Activities of Patricija ŠULIN related to 2018/0202(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
Amendments (15)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Globalisation and technological change is likely to further increase the interconnectedness and interdependence of world economies. Labour reallocation is an integral and inevitable part of such economic change. If the benefits of change are to be distributed fairly, offering assistance to displaced workers and those threatened by displacement or cessation of activity is of utmost importance. The ‘EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring’22 , is the Union policy instrument that sets the framework of best practice for anticipating and dealing with corporate restructuring. It offers a comprehensive framework on how the challenges of economic adjustment and restructuring and their employment and social impact should be addressed by adequate policy means. It also calls upon Member States to use EU and national funding in a way to ensure that the social impact of restructuring, especially the adverse effects on employment, can be cushioned more effectively. The main Union instruments to assist workers affected are the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which is designed to offer assistance in an anticipatory way, and the EGF, which is designed to offer assistance in the case of unexpected major restructuring events in a reactive manner. _________________ 22 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring, (COM(2013)882 final, 13.12.2013).
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The specific objective of the EGF is to offer assistance in case of unexpected major restructuring events, particularly those caused by globalisation-related challenges, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, financial or economic crises, the transition to low- carbon economy or as a consequence of digitisation or automationtechnological change. Particular emphasis shall lie on measures that help the most disadvantaged groups.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 'displaced worker' means a worker whose employment is ended prematurely by redundancy, or whose contract is not renewed, due to economic reasonsunexpected major restructuring event;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 'beneficiary' means' a person participating in EGF co-funded measures.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the cessation of activity of more than 250 displaced workers or self- employed persons, over a reference period of six months, particularly in SMEs, where all operate in the same economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division level and located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in the same or neighbouring Member States or in more than two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in the same or neighbouring Member States provided that there are more than 250 workers or self-employed persons affected in two of the regions combined;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The EGF may not be mobilised when workers are dismissed as a result of budget cuts taken by a Member State, which affect sectors that depend on public financing and due to structural reforms in a Member State.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a The Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 25 stating criteria to define the sectors that depend on public financing listed in Article 5.4.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 6
The design of the coordinated package of personalised services shall anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills. The coordinated package shall be compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy, and shall also focus on the dissemination of skills required in the digital industrial age and take into account the demand on the local labour market.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The measures supported by the EGF shall not substitute passive social protection measures and active labour market measures.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point l
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point l
(l) a statement of compliance of the requested EGF support with the procedural and material Union rules on State aid as well as a statement outlining why the coordinated package of personalised services does not replace measures that are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements and measures to be provided by competent authorities for active labour market measures and passive social protection measures;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a In exceptional cases and if the remaining financial resources available in the Fund in the year of the occurrence of the major restructuring event are not sufficient to cover the amount of assistance deemed necessary by the budgetary authority, the Commission may propose that the difference be financed through the next year's Fund. The annual budgetary ceiling of the Fund in the year of the occurrence of the major restructuring event and the following year shall under all circumstances be respected.
Amendment 77 #
5. The Member State concerned shall have the flexibility to re-allocate amounts between the budget items laid down in the decision on a financial contribution pursuant to Article 16(3) providing that Article 8(1) limit on the costs structure is respected. Should a reallocation exceed a 20 % increase for one or more of the items specified, the Member State shall notify the Commission beforehand.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a Member States shall, when data are available in registers or equivalent sources, enable the bodies entrusted with data collection necessary for the monitoring and the evaluation of the EGF to obtain those data from data registers or equivalent sources, in accordance with points (c) and (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 b (new)
Article 19 b (new)
Article 19 b The beneficiary survey listed in point (d) of Article 20(1) shall be based on the model which shall be established by the Commission by means of an implementing act. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act establishing the model to be used for the beneficiary survey in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 26(2) in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Article.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Not later than at the end of the nineteenth month after the expiry of the period specified in Article 15(3), the Member State concerned shall submit the complete and duly verified simple dataset informing on the longer- term result indicator specified in point (3) of the Annex.