Text · Amendment list
Amendment 001-045 - Liesbet Sommen - Report A10-0251/2025 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement
Report A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045
- Kind
- Amendment list A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045
- Date
- 24 April 2026
- Dossier
- 2025/0073(COD)
More facts (1)
- Formats
- Official page PDF Word
Text
The text as parsed from the official Word file. Every paragraph has a link (¶) and can be saved to a project as a passage.
Jump to an amendment (45)
- Amendment 1
- Amendment 2
- Amendment 3
- Amendment 4
- Amendment 5
- Amendment 6
- Amendment 7
- Amendment 8
- Amendment 9
- Amendment 10
- Amendment 11
- Amendment 12
- Amendment 13
- Amendment 14
- Amendment 15
- Amendment 16
- Amendment 17
- Amendment 18
- Amendment 19
- Amendment 20
- Amendment 21
- Amendment 22
- Amendment 23
- Amendment 24
- Amendment 25
- Amendment 26
- Amendment 27
- Amendment 28
- Amendment 29
- Amendment 30
- Amendment 31
- Amendment 32
- Amendment 33
- Amendment 34
- Amendment 35
- Amendment 36
- Amendment 37
- Amendment 38
- Amendment 39
- Amendment 40
- Amendment 41
- Amendment 42
- Amendment 43
- Amendment 44
- Amendment 45
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (5a) The Union faces increasingly unequal competition from third countries due to the fact that they do not comply with the same level of labour rights or safety and environmental regulations. Union enterprises must be supported in their fight against unfair competition and workers must be protected from its negative consequences. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (6) The EGF’s role continues to be important as a flexible instrument to support workers who lose their jobs in large-scale restructuring events and to help them to find other jobs as quickly as possible. The Union should continue to provide specific, one-off support to facilitate the reintegration into decent and sustainable employment of displaced workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering from a shock caused by serious economic disruption. The EU has to ensure its sustainable prosperity and competitiveness while preserving its unique social market economy, succeeding in the twin transition, and safeguarding its democracy, economic security and geopolitical standing. To safeguard the EU’s future as an economic powerhouse, and progress on its twin digital and green transition, it is vital to support workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring so that they can acquire the skills that would help them transfer into a different role, or to change job. | (6) The EGF’s role continues to be important as a flexible instrument to support workers who lose their jobs in large-scale restructuring events and to help them to find other suitable jobs as quickly as possible. The Union should continue to provide specific, one-off support to facilitate the reintegration into decent and sustainable employment of displaced workers in areas, sectors, territories or labour markets suffering from a shock caused by serious economic disruption. The Union has to ensure its sustainable prosperity, strategic autonomy and competitiveness while preserving its unique social market economy, supporting workers and enterprises to ensure a just twin transition, preserving jobs in the Union and safeguarding its democracy, economic security and geopolitical standing. To safeguard the Unions future as an economic powerhouse, and progress on its twin digital and green transition, it is vital to support workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring so that they can acquire the skills that would help them transfer into a different role in the same enterprise, or to change job. If a restructuring process affects the direct suppliers and downstream producers of an enterprise, workers employed by them should also be eligible for EGF support, provided that their employer agrees to cover the related costs. Suppliers and downstream producers should demonstrate that there is a causal link between such effects and the initial restructuring process. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (7) Therefore it is necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2021/691 so that the EGF can also offer assistance to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring. As these workers are still in active employment, their employer may request assistance through the relevant Member States’ authorities. As the EGF is under shared management, it is the Member States’ authorities that can request EGF co-funding upon receipt of a request by an enterprise, provided that the enterprise agrees to provide the national co-funding. Should the financial contribution from the EGF be granted, the Member State concerned should make the funds requested available to the enterprise within two weeks of their receipt. In particular, the enterprise should make available to the Member State all information needed to prepare the final report on the implementation of the relevant financial contribution, not later than six months after the end of the implementation of the assistance. The Commission will prepare a beneficiary survey and the enterprise should share the access to the survey to the workers who participated in the programme. | (7) The EGF should be extended to comprise a more preventive approach by financing up-front training and reskilling that enables cross-sectoral labour mobility. It should support workers by developing transferable skills to avoid redundancies and to allow a smooth transition into new employment, preferably in the same region, thereby reducing the social cost of restructuring. Therefore it is necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2021/691 so that the EGF can also offer assistance to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, as well as their direct suppliers and downstream producers, with particular focus on workers employed by SMEs and disadvantaged groups of workers, such as older workers, persons with disabilities and low-skilled workers. To ensure efficient EGF spending, support should benefit enterprises undergoing restructuring processes that contribute to the twin green and digital transition. As these workers are still in active employment, their employer may request assistance through the relevant Member States’ authorities. Where several enterprises are affected by the same restructuring process, Member States should be able to provide the submission of collective applications. As the EGF is under shared management, it is the Member States’ authorities that can request EGF co-funding upon receipt of a request by one or more enterprises, provided that the enterprises agree to provide the national co-funding. Should the financial contribution from the EGF be granted, the Member State concerned should make the funds requested available to the enterprises within one week of their receipt. In particular, the enterprises should make available to the Member State all information needed to prepare the final report on the implementation of the relevant financial contribution, not later than six months after the end of the implementation of the assistance. The Commission will prepare a beneficiary survey and the enterprises should share access to the survey with the workers who participated in the programme and with their representatives. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (8a) Restructuring processes should support an enterprise’s economic sustainability and long-term employment stability, thus strengthening the Unions competitiveness. Therefore, restructuring plans should anticipate and manage change as early as possible to prevent insolvency and job losses, while involving workers’ representatives and trade unions at an early stage. Both the decision by the enterprise to submit an application for EGF support and the design of the coordinated package of personalised measures should be done in consultation with the targeted beneficiaries, their representatives and the social partners as applicable in order to ensure workers’ rights to information and consultation are respected in line with Union and national legislation and to ensure the quality and relevance of the measures. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (8b) Applications for financial support involving enterprises undergoing restructuring located in small labour markets, regions with high structural unemployment or involving only SMEs should be able to be considered to be admissible even if not all eligibility criteria are met. In such cases, the reasons for not meeting all criteria should be duly substantiated in the application. In the case of applications involving micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, limited administrative capacity should be taken into account. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (9) The support provided to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring should take into account existing forms of support available under national measures. Short-time work schemes should not be eligible for EGF support as they do not relate to the displacement of jobs, but to their temporary suspension. If the national measures allow it, the requesting enterprise may subcontract the delivery of the coordinated package of personalised measures, or parts thereof. | (9) The support provided to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring should supplement existing forms of support available under national measures or collective agreements and support the twin digital and green transition by reskilling and upskilling workers and by doing so ensuring quality jobs creation and decent working conditions. Short-time work schemes should not be eligible for EGF support as they do not relate to the displacement of jobs, but to their temporary suspension. If the national measