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 ETIAS consequential amendments: police and judicial cooperation ***I |
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(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2019)0003), – having regard to the decision by the Conference of Presidents of 11 February 2021 to authorise the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to split the abovementioned Commission proposal and to draw up two separate legislative reports on the basis thereof, – having regard to Article 294(2), Articles 82(1)(d) and 87(2)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0025/2019), – having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 31 March 2021 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0254/2020), 1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; 2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; 3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 8 June 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/818 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System
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| ETIAS consequential amendments: borders and visa ***I |
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(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2019)0004), – having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 77(2)(a), (b) and (d) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8-0024/2019), – having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 31 March 2021 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0255/2020), 1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; 2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; 3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 8 June 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861 and (EU) 2019/817 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System
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| Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/003 DE/GMH Guss - Germany |
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0207 – C9‑0156/2021), – having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006(1) EGF Regulation), – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof, – having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources(3), (IIA of 16 December 2020), and in particular point 9 thereof, – having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9‑0189/2021), A. whereas the Union has 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 or of the global financial and economic crisis, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers and the companies for which they worked; B. whereas Germany submitted application EGF/2020/003 DE/GMH Guss for a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), following 585 redundancies(4) in four subsidiaries of the company Guss GmbH classified under the NACE Revision 2 Division 24 (Manufacture of basic metals) in the NUTS level 2 of Düsseldorf (DEA1)(5) and Arnsberg (DEA5)(6), within a reference period for the application from 31 July 2020 to 30 November 2020; C. whereas the application relates to 585 workers made redundant by four subsidiaries of GMH Guss GmbH in Germany; D. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(1), point (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; E. whereas the foundry industry in Germany is facing acute challenges such as changes in international trade in goods and services and overproduction in China, in particular in the automotive and machine industry, as well as relocating activities to third countries, including to EU candidate countries, where lower environmental standards apply(7) and industries are highly subsidized; F. whereas GMH Guss problems started when the main client of subsidiary Walter Hundhausen GmbH, accountable for 60 % of the subsidiary’s production, took the decision to nearshore parts of its supply chain to Turkey; G. whereas Taiwanese competitor MEITA opened two foundries in Obrenovac, Serbia, that mainly produce for the European automotive industry and due to subsidies and lower labour costs, MEITA was able to offer far lower prices than its German competitor GMH Guss; H. whereas the overall metal casting production in Germany decreased by 8,9 % between 2018 and 2019(8) due to these globalisation-related challenges, affecting in particular North Rhine-Westphalia where 25 % of the German cast metals are produced; 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1), point (a), of the EGF Regulation are met and that Germany is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 1 081 706 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 1 802 845, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 1 730 731 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 72 114; 2. Notes that the German authorities submitted the application on 15 December 2020, and that, following the provision of additional information by Germany, the Commission finalised its assessment on 27 April 2021 and notified it to Parliament on the same day; 3. Notes that all the procedural requirements were met; 4. Notes that the application relates in total to 585 workers made redundant in the German industrial sector; regrets that Germany expects that only 476 out of the total eligible beneficiaries of which 455 are men and 21 women, most of them between 30 and 54 years old will participate in the measures (targeted beneficiaries); 5. Underlines that those redundancies are expected to have a considerable impact on the local economy, since they took place in a context of high level of unemployment (10,7 % in September 2020) in the Ruhr area due to structural challenges since the 1960s and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic; 6. Points out that most of the workers made redundant are in the second half of their professional career, have a low level of formal qualification and often a poor command of German language; underlines further that, as explained in the application, a high number of the beneficiaries are men with a migrant background and that their successful reintegration into the labour market could be facilitated by other members of their households, who often have a much better knowledge of German than the former employees; 7. Highlights and welcomes the organisation of peer groups, taking into account the personal situations of the former employees affected; underlines the need for former employees, without discrimination and independently of their nationality, to be integrated and supported by the measures included in this EGF project; 8. Considers it to be a social responsibility of the Union to provide these workers who have been made redundant with the necessary qualifications for the ecological and just transformation of the Union industry in line with the European Green Deal, since they worked in a sector with high carbon intensity; welcomes, therefore, the personalised services provided by this EGF to the workers, which include upskilling measures and German courses, workshops, vocational orientation, job counselling, as well as training allowances and business start-up advisory service, to make the area, and the overall labour market, more sustainable and resilient in the future; 9. Notes that Germany started providing personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 1 August 2020 and that the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will therefore be from 1 August 2020 to 15 December 2022; 10. Notes that Germany started incurring administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 1 November 2020 and that expenditure on preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities will therefore be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 1 November 2020 to 15 June 2023; 11. Welcomes that the co-ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by Germany in consultation with the social partners, and that a monitoring committee comprising representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Public Employment Services, the transfer company, representatives of the social partners, representatives of IG Metall trade union, the liquidators of the dismissing enterprise and its subsidiaries, as well as representatives of the works councils, was set up to steer the EGF co-financed intervention; highlights that the social partners of the enterprises concerned already cooperated in the months and years prior to the mobilisation of the EGF to improve the difficult economic conditions and situation, which also included significant salary concessions made by the workers; 12. Notes that the German authorities have confirmed that the eligible actions are complementing without replacing measures offered by the European Social Fund (ESF) through the ESF Operational Programme for North Rhine-Westphalia; 13. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements; 14. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution; 15. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 16. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its Annex, to the Council and the Commission. ANNEX DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Germany – EGF/2020/003 DE/GMH Guss (The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2021/1021.)
