers, those who negotiate directly with vehicle manufacturers, and additional 5 000 among smaller suppliers).
Beneficiaries
Out of 705 redundant workers, it is estimated that 450 redundant workers should participate in the measures.
The personalised services to be provided to the redundant workers include the following actions: (i) general information on vocational counselling and training programmes and available incentives; (ii) occupational guidance; (iii) training and reskilling; (iv) support and contribution to business creation of up to EUR 5000; (v) tutoring and (vi) incentives.
The measures have been designed in line with the Spanish circular economy strategy.
The estimated total costs are EUR 3 288 419, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 3 138 300 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 150 119.
Budget proposal
The annual allocation to the EGF does not exceed EUR 186 million (in 2018 prices), as foreseen in the Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027.
Following the examination of the application, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for EUR 2 795 156 , representing 85 % of the total costs of the proposed measures, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application.
Documents
- Specific opinion: PE704.783
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.813
- Committee draft report: PE704.628
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2022)0020
- Committee draft report: PE704.628
- Specific opinion: PE704.783
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.813
Amendments | Dossier |
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2022/0010(BUD)
2022/02/08
BUDG
14 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of globalisation and of technological and environmental changes, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, significant changes in the trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market and financial or economic crises, as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy, or as a consequence of digitisation or automation;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes that incentives include contribution expenses for displaced workers with caring responsibilities of up to
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reminds that the decarbonisation of the transport sector is imminent and is expected to have a significant impact on size and shape of the automotive sector and its employment capacity;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Reminds that the decarbonisation of the transport sector is imminent and is expected to
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Notes that the digital and green transformation will also have an effect on the labour market especially in the automotive sector; therefore considers that special attention should be paid to qualified education, including vocational training and promoting the so-called dual apprenticeship system, which has proven to be effective in other Member States such as Austria or Germany;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls for a comprehensive reflection on the impact of decarbonisation on the sectors and workers concerned by the energy transition;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas the application relates to 346 displaced workers whose activity has ceased during the reference period in the economic sector, while 359 workers were displaced before or after the reference period as a consequence of the same events that triggered the cessations of activity of the displaced workers during the reference period and will thus also be considered eligible beneficiaries;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(2), point (b), of the EGF Regulation, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced workers over a reference period of six months in enterprises operating in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division and located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas on 28 May 2020, Nissan announced the closure of its plant in Barcelona, resulting in more than 2 500 direct redundancies and the loss of 8 000 jobs among its suppliers; whereas the redundancies referred to in this request are concentrated in four counties in the province of Barcelona (Barcelonès, Alt Penedés, Baix Llobregat and Vallès Oriental), where a large number of companies in the automobile sector are located;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas on 28 May 2020, Nissan announced the closure of its plant in Barcelona, resulting in more than 2 500 direct redundancies and the loss of 8 000 jobs among its suppliers; whereas the number of workers displaced by collective redundancy procedure between January and June 2021 in Catalonia (7 993 people), already exceeds the number of displaced workers in 2020 (7 936 people);
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. Whereas job destruction in these regions increased during the 2018-2020 period;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that 34,9 % of the targeted beneficiaries are above the age of 54, 44,4 % are women and 50,4 % have a lower secondary education or less; is of the opinion that the age profile and level of education of targeted beneficiaries poses specific challenges for reemployment and therefore stresses the importance of ensuring the specificities of age, level of education and their combination are duly taken into account when implementing the package of personalised services;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the displaced workers for a total of 37,8 % of the financial support consist of the following actions: workshops on job-searching methodologies, occupational guidance, trainings (horizontal competencies, re-skilling, up- skilling and internships, as well as vocational training), entrepreneurship support, business creation grants, intensive job-search assistance including identifying job perspectives in other regions or Member States, tutoring after reintegration into work and various financial incentives;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Regrets the length of the procedure, especially in difficult economic circumstances, and calls on the Commission to speed up the process of assessing applications;
source: 704.813
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