Progress: Procedure completed
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| Lead | BUDG |
RÜBIG Paul ( PPE)
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NEGRESCU Victor ( S&D),
KÖLMEL Bernd ( ECR),
DEPREZ Gérard ( ALDE),
VANA Monika ( Verts/ALE),
ZANNI Marco ( EFDD)
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| Committee Opinion | EMPL | ||
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Lead committee dossier:
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to come to the aid of Belgium following redundancies in its car industry.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1869 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Germany — EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk).
CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and Council decide to mobilise the sum of EUR 6 268 564 in commitment and payment appropriations from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for the general budget for the financial year 2015.
This sum is intended to assist Germany following redundancies in Ford Genk and 11 suppliers and downstream producers.
Noting that the application complies with the requirements for determining a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 ( EGF Regulation 2014-2020 ), Parliament and Council decided to respond by granting the above amount.
To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund aims to provide support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, as a result of a continuation of the global financial and economic crisis, or as a result of a new global financial and economic crisis, and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.
The EGF is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million as laid down in Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 .
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 20.10.2015. The Decision is applicable from 6.10.2015.
The European Parliament adopted by 608 votes to 77, with 9 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 6 268 564 in commitment and payment appropriations to assist Belgium following redundancies in its automotive industry.
Parliament recalled that the Union set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.
Belgian application : Belgium submitted application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk for a financial contribution from the EGF following 5 111 redundancies were made redundant in Ford Genk, operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 29 ('Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers') and in 11 suppliers and downstream producers, whereas the estimate number of 4 500 redundant workers are expected to participate in the measures. Given that the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation are met, Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation.
Nature of the redundancies : Parliament noted that the Belgian car industry has suffered a production decline of 15.58% as global production increased by 18.9%. Ford Genk has been the largest employer in the province of Limburg and these redundancies cause considerable damage to the Limburg economy. These redundancies caused considerable damage to the Limburg economy with a total loss of more than 8 000 jobs (including indirect job losses), most of which are Union citizens between 30 and 54 years of age, a rise in the unemployment rate of between 1.8 and 2 percentage points (up to a 29.4% increase in the region's unemployment rate from 6.8% to 8.8%).
Parliament stated that a f irst wave of dismissals in Ford Genk in 2013 gave way to a first EGF application also based on globalisation, which is currently being implemented and that this second application relates to the redundancies at the Ford Genk plant carried out in 2014 up to the final closure of the facility in December 2014.
A package of personalised services : Parliament welcomed that the Belgian authorities decided to initiate the implementation of the personalised services to the affected workers on 1 January 2015, well ahead of the decision and even the application on the granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated package.
Belgium is planning three types of measures for the redundant workers covered by this application:
individual job search assistance, case management and general information services, training and re-training, and allowances and incentives.
It welcomed that the coordinated package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with the targeted beneficiaries, their representatives, social partners, local, regional and national public employment bodies and training institutions as well as the company.
The Belgian authorities confirmed that the eligible actions do not receive assistance from other Union financial instruments. In this regard, the Commission is called upon to present a comparative evaluation of those data in its annual reports in order to ensure full respect for the existing regulations and that no duplication of Union-funded services can occur.
Parliament also welcomed that the authorities plan to utilise most of the available funds for personalised services and only 4.94% of the total costs for the coordinated package of personalised services will be used for allowances and incentives, which remains much below the maximum allowed 35%.
Lastly, Parliament appreciated the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for the accelerated release of grants and noted that the time pressure that the new timetable implies and the potential impact on the effectiveness of case instruction.
The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by Paul RÜBIG (EPP, AT) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 6 268 564 in commitment and payment appropriations to assist Belgium following redundancies in its automotive industry.
Members recalled that the Union set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.
Belgian application : Belgium submitted application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk for a financial contribution from the EGF following 5 111 redundancies of which 3701 workers were made redundant in Ford Genk and 1180 in 11 suppliers and downstream producers, operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 29 ('Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers') and 11 suppliers or downstream producers, whereas the estimate number of 4 500 redundant workers are expected to participate in the measures. Members noted that the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation are met. Therefore, Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation.
Nature of the redundancies : the Belgian car industry has suffered a production decline of 15.58% as global production increased by 18.9%. Ford Genk has been the largest employer in the province of Limburg and these redundancies cause considerable damage to the Limburg economy.
A first wave of dismissals in Ford Genk in 2013 gave way to a first EGF application also based on globalisation, which is currently being implemented and that this second application relates to the redundancies at the Ford Genk plant carried out in 2014 up to the final closure of the facility in December 2014.
A package of personalised services : Members noted that the Belgian authorities decided to initiate the implementation of the personalised services to the affected workers on 1 January 2015, well ahead of the decision and even the application on the granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated package. Belgium is planning three types of measures for the redundant workers covered by this application: (i) individual job search assistance, case management and general information services, (ii) training and re-training, and (iii) allowances and incentives.
Members welcomed that the coordinated package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with the targeted beneficiaries, their representatives, social partners, local, regional and national public employment bodies and training institutions as well as the company.
The Belgian authorities confirmed that the eligible actions do not receive assistance from other Union financial instruments. In this regard, the Commission is called upon to present a comparative evaluation of those data in its annual reports in order to ensure full respect for the existing regulations and that no duplication of Union-funded services can occur.
Members also welcomed that the authorities plan to utilise most of the available funds for personalised services and only 4.94% of the total costs for the coordinated package of personalised services will be used for allowances and incentives, which remains much below the maximum allowed 35%.
Lastly, Members appreciated the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for the accelerated release of grants and noted that the time pressure that the new timetable implies and the potential impact on the effectiveness of case instruction.
PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Belgium following redundancies in its automotive industry.
PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.
CONTENT: Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 provides that the EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.
