European Parliament 2014-2019 Committee on Budgets 2016/2298(BUD) 30.11.2016 AMDMTS 1-20 Draft report Esteban González Pons (PE594.034v01-00) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Spain EGF/2016/004 ES/Comunidad Valenciana automotive) (COM(2016)0708 C8-0000/2016 2016/2298(BUD)) AM\1111745.docx PE594.166v01-00 United in diversity
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1 Citation 8 a (new) - Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings 1a, which will apply to insolvency proceedings opened after 26 June 2017, 1a OJ L 141, 5.6.2015, p. 19. 2 Citation 8 b (new) - Having regard to the Commission Recommendation of 12 March 2014 on a new approach to business failure and insolvency (C(2014)1500), 3 Citation 8 c (new) AM\1111745.docx 3/12 PE594.166v01-00
- Having regard to the Commission Communication of 30 September 2015 entitled Action Plan on Building a Capital Markets Union (COM 2015)0468), 4 Citation 8 d (new) - Having regard to the Commission Communication of 28 October 2015 entitled Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and business (COM(2015)0550), 5 Citation 8 e (new) - Having regard to Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer 1a which should aim to ensure the payment of, inter alia labour rights, the payment of unpaid wages, and by extension, the due indemnities, PE594.166v01-00 4/12 AM\1111745.docx
1a OJ L 283, 28.10.2008, p. 36. 6 Victor Negrescu Paragraph 1 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(2) of the EGF Regulation are met and that, therefore, Spain is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 856 800 under that Regulation, which represents 60% of the total cost of EUR 1 428 000; 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(2) of the EGF Regulation are met and that, therefore, Spain is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 856 800 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 1 428 000, for reintegration into the labour market of 250 workers made redundant; 7 Thomas Händel on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that the provision of support to former employees of small and medium-sized enterprises also justifies the approval of an application concerning fewer than 500 redundancies; AM\1111745.docx 5/12 PE594.166v01-00
8 Victor Negrescu Paragraph 3 4. Notes that the Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers sector has been the subject of 23 EGF applications, 13 of which were based on trade related globalisation and 10 on the global financial and economic crisis; 3. Notes that the Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers sector has been the subject of 23 EGF applications, 13 of which were based on trade related globalisation and 10 on the global financial and economic crisis. 3 of those EGF applications were from Spain (EGF/2008/002 ES Delphi, EGF/2008/004 ES Castilla y León and Aragón and EGF/2010/002 ES Cataluña automotive); 9 Victor Negrescu Paragraph 4 3. Notes that the decrease in the Union market share of the automotive industry is part of a longer-term trend, as has been stated by the Commission in its assessments of previous EGF automotive cases based on trade related globalisation; 4. Notes that the decrease in the Union market share of the automotive industry is part of a longer-term trend, as has been stated by the Commission in its assessments of previous EGF automotive cases based on trade related globalisation, with the Union losing almost half of its market share between 2000 and 2015; 10 Victor Negrescu PE594.166v01-00 6/12 AM\1111745.docx
Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the bankruptcy and closure of Bosal S.A. caused the loss of 250 jobs in the town of Sagunto, representing a relatively large number of jobs in that town, and has a serious impact on the local and regional economy, in particular considering the specific characteristics of a small town in a rural area which has seriously suffered from the economic crisis as well as the consequences of the globalisation process in the automotive sector; recalls that the unemployment rate in Comunidad Valenciana is still 20,17 %, although employment has shown signs of recovery; 6. Notes that Bosal S.A. started operations in 1986 when the Sagunto area was declared a Preferential Reindustrialization Area following redundancies in the local blast furnace. Notes that the bankruptcy and closure of Bosal S.A. caused the loss of 250 jobs in the town of Sagunto, representing a relatively large number of jobs in that town, and has a serious impact on the local and regional economy, in particular considering the specific characteristics of a small town in a rural area which has seriously suffered from the economic crisis as well as the consequences of the globalisation process in the automotive sector; recalls that the unemployment rate in Comunidad Valenciana is still 20,17 %, although employment has shown signs of recovery; 11 Victor Negrescu Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the number of unemployed persons in Sagunto increased threefold between 2007 and 2015, thus the 250 workers made redundant further aggravates the already fragile situation in the area; AM\1111745.docx 7/12 PE594.166v01-00