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| Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/005 BE/Swissport – Belgium |
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0212 – C9‑0159/2021), – having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006(1) (EGF Regulation), – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof, – having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources(3), (IIA of 16 December 2020), and in particular point 9 thereof, – having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0188/2021), A. whereas the Union has 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 or of the global financial and economic crisis, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers and the companies for which they worked; B. whereas Belgium submitted application EGF/2020/005 BE/Swissport for a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), following 1 468 redundancies(4) in the company Swissport Belgium, within a reference period for the application from 9 June 2020 to 9 October 2020; C. whereas on 27 April 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a decision on the mobilisation of the EGF in favour of Belgium to support the reintegration in the labour market of 1 468 targeted beneficiaries; D. whereas the application relates to 1 468 workers made redundant in the company Swissport Belgium; E. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(1), point (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; F. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the following global economic crisis caused an immense shock to the travel industry in Belgium, especially the air carriers and enterprises operating at Brussels Airport, where in the first week of lockdown (16-22 March 2020), the number of flights decreased by 58% compared to January 2020, and the movements of passenger planes at the airport stopped almost completely over the following weeks; G. whereas in 2020 overall, international passenger traffic dropped by 60 % compared to 2019 (from 4,5 billion passengers to 1,8 billion) and 50 % of global aircraft was put into storage; whereas Swissport Belgium, one of the Brussels Airport’s two ground handlers, was responsible for 60 % of the handling and cleaning services at the airport; H. whereas on 9 June 2020, after weeks of ground services being almost non-existent at Brussels Airport, Swissport Belgium was declared bankrupt due to a lack of liquidity, resulting in the redundancies concerned; I. whereas Swissport Belgium had been successfully implementing a recovery plan before the pandemic struck, forecasting a 37 % reduction in losses for 2020 compared to 2019, and was declared bankrupt on 9 June 2020 by the Brussels Court; J. whereas due to the great uncertainty about the short-term recovery of the passenger air transport sector, no enterprise has shown any interest in taking over the handling activities of Swissport Belgium; K. whereas there is a real risk that further bankruptcies among ground handling service providers may take place throughout 2021; L. whereas this is one of the first mobilisations of the EGF due to the COVID-19 crisis, following the adoption by the European Parliament of its resolution of 18 June 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)(5), stating that the EGF could be mobilised to support permanently dismissed workers and the self-employed in the context of the global crisis caused by COVID-19 without amending Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013; M. whereas the Commission declared that the health crisis resulted in an economic crisis, set out a recovery plan for the economy, and underlined the role of the EGF as an emergency tool(6); 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1), point (a), of the EGF Regulation are met and that Belgium is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 3 719 224 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 6 198 708, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 5 977 108 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 221 600; 2. Notes that the Belgian authorities submitted the application on 22 December 2020, and that, following the provision of additional information by Belgium, the Commission finalised its assessment on 27 April 2021 and notified it to Parliament on the same day; 3. Notes that all the procedural requirements were met; 4. Notes that the application relates in total to 1 468 workers made redundant in the company Swissport Belgium of which 1086 are men and 382 are women; welcomes the fact that all the redundant workers are expected to participate in the measures; 5. Recalls that the sudden shutdown of certain key sectors in Belgium (catering, tourism, culture, etc.) has caused unemployment in Brussels to reach 15 % in Q3 2020(7), and that a large proportion of the former workforce of Swissport Belgium are disadvantaged groups, as they are mostly low-skilled and semi-skilled workers and about one third (32,5%) are over 50 years old; 6. Underlines the need for all employees, without discrimination and independently of their nationality, to be integrated and supported by the measures included in this EGF mobilisation; 7. Notes that Belgium started providing personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 9 June 2020 and that the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will therefore be from 9 June 2020 to 22 December 2022; 8. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers and self-employed persons consist of the following actions: information, job-search assistance and vocational guidance, training, support for and contribution to business creation, as well as incentives and allowances, welcomes that workers of the under-represented gender who opt for vocational training for significantly gender-unbalanced jobs(8) will receive a an additional bonus of EUR 700; reiterates the integration of the gender perspectives as an important feature of the Union budget, and considers that it should be promoted at all stages of the implementation of the financial contribution from the EGF; 9. Notes that Belgium started incurring administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 10 June 2020 and that expenditure on preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities will therefore be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 10 June 2020 to 22 June 2023; 10. Welcomes that the co-ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by Belgium in consultation with workers’ representatives and the social partners as well as an employment centre specialized in the aviation sector; 11. Stresses that the Belgian authorities have confirmed that the eligible actions do not receive assistance from other Union funds or financial instruments, and that the principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination will be respected in the access to the proposed actions and their implementation; 12. Recalls that financial support through the EGF should be provided as swiftly and effectively as possible; underlines the need to shorten the period of assessment of applications by the Commission to the extent possible; 13. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements; 14. Notes the recent increase in the number of applications for financial assistance through the EGF; expresses concern about the lingering impact of the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and the sufficiency of the EGF to respond to all future needs; 15. Strongly supports that the EGF continues to show solidarity in 2021-2027 period while shifting the focus from the cause of restructuring to its impact; welcomes that under the new rules, decarbonisation will also be a reason for applicants to be eligible for support; 16. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution; 17. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 18. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its Annex, to the Council and the Commission. ANNEX DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium – EGF/2020/005 BE/Swissport (The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2021/1020.)
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| Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/004 NL/KLM - Netherlands |
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0226 – C9‑0161/2021), – having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006(1) (“EGF Regulation”), – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof, – having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources(3), (“IIA of 16 December 2020”), and in particular point 9 thereof, – having regard to the letters of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0187/2021), A. whereas the Union has 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 or of the global financial and economic crisis, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers and the companies for which they worked; B. whereas the Netherlands submitted application EGF/2020/004 NL/KLM for a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), following 1 851 redundancies(4) in the company KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in the NUTS level 2 region Noord-Holland (NL32) in the Netherlands, within a reference period for the application from 15 August 2020 to 15 December 2020; C. whereas the application relates to 1 851 workers made redundant in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, of which 650 redundancies occurred during the reference period and 1 201 occurred before or after the reference period and a clear causal link can be established with the event which triggered the redundancies during the reference period; D. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(1), point (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; E. whereas the Commission acknowledged that the COVID-19 health crisis generated an economic crisis and pushed for a Next Generation EU recovery plan that underlines the key role played by the EGF in assisting redundant workers; F. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic caused an immense shock to the aviation industry due to travel restrictions, leading to a drop in international air traffic by 98,9 % in April 2020 compared to April 2019, while 64 % of global aircraft was put in storage; G. whereas international passenger demand has fallen by 75,6 % in 2020 compared to 2019 levels, whereas according to the global passenger forecast by the International Air Transport Association, it will take 3 to 4 years for the aviation industry to recover to its pre-crisis level; H. whereas this is one of the first mobilisations of the EGF due to the COVID-19 crisis, following the adoption by the European Parliament of its resolution of 18 June 2020 on the proposal of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - Technical Assistance at the initiative of the Commission)(5), stating that the EGF could be mobilised to support permanently dismissed workers and the self-employed in the context of the global crisis caused by COVID-19 without amending Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013; I. whereas before the pandemic started, the financial performance of KLM was increasing steadily between 2015 and 2019, its net profit rising from EUR 54 million in the financial year 2015 to EUR 449 million in the financial year 2019; J. whereas the number of passengers carried by KLM dropped by 68 % and KLM’s