The rules applicable to financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 .
The Commission examined the application for mobilisation of the EGF to assist Belgium and concluded the following:
Belgium : EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk : on 24 March 2015, Belgium submitted an application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in Ford Genk and 11 suppliers and dowstream producers in Belgium.
Belgium submitted its application within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria set out in the EGF Regulation were met. The deadline of 12 weeks of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should finalise its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution expires on 11 August 2015.
In order to establish the link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, Belgium argues that the European automotive industry has lost significant market share within the past decade.
A main driving force behind this trend is the geographical shift in consumption linked to globalisation, in particular the rapid growth in demand on the Asian market from which EU manufacturers are less able to benefit, being traditionally less well positioned on these markets.
In absolute terms, while the EU faced a production decline for passenger cars of 14.6% between 2007 and 2012, global production increased by 18.9%, notably in China (143.3%) as well as other South-East Asian and Middle Eastern economies.
The economic and financial crisis aggravated the situation for the European automotive industry, which has also been hampered by import restrictions in third countries (new import licensing requirements, e.g. in Argentina and Brazil and rising import duties, e.g. in Russia).
Figures for Belgium indicate that the Belgian car industry has suffered the full impact of these trends.
To date, the NACE Revision 2 Division 29 sector (Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers) has been the subject of 21 EGF applications, 11 of which based on trade related globalisation and 10 on the global financial and economic crisis.
Basis of the Belgian application : Belgium submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant over a reference period of four months in an enterprise in a Member State, including workers made redundant by suppliers and downstream producers and/or self-employed persons whose activity has ceased.
The reference period of four months for the application runs from 1 September 2014 to 31 December 2014.
The redundancies during the reference period are as follows:
3 701 workers made redundant in Ford Genk; 1 180 workers made redundant in 11 suppliers and downstream producers of Ford Genk.
In view of the Belgian request, it is proposed to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 6 268 564 to make a contribution to the package of personalised services.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) of the EGF Regulation, and having taken into account the number of targeted beneficiaries, the proposed actions and the estimated costs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 6 268 564, representing 60% of the total costs of the proposed actions, in order to provide a financial contribution for the application.
The proposed decision to mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council, as laid down in point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.
At the same time as it presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will present to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer to the relevant budgetary line for the required amount.
At the same time as it adopts this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will adopt a decision on a financial contribution, by means of an implementing act, which will enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and the Council adopt the proposed decision to mobilise the EGF.
Documents
- Final act published in Official Journal: Decision 2015/1869
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 275 20.10.2015, p. 0024
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0334/2015
- Budgetary report tabled for plenary: A8-0272/2015
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE567.720
- Committee draft report: PE565.195
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2015)0336
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE565.195
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE567.720
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Votes
A8-0272/2015 - Paul Rübig - Résolution #
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2015/2209(BUD)
2015/09/16
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – having regard to its Resolution of 17 September 2014 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/000 TA 2014 – Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)1a, ______________ 1a Texts adopted P8_TA(2014)0016
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses that vocational training measures should aim to improve workers’ employability and should be adapted to the actual labour market demands; notes at the same time that the training and re- training measures should recognise and also build upon the specific skills and competences that the affected workers have acquired in the automotive and its supplying industry;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Reminds that in line with Article 7 of the EGF Regulation, the design of the coordinated package of personalised services should anticipate future labour market perspectives and required skills and should be compatible with the shift towards a resource-efficient and sustainable economy.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Welcomes that the authorities plan to utilise most of the available funds for personalised services and only 4.94% of the total costs for the coordinated package of personalised services will be used for allowances and incentives, which remains much below the maximum allowed 35% ;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Notes that the management and control of this application will be administered by the same bodies which administer the European Social Fund in Flanders.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas Belgium submitted application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk for a financial contribution from the EGF following 5 111 redundancies
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the Parliament in its Resolution of 17 September 2014 has expressed the need to extend access to EGF support to young people up to the age of 25 who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs) in equal numbers to workers receiving support in regions with high youth unemployment, if it is demonstrated in the mid-term evaluation that there is a need to maintain this measure after December 2017; and accordingly to review the MFF in order to enable such a change to take place in a more sustainable manner; whereas the Parliament also underlined that the mid- term evaluation to be launched in current 2015 should also take into account the long-term impact of the crisis and globalisation on SMEs and therefore evaluate the possibility of lowering the criteria of 500 workers being made redundant set up in Article 4 of the EGF Regulation;
Amendment 4 #
1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation are met and that, therefore, under that Regulation Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 6 268 564
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that following an application from 2013, this is the second application relating to redundancies in the Ford Genk plant;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that the Belgian car industry has suffered a production decline of 15,58% as global production increased by 18,9%;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that Ford Genk has been the largest employer in the province of Limburg; notes that redundancies cause considerable damage to the Limburg economy with a total loss of more than 8 000 jobs (including indirect job losses), most of which are EU-citizens between 30 and 54 years of age, a rise in the unemployment rate of between 1,8 and 2 percentage points (up to a 29,4 % increase in the region's unemployment rate from 6,8 % to 8,8 %), a reduction in GDP of between 2,6 % and 2,9 % and a potential drop in labour productivity of 10,9 %, due to the high importance of the automotive industry for labour productivity in the region.;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes that, to-date, the NACE Revision 2 Division 29 sector (Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers) has been the subject of 22 EGF applications, 11 of which were based on trade related globalisation and 10 on the global financial and economic crisis, recommends, therefore, that the Commission to makes a study on the Asian and South American markets in order for the EU Manufacturers to learn more about the new import licensing requirements and how to be more present and competitive on these markets;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes that dismissed workers can benefit from a large variation of proposed measures, containing a number of actions for individual job search assistance, case management and general information services; training and re-training, also provided by the former employer;
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