Activities of Frédéric DAERDEN related to 2011/0269(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 2014-2020 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014 - 2020) PDF (846 KB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European Globalisation, Crisis and Restructuring Adjustment Fund (2014 - 2020-2020) (This amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European GlobalisationCrisis Adjustment Fund (2014 - -2020) (This amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the European GlobalisationRestructuring Adjustment Fund (2014 - 2020) (This amendment applies throughout the text)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Directive [...] of the European Parliament and of the Council on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring,
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Monitoring Centre on Change, which operates under the aegis of Eurofound in Dublin, should be asked to carry out the requisite qualitative and quantitative analysis of the social and economic situation in the various sectors being restructured and the various geographical areas concerned, as well as the added value of the active labour market measures funded by the EGF,
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Redundant workers should have equal access to the EGF independently of their type of employment contract or employment relationship. Therefore, workers with fixed term contracts and temporary agency workers made redundant as well as owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized- enterprises, and self- employed workers who cease their activities and farmers who change or adjust their activitiesor change their existing activities or adjust them to a new market situation following trade agreements, should be regarded as redundant workers for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Regarding farmers, tThe scope of the EGFFund should include beneficiaries affected by bilateral agreements concluded by the Union in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT or multilateral agreements concluded within the World Trade Organisation. This covers farmers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities within a period starting upon initialling of such trade agreements and ending three years after their full implementalso include supporting, in accordance with suitably modified procedures, workers in enterprises in specific sectors facing serious economic disruption which places the jobs of a significant number of workers in one or more regions or countries at risk through restructuring operation.s;
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The aim of the EGF shall be to contribute to economic growth and employment in the Union by enabling the Union to show solidarity towards workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, trade agreements affecting agriculture, or an unexpected crisis, and to provide financial support for their rapid reintegration into employment, or for changing or adjusting their agricultural activitiectivities, but also by supporting workers in enterprises in specific sectors facing serious economic disruption which places the jobs of a significant number of workers in one or more regions or countries at risk through restructuring operations.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Actions benefiting from financial contributions by the Fund pursuant to Article 2(a), (b) and (bc) shall aim to ensure that a minimum of 50 % of workers participating in these actions find stustainable employment within a year from the date of applicationby the end of the implementation period.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) workers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities during a period starting upon initialling of the trade agreement by the Union containing trade liberalisation measures for the relevant agricultural sector and ending three years after the full implementation of these measures and provided that these trade measures lead to a substantial increase in Union imports of an agricultural product or products accompanied by a significant decrease in prices of such products at the Unin sectors which face serious economic disruption and receive increased sectoral support following a Commission Decision in accordance with the provisions or, where relevant, the national or regional levelf Article 4(3).
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) '‘a worker'’ means owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized -enterprises and self-employed workers (including farmers) and all members of the household active in the business, provided that, if farmers, they were already producing the output affected by the relevant trade agreement before the measures concerning the specific sector were implemented.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) ‘restructuring operation’ means any re-organisation of the structure, work processes and organisation of the location with a quantitative or qualitative impact on employment;
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. As regards farmers, when, after a trade agreement is initialled andWhen the Commission considers, on the basis of the information, data and analyses available to it, the Commission considers that the conditions for suppand after consulting the European industry concerned and the social partner organisations, that a specific sectort in accordance with Article 2(c) are likely to be met fors facing serious economic disruption which places the jobs of a significant number of farmworkers, it shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 24 designating the eligible sectors or products, defining the affected geographical areas where appropriate, setting a maximum amount for potential support at Union leveln one or more regions or countries at risk through restructuring operations, it shall adopt a Decision designating the sector concerned, defining the affected geographical areas, setting reference periods and eligibility conditions for farmworkers and stipulating the nature of, and eligibility dates for, expenditure as well as establishing the deadline by which applications must be submitted and, if necessary, the content of these applications, in accordance withddition to those provided for in Article 8(2).
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Where owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized- enterprises and self- employed workers change or, in the case of farmers,(including farmers) change or adjust their previous activities, such situations shall be considered as redundancies for the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) For owner-managers of micro, small and medium-sized- enterprises and self- employed workers (including farmers), the redundancy shall be counted either from the date of cessation of, or change in, the activities caused by any of the conditions set out in Article 2, and determined in accordance with national law or administrative provisions, or from the date specified by the Commission in the delegated actDecision adopted in accordance with the Article 4(3).
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) farmers changing or adjusting their previous agricultural activities following the initialling by the Union of a tradworkers in a severely disrupted sector, as defined by the Commission decision in accordance with Article 4(3), who are at risk of redundancy, or have aglreement referred to in the delegated act taken in accordance with Article 4(3).ady been made redundant, in the circumstances specified in this Regulation,
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Member State shall submit a complete application to the Commission within a period of 12 weeks from the date on which the criteria set in Article 4(1) or (2) are met or, where applicable, before the deadline set by the Commission in accordance with Article 4(3). In exceptional and duly justified circumstances the application may be supplemented with additional information by the applicant Member State within six month12 weeks from the date of application, following which the Commission shall assess the application on the basis of the available information. The Commission shall complete its assessment of the application within twelvesix weeks of the date of receipt of a complete application or (in the case of an incomplete application) six month18 weeks after the date of the initial application, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a reasoned analysis of the link between the redundancies and the major structural changes in world trade patterns, or the serious disruption of the local, regional or national economy caused by an unexpected crisis, or the new market situation in the agricultural sector in the Member State and resulting from the effects of a trade agreement initialled by the European Union in accordance with Article XXIV of the GATT or a multilateralsector resulting from the effects of a multilateral trade agreement initialled within the World Trade Organisation as per Article 2(c). This analysis shall be based on statistical and other information at the most appropriate level to demonstrate the fulfilment of the intervention criteria set out in Article 4;
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8(3), particularly taking into account the number of targeted workers, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, evaluate and propose as quickly as possible the amount of a financial contribution, if any, that may be made within the limits of the resources available. The amount may not exceed 50 % of the total of the estimated costs referred to in Article 8(2)(e) or 65 % of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State on the territory of which at least one region at NUTS II level is eligible under the "Convergence" objective of the Structural Funds. The Commission, in its assessment of such cases, will decide whether the 65 % co- funding rate is justified.:
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)
(a) 65 % of the total of the estimated costs referred to in Article 8(2)(e), or
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)
(b) 75% of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State on the territory of which at least one region at NUTS II level belongs to the category of ‘Less developed regions’ as laid down in Regulation XX/XXXX, or
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
(c) 80% of these costs in the case of applications submitted by a Member State receiving financial assistance under one of the conditions laid down in Article 77 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/20061 or from the European Financial Stability Facility;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Expenditure shall be eligible for a financial contribution from the dates set out in Article 8(2)(hf) on which the Member State starts the personalised services to the targeted workers or the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF in accordance with Article 7(1) and (3) respectively. In the case of farmersincreased sectoral support, expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution from the date set in the delegated act taken in accordance with Article 4(3).