12 Thomas Händel on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Regrets the increase in the number of unemployed persons in Sagunto between 2007 (2 778) and 2015 (6 437) and the unemployment rate of 25,8%; 13 Victor Negrescu Paragraph 7 7. Underlines that of the total number of redundant workers concerned by this application, 71 % are over 45 years old, 78 % had been employed by the same enterprise for at least 15 consecutive years and 50 % have no educational qualifications; notes, in addition, there have been no recent plant openings in the area; points out that all those circumstances make them highly vulnerable in a context of insufficient job creation, increasing the difficulties in finding new employment; 7. Underlines that of the total number of redundant workers concerned by this application, 96,4% are men, 3,6% are women, 71 % are over 45 years old, 78 % had been employed by the same enterprise for at least 15 consecutive years and 50 % have no educational qualifications; notes, in addition, there have been no recent plant openings in the area; points out that all those circumstances make them highly vulnerable in a context of insufficient job creation, increasing the difficulties in finding new employment; 14 Thomas Händel on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs PE594.166v01-00 8/12 AM\1111745.docx
Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes Spain s decision to offer training measures focused on vocational licensing, such as that required for passenger transport, and on sectors or areas where opportunities exist or will arise, such as the food sector, cooking, occupational risk prevention and quality control and environmental standards, heating, ventilation and air conditioning projects and the maintenance of industrial equipment; endorses the offer of training in skills that contribute to better job performance such as Information and Communications Technology, foreign languages and business management; 15 Thomas Händel on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges the fact that Spain indicated that the co-ordinated package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with the workers representatives, the social partners, the relevant employer's association and the local (Sagunto) authorities; 9. Welcomes the willingness of the representatives of the former workers of Bosal (the enterprise which made redundant a majority of the workers concerned by this application) to support an application for EGF funding and their involvement in designing the measures to be offered to redundant workers; notes that the social partners, the relevant employer's association and the local (Sagunto) authorities were also involved in this process; AM\1111745.docx 9/12 PE594.166v01-00
16 Thomas Händel on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes that the income support measures will be less than 25 % of the overall package of personalised measures, well below the maximum of 35 % set out in the EGF Regulation and that those actions are conditional on the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries in job-search or training activities; 17 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial; Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Considers that the EGF could be a more efficient and effective instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded and by lowering the threshold for EGF eligibility in order to ensure that employees of small and medium-sized enterprises in sectors that are directly damaged by the effects of globalisation, are assisted; 18 Paragraph 13 a (new) PE594.166v01-00 10/12 AM\1111745.docx
13a. Urges the Commission to supervise the company, without prejudice to the immediate granting of aid to workers, and to follow up on the ongoing court proceedings concerning the possible unfair administration of the company and other allegations of misappropriation and that in case those allegations are confirmed, if applicable, addresses those responsible so that they can be prosecuted, punished and make the necessary compensation; 19 Eider Gardiazabal Rubial; Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to submit a proposal to lower the threshold for EGF eligibility, which currently stands at 500 redundancies, 100 redundancies in the case of medium-sized enterprises and 50 redundancies in the case of small enterprises, so as to ensure that the aid reaches workers employed by SMEs, who are generally most affected by the effects of globalisation; 20 Paragraph 13 b (new) AM\1111745.docx 11/12 PE594.166v01-00
13b. Considers those funds to be essential and that, for the future, the activities promoted by globalisation adjustment funds should be framed in line with reindustrialisation strategies, considers also that this should involve support measures for workers in a situation of restructuring caused by situations of unfeasible production, with a greater weight of public investments that reinforce, update, innovate and improve the productive fabric of the affected regions and that this would be an explicit support for the development of production techniques based on renewable energies or that promote circular economy, giving continuity to jobs, undelines that. in the medium term, those funds and actions should contribute to the change of the productive model, guaranteeing the future of the productive sectors; PE594.166v01-00 12/12 AM\1111745.docx