5 Amendments of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2011/2045(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
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Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the scope of the EGF was temporarily broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis,
Amendment 2 #
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF; appreciates in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the EP request for accelerating the release of grants, aimed at presenting to the budgetary authority the Commission's assessment on the eligibility of an EGF application together with the proposal to mobilise the Fund; hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the Fund;
Amendment 3 #
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Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one- off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have sufferedbeen made redundanciest as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis; emphasisespoints out the role that the EGF can play in the reintegration of workers made redundant into the labour market; however, calls for an evaluation on the long-term integration of these workers into the labour market as a direct result of the EGF-funded measures;
Amendment 4 #
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Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 6 of the EGF Regulation, it should be ensured that the EGF supports the reintegration of individual redundant workers into employment; rReiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; therefore calls for the intervention criteria as defined in article 2 of the original Regulation (EC) No. 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund1 to be reinstalled; _________________ 1 OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, as corrected by OJ L 48, 22.2.2008, p.82.
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01; reminds that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, which will avoid transfers from other budget lines, as happened in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives;