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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | BUDG | CHASTEL Olivier ( Renew) | WINZIG Angelika ( EPP), VANA Monika ( Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim ( ID), RZOŃCA Bogdan ( ECR) |
Committee Opinion | EMPL | TOMC Romana ( EPP) | |
Committee Opinion | REGI | OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL) |
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to support Belgium in the face of redundancies in the warehousing and support activities for transportation.
PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT: on 18 October 2022, Belgium submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in TNT Express Worldwide (Euro Hub) SRL in Belgium.
Following the assessment of this application, the Commission concluded, in accordance with all the relevant provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF are met.
Grounds for the application
Belgium submitted the application under the intervention criterion of Article 4(2)(a) of the EGF Regulation which requires at least 200 workers to be made redundant over a reference period of four months in an enterprise in a Member State.
The application relates to 548 displaced workers whose activity has ceased in TNT Express Worldwide (Euro Hub) SRL in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 52 (Warehousing and support activities for transportation). The redundancies made by TNT are located in Liège. The reference period of four months for the application runs from 27 March 2022 to 27 July 2022.
Events leading to the displacements and cessation of operations
On 19 January 2021, TNT Express Worldwide (Euro Hub) SRL – the Belgian subsidiary of the group resulting from the takeover of the Dutch TNT Group by the US Fedex Group in 2016 – announced its intention to dismiss 671 workers and modify the contracts of another 861 workers.
The enterprise plans to use Liège airport as a secondary hub, linked only to some European airports, while Paris-Charles de Gaulle becomes FedEx's primary hub, linked to all European airports, as well as to airports in America, Asia and the Middle East resulted in the decreased number of flights at Liège airport and therefore a reduced workload resulting in redundancies and revised working conditions for hundreds of employees. The changes aim to avoid a duplication of activities and strengthen the position of the group in a context of fierce competition in the sector at European and national level.
The proposal highlights that the unemployment rate in Wallonia (8.7%) is 2.8% higher than the unemployment rate at national level (5.9%). Besides, the employment market in Province Liège is particularly disadvantaged compared with other provinces in Wallonia. Moreover, Province Liège along with Province Hainaut have the highest job demand rate (share of unemployed registered job seekers in the active population) in Wallonia, at 13.8% in March 2022.
Age is associated with difficulties in job search in Province Liège, where those aged 50+ accounted for 27.5% of the job-seekers in March 2022. Almost half (47%) of former TNT workers belong to this age group.
The Walloon authorities argue that the displacements in TNT will have a particular impact on two categories of workers (the low skilled and those aged 50+) that are already disadvantaged in the regional labour market.
Thus, TNT former workers will need additional and targeted support to increase their chances of finding new jobs.
Beneficiaries
All 559 displaced workers are expected to participate in the measures.
The coordinated package to be provided to displaced workers consists of the following measures: (i) information services, occupational guidance and outplacement assistance; (ii) training, retraining and vocational training; (iii) support towards business creation; (iv) contribution to business creation; (v) incentives and allowances.
The estimated total costs are EUR 2 301 644, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 2 270 644 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 31 000.
The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 956 397 (85 % of total costs).
Budgetary proposal
The EGF should not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 186 million (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027.
Having examined the application, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 1 956 397, representing 85 % of the total costs of the proposed measures, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application.
Documents
- Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0043/2023
- Budgetary report tabled for plenary: A9-0043/2023
- Specific opinion: PE745.202
- Specific opinion: PE742.465
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.498
- Committee draft report: PE742.374
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2023)0069
- Committee draft report: PE742.374
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE742.498
- Specific opinion: PE742.465
- Specific opinion: PE745.202
- Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0043/2023
Amendments | Dossier |
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2023/0031(BUD)
2023/02/16
BUDG
8 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market policy measures and personalised services that aim to reintegrate beneficiaries rapidly into decent and sustainable employment within or outside their initial sector of activity, while preparing them for a greener and more digital European economy;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers and self- employed persons consist of the following actions: information, job-search assistance, occupational guidance and outplacement assistance, trainings, retraining and vocational training, and support towards and contribution to business creation, as well as incentives and allowances; welcomes that particular attention will be paid to vulnerable people in a situation of psychological distress, indebtedness, or recognised disability through professionals specialised in assisting these groups;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers and self- employed persons consist of the following actions: information, job-search assistance,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Notes that the digital and green transformation will also have an effect on the labour market, especially in the transport sector; therefore 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;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the fact that the co- ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by Belgium in consultation with targeted beneficiaries’ representatives
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Notes the essential role of Belgian trade unions during the negotiations on the redundancy process; recalls the importance of reinforcing the presence of workers’ representatives in the workplace;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements, or any allowances or rights of the displaced workers, to ensure full additionality of the allocation;
source: 742.498
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