revenue fell by 53,8 % in 2020 compared to 2019, leading KLM to accumulate an operating loss of EUR 1 154 million in 2020 compared to a profit of EUR 714 million in 2019(6), and its management to announce a restructuring plan reducing the workforce by around 5 000 full-time equivalents(7); K. whereas the Commission declared that the health crisis resulted in an economic crisis, set out a recovery plan for the economy, and underlined the role of the EGF as an emergency tool(8); 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1), point (a), of the EGF Regulation are met and that the Netherlands are entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 5 019 218 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 8 365 364, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 8 030 750 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 334 614; 2. Notes that the Dutch authorities submitted the application on 22 December 2020, and that, following the provision of additional information by the Netherlands, the Commission finalised its assessment on 6 May 2021 and notified it to Parliament on the same day; 3. Regrets the lengthy process in such difficult circumstances and calls the Commission to accelerate the process of assessment, ensuring that the dismissed workers can benefit from the Union's support in a timely manner; 4. Notes that the application relates in total to 1 851 workers made redundant in the company KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; takes note that the Netherlands expect that only 1 201 out of the total eligible beneficiaries will participate in the measures (‘targeted beneficiaries’); 5. Notes that the Netherlands have decided not to offer income support to the dismissed workers through the EGF; takes note that the Dutch government had launched a generic wage support grant for all companies whose turnover is affected by more than 20 % by the COVID-19 crisis and that KLM Group applied for NOW-grant (Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voorWerkgelegenheid); takes note that KLM Group applied for the entire period covered by the NOW grant and has already received advance payments of EUR 683 million and should receive an additional EUR 488 million; 6. Notes that it is for the Member State to decide how many of the eligible workers should be targeted to benefit of the support; calls on the Netherlands to guarantee the inclusion of the most vulnerable individuals, who are likely to face most difficulties on the job market, without any form of discrimination; stresses the benefit of allowing all workers made redundant, for whom this represents their best option, to be integrated and supported by the measures included in this EGF project; 7. Underlines that the social impact of the redundancies is expected to be considerable as KLM is the Netherlands' second-largest private employer with over 33 000 employees(9) in 2019; recalls that these redundancies took place in a context of rising unemployment rates in Noord-Holland, which increased by 1,5 percentage points to reach 4,8 % in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter of 2019; 8. Notes that the Netherlands started providing personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 1 February 2021 and that the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will therefore be from 1 February 2021 to 1 February 2023; 9. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers consist of the following actions: professional orientation, support to find work in dedicated sectors, training, coaching and/or education and financial advice; welcomes the focus of the authorities on reskilling workers to facilitate their move to sectors with labour shortages, such as education, healthcare, logistics, technologies and information management; 10. Notes that the Netherlands started incurring administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 1 February 2021 and that expenditure on preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities will therefore be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 1 February 2021 to 1 August 2023; 11. Welcomes that the co-ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by the Netherlands in consultation with stakeholders and social partners, including eight trade unions, and, in close cooperation with the relevant Works Councils, that a support group was set up to ensure that these services are coordinated; 12. Stresses that the Dutch authorities have confirmed that the eligible actions will not receive assistance from other Union funds or financial instruments(10); 13. Calls for continued reduction of administrative burden throughout the process; 14. Calls for further communication efforts with regard to the measures supported by the Union budget through the EGF; underlines the importance to disseminate information on the Union added value and the support to vulnerable sectors and workers, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 fallout; 15. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements; 16. Notes that according to the Commission all the procedural requirements were met; 17. Strongly supports that in 2021-2027 the EGF will continue to show solidarity while shifting the focus from the cause of restructuring to its impact; welcomes that under the new rules decarbonisation will also be a reason for applicators to be eligible for support. 18. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution; 19. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its Annex, to the Council and the Commission. ANNEX DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from the Netherlands – EGF/2020/004 NL/KLM (The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2021/1022.)
