10 Amendments of Lynn BOYLAN related to 2014/2185(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the conditions set out in Article 2(a) of the EGF Regulation are met, therefore agrees with the Commission that France is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation; points out, however, that the requested amount is very high; understands that the legal base does not enable the Commission to decrease the requested amount;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that this application is the largest in terms of the requested amount of funding since the launch of the EGF;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that several applications of this magnitude may run the risk of depleting the EGF and not leaving enough funding for applications of more reasonable dimensions; notes that so far the reserves were never consumed entirely;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that the submission of this application fell under the previous EGF Regulation allowing for much more generous use of funds for specific allowances, such as the redeployment allowance and the contribution for business creation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Opposes the use of the EGF as a way to funding redundancies; advocates that this fund should be used to assist the reintegration of workers into the labour market;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Notes that due to the specific situation of the company concerned , it is the employer's responsibility to pay the full costs of accompanying measures to ensure the redeployment of employees laid off; notes therefore that no public intervention is foreseen in support of former Air France workers;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Regrets the decision of spending only 6.28% of the 51.8 million EUR support (out of which 26 million EUR is EU funding) on training and thus on active labour market measures; believes that this deviates from the principles the EGF was set up for; notes that the high number of allowances foreseen under personalised services (42%) in this application would not be in line with the Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (maximum limit 35%);
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Reminds that funds should help the reintegration of beneficiaries into the labour market instead of providing them with salary replacement after being dismissed; notes that this purpose can be much better achieved through the provisions of the Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 currently in force;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes with regret that the majority of redundant workers are aged between 55 and 64 years; welcomes the differentiated incentive within the business creation contribution measure to recruit workers aged above 55;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that the expenditure for implementing EGF is proportionally low compared to the amount requested for personalised services; deplores that no expenditure is set aside for information and publicity, which would be particularly required and preferred for communicating about the implementation and the results of this specific application;