12 Amendments of Maria Gabriela ZOANĂ related to 2018/0202(COD)
Amendment 24 #
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 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)and those involving a large number of people in a reactive manner.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The EGF was established by Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 for the multiannual financial framework from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. The EGF has been set up to enable the Union to show solidarity towards workers who lost their jobs as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation. _________________ 23 Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1) and has affected various European industrial sectors.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As stated, in order to maintain the European nature of the EGF, an application for support should be triggered when a major restructuring event causes a significant impact on the local or regional economy, especially in mono-industrial areas. Such an impact should be defined by a minimum number of job displacements within a specific reference period. Taking into account the findings of the mid-term evaluation, the threshold shall be set at 250 jobs displacement within a reference period of four months (or 6 months in sectoral cases). Taking into account that waves of dismissals in different sectors but the same region have an equally significant impact on the local labour market, regional applications shall be possible as well. In small labour markets, such as small Member States or remote regions, including the outermost regions as referred in Article 349 of the TFEU, or in exceptional circumstances, applications could be submitted in case of a lower number of job displacements.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Financial contributions from the EGF should be primarily directed at active labour market measures aimed at reintegrating beneficiaries rapidly into sustainable employment, either within or outside their initial sector of activity through inclusion in retraining and skilling programmes. Measures should reflect the prospected needs of the local or regional labour market. However, whenever relevant, the mobility of displaced workers should also be supported in order to help find new employment elsewhere. A particular focus shall be laid on the dissemination of skills required in the digital age. The inclusion of pecuniary allowances in a coordinated package of personalised services should be restricted. Companies could be encouraged to participate in the national co-funding for the EGF-supported measures.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Considering the fact that the digital transformation of the economy is a constant and ongoing phenomenon and requires a certain level of digital competence of the workforce, the dissemination of skills required in the digital age should be a mandatory horizontal element of any coordinated package of personalised services offered.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1) 1. The general objective of the programme is to demonstrate solidarity with and offer support to displaced workersfor the swiftest possible labour market re-entry of workers who have been made redundant and self- employed persons whose activity has ceased in the course of unexpected major restructuring events, referred to in Article 5.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. In small labour markets or in exceptional circumstances, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs, where duly substantiated by the applicant Member State, an application for a financial contribution under this Article may be considered admissible even if the criteria laid down in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 are not entirely met, when the redundancies have a serious impact on employment and the local or regional economy, particularly in mono-industrial areas. The applicant Member State shall specify which of the intervention criteria set out in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 1 are not entirely met. The aggregated amount of contributions in exceptional circumstances may not exceed 15 % of the annual ceiling of the EGF.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point e
(e) the expected impact of the redundancies as regards the local, regional or, national or, where appropriate, cross- border economy and employment;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Support for targeted beneficiaries shall complement measures of the Member States at national, regional and local, local and, where appropriate, cross-border level including those co-financed by Union funds, in line with the recommendations set out in the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that measures taken respect the principle of equality between men and women and that the integration of the gender perspective areis an integral part of, and are promoted during, the various stages of the implementation of the financial contribution from the EGF.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. At the initiative of the Commission, a maximum of 0.5 % of the annual ceiling of the EGF may be used for technical and administrative assistance for its implementation, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including corporate information technology systems, information and communication activities at national, regional, local and cross-border level, as appropriate, and those enhancing the EGF's visibility and other administrative and technical assistance measures. Such measures may cover future and previous programming periods.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Where a beneficiary accesses an education or training course for the purpose of retraining or business start-up, the duration of which is two years or more, the expenditure for such a course shall be eligible for EGF co-funding up to the date when the final report referred to in Article 20(1) is due, provided that the relevant expenditure have been incurred before that date.