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| Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/007 FI/Finnair - Finland |
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0227 – C9‑0162/2021), – having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006(1) (“EGF Regulation”), – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027(2), and in particular Article 8 thereof, – having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources(3), (“IIA of 16 December 2020”), and in particular point 9 thereof, – having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0186/2021), A. whereas the Union has 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 or of the global financial and economic crisis, and to assist their reintegration into the labour market; whereas this assistance is made through a financial support given to workers and the companies for which they worked; B. whereas Finland submitted application EGF/2020/007 FI/Finnair for a financial contribution from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), following 508 redundancies(4) in the company Finnair Oyj and one subcontractor(5) in the NUTS level 2 region Helsinki-Uusimaa (FI1B) in Finland, within a reference period for the application from 25 August 2020 to 25 December 2020; C. whereas on 6 May 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a decision on the mobilisation of the EGF to support the reintegration in the labour market of 500 targeted beneficiaries, i.e. workers made redundant in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2, namely Division 51 (Air transport); D. whereas the application relates to 504 workers made redundant in the company Finnair Oyj and four by one subcontractor in Finland; E. whereas the application is based on the intervention criteria of Article 4(1), point (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; F. whereas the Commission acknowledged that the COVID-19 health crisis generated an economic crisis and pushed for a Next Generation EU recovery plan that underlines the key role played by the EGF in assisting redundant workers; G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic caused an immense shock to the aviation industry due to travel restrictions, leading to a drop in international air traffic by 98,9 % in April 2020 compared to April 2019(6), and industry-wide revenue passenger kilometres shrank by 86,5 % in June 2020 compared to June 2019(7); H. whereas international passenger demand fell by 75,6 % in 2020 compared to 2019 levels; whereas according to the global passenger forecast by the International Air Transport Association, it will take 3 to 4 years for the aviation industry to recover to its pre-crisis level; I. whereas this is one of the first mobilisations of the EGF due to the COVID-19 crisis, following the adoption by the European Parliament of its resolution of 18 June 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - Technical Assistance at the initiative of the Commission)(8), stating that the EGF could be mobilised to support permanently dismissed workers and the self-employed in the context of the global crisis caused by COVID-19 without amending Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013; J. whereas before the pandemic started, Finnair had sound financial results, the number of passengers carried having increased by 10,3 % in 2019 and its revenue having grown by 9,2 % in 2019, reaching EUR 3 097 million, compared to EUR 2 836 million in 2018; K. whereas restrictions in place both in Finland and in other countries have heavily affected Finnair's operations, in particular regarding international and intercontinental flights; whereas air traffic is an important mode of transport connecting remote areas, such as Finland, to the rest of the world; L. whereas Helsinki Airport is a major air travel hub and Finnair a major carrier between Europe and Asia, and in January 2020 passenger volumes to China increased by 58 % compared to January 2019; whereas in February 2020 passenger volumes decreased sharply by 73 % due to the epidemic situation; M. whereas the number of passengers carried by Finnair dropped by 76,2 % and its revenue fell by 73,2 % in 2020 compared to 2019, leading the company to accumulate an operating loss of EUR 464,5 million in 2020(9); whereas in response Finnair had to reduce its costs in order to address this crisis and savings were made in real estate, aircraft leasing, IT (digitalisation and automation of its customer processes), sales and distribution costs, as well as administration costs and compensation structures; whereas this led to the reduction of the workforce by 700 jobs(10) and almost all of the workforce being furloughed for a part of the year, with furloughs continuing in 2021 for a large share of the workforce; N. whereas Finnair’s long-term goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, with a 50 % reduction in net emissions by the end of 2025 compared to the 2019 level(11), and according to the company, Finnair has continued to progress with sustainability efforts also during the pandemic with investments into sustainable biofuels; O. whereas the aviation sector’s contribution to the Finnish economy is significant, representing 3,2 % of the total GDP(12), and the redundancies in the country’s biggest airline, Finnair, have a serious impact on the Helsinki-Uusimaa region and the national economy; P. whereas 42 000 persons (23 000 direct and 19 000 indirect jobs) were employed in the aviation sector in Finland in 2020 and these redundancies will have a serious impact on the national economy; whereas the number of unemployed jobseekers in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region where the redundancies are concerned increased by 0,8 percentage points, from 6,4 % in 2019 to 7,2 % in 2020; Q. whereas due to rising unemployment resulting from the crisis, the re-employment of former Finnair workers may be challenging; R. whereas the Commission declared that the health crisis resulted in an economic crisis, set out a recovery plan for the economy, and underlined the role of the EGF as an emergency tool(13); 1. Agrees with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(2) of the EGF Regulation are met and that Finland is entitled to a financial contribution of EUR 1 752 360 under that Regulation, which represents 60 % of the total cost of EUR 2 920 600, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 2 730 600 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities of EUR 190 000; 2. Notes that the Finnish authorities submitted the application on 30 December 2020, and that the Commission finalised its assessment on 6 May 2021 and notified it to Parliament on the same day; regrets that the assessment of the Commission took so long in current circumstances; 3. Notes that all the procedural requirements were met; 4. Notes that the application relates in total to 508 workers made redundant in company Finnair Oyj and one subcontractor; further notes that Finland expects that 500 out of the total eligible beneficiaries will participate in the measures (targeted beneficiaries); 5. Recalls that the social impacts of the redundancies are expected to be considerable for workers in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region, where Finnair has its operating hub, and where the number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 22,5 % between February and April 2020, and by 0.8 percentage points between 2019 and 2020(14), leading to difficult prospects in terms of re-employment of the dismissed workers; notes positively therefore that the dismissed workers could benefit from customised job-search guidance and support, along with tailored upskilling and reskilling to increase their chances of re-employment; 6. Underlines the need for all employees, without discrimination and independently of their nationality, to be integrated and supported by the measures included in this EGF project; 7. Points out that 44 % of eligible persons are women with most affected age group between 30 and 54 years old; notes that the second largest age group is 55-64 years (28,20 %), which may face additional challenges in re-integrating into the labour market; 8. Notes that Finland started providing personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 21 October 2020 and that the period of eligibility for a financial contribution from the EGF will therefore be from 21 October 2020 to 30 December 2022; 9. Recalls that personalised services to be provided to the workers and self-employed persons consist of the following actions: coaching and other preparatory measures, employment and business services, training, pay subsidy, start-up grant and allowances for travel, accommodation and removal; welcomes the provision of vocational qualification trainings to the beneficiaries, including courses such as artificial intelligence (A.I.), digital security and robotics; further welcomes the use of pay subsidy by Finland to reduce the payroll costs of the beneficiaries as well as start-up grants to promote the creation of business activity but reminds that this support should be conditional on the active participation of these beneficiaries in job-search or training activities; 10. Notes that Finland started incurring administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 21 October 2020 and that expenditure on preparatory, management, information and publicity, control and reporting activities will therefore be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 21 October 2020 to 30 June 2023; 11. Welcomes that the co-ordinated package of personalised services was drawn up by Finland in consultation with a working group; highlights that the preparation activities included meetings with the representatives of Centres for Economic Development, Transport and Environment and Employment and Economic Development Offices of Uusimaa, Finnair and Trade Unions namely Ilmailualan Unioni (IAU), Finnairin insinöörit ja ylemmät toimihenkilöt (FINTO), Auto ja Kuljetusalan Työntekijäliitto ry (AKT) and Trade Union Pro; 12. Stresses that the Finnish authorities have confirmed that the eligible actions do not receive assistance from other Union funds or financial instruments; 13. Reiterates that assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies, by virtue of national law or collective agreements; 14. Strongly supports that the EGF continues to show solidarity in the 2021-2027 period while shifting the focus from the cause of restructuring to its impact; welcomes that under the new rules decarbonisation will also be a reason for applicants to be eligible for support; 15. Approves the decision annexed to this resolution; 16. Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 17. Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its Annex, to the Council and the Commission. ANNEX DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Finland – EGF/2020/007 FI/Finnair (The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2021/1023.)
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(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2019)0003), – having regard to the decision by the Conference of Presidents of 11 February 2021 to authorise the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to split the abovementioned Commission proposal and to draw up two separate legislative reports on the basis thereof, – having regard to Article 294(2) and point (d) of Article 82(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C8‑0025/2019), – having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the responsible committee under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 31 March 2021 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0083/2021), 1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out; 2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; 3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 8 June 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2019/816 and (EU) 2019/818 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System
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| Non-objection to a delegated act: extending the transitional period referred to in Article 89(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 |
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The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission delegated regulation (C(2021)3114), – having regard to the Commission’s letter of 12 May 2021 asking Parliament to declare that it will raise no objections to the delegated regulation, – having regard to the letter from the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs to the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs of 3 June 2021, – having regard to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories(1), and in particular Articles 85(2) and 82(6) thereof, – having regard to Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the recommendation for a decision of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, – having regard to the fact that no objections have been raised within the period laid down in the third and fourth indents of Rule 111(6) of its Rules of Procedure, which expired on 8 June 2021, A. whereas Article 89(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 provides that, for a transitional period until 18 June 2021, the clearing obligation set out in Article 4 of that Regulation does not apply to OTC derivative contracts that are objectively measurable as reducing investment risks that directly relate to the financial solvency of pension scheme arrangements (PSAs), and to entities established to provide compensation to members of such PSAs in case of default; whereas that transitional period was introduced to avoid the adverse effect of centrally clearing derivative contracts on the retirement benefits of future pensioners and to provide time for developing viable technical solutions for the transfer by PSAs of cash and non-cash collateral as variation margins; B. whereas Article 85(2), third subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 empowers the Commission to extend that transitional period twice, each time by one year, where the Commission concludes that no such viable technical solutions have yet been developed and that the adverse effect of centrally clearing derivative contracts on the retirement benefits of future pensioners remains unchanged; C. whereas the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recommended to the Commission, in its December 2020 report, to extend the exemption by one year, thereby providing CCPs with additional time to refine their access models so that they become more broadly available to PSAs and, at the same time, avoiding a situation where a clearing obligation for PSAs is introduced in the aftermath of COVID-19 market dynamics; D. whereas the Commission, taking into account ESMA’s report, is of the opinion that it is indeed necessary to extend the transitional period by one year to allow the envisaged solutions to mature and be further refined; E. whereas the Commission has therefore adopted the delegated regulation which extends the transitional period until 18 June 2022; F. whereas the delegated regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency to provide Union PSAs with the certainty they need in relation to the central clearing exemption; 1. Declares that it has no objections to the delegated regulation; 2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission.
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| Establishing the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment ***II |
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(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Council position at first reading (07234/1/2021 – C9‑0196/2021), – having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 17 October 2018(1), – having regard to its position at first reading(2) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0474), – having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (A9-0196/2021), 1. Approves the Council position at first reading; 2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; 3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; 4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
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| European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) 2021-2027 ***II |
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(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Council position at first reading (06980/2/2021 – C9‑0195/2021), – having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 17 October 2018(1), – having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 5 December 2018(2), – having regard to its position at first reading(3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0382), – having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2020)0447), – having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A9-0197/2021), 1. Approves the Council position at first reading; 2. Takes note of the Commission statements annexed to this resolution; 3. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; 4. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; 5. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION Commission statement on ESF+ investments to combat child poverty In 2019, there were 18 million children at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU with very high numbers in some Member States. The COVID-19 outbreak and its socio-economic consequences have exacerbated inequalities and poverty with a more pronounced effect on them. Child poverty is consistently present in all Member States and continues to be higher than for working-age adults. The Commission therefore welcomes the balanced agreement making the ESF+ a decisive tool to address the challenge of child poverty. The agreement recognises the urgency to invest in children in all Member States. On 24 March 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation establishing a European Child Guarantee with the aim to tackle the challenge structurally. When programming the ESF+, the Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Member States dedicate appropriate ESF+ funding to contribute to implementing the European Child Guarantee. Moreover, it will encourage Member States to also use other EU funding instruments and national resources available to support adequate investments in this area. Commission statement on ESF+ investments in youth employment The Commission underlines that young people have been disproportionately hit by the socio-economic crisis following the COVID-19 outbreak. From December 2019 to December 2020 youth unemployment has increased by 3 percentage points in the EU, bringing the number of unemployed young persons to over 3.1 million. The Commission also recalls that youth unemployment has been consistently and significantly higher than that of the adult population with the latest figures showing a difference of over 10 percentage points (17.8% compared to 6.6% in December 2020). The Commission welcomes the agreement reached by the co-legislators which recognises the challenge across all Member States. The ESF+ is the most important EU funding instrument to implement the recently adopted reinforced Youth Guarantee as well as other relevant measures under the Youth Employment Support initiative. When programming the ESF+, the Commission will do its utmost to ensure that Member States dedicate appropriate ESF+ funding to implement the reinforced Youth Guarantee. Moreover, it will encourage Member States to use also other EU funding instruments and national resources available to support adequate investments in this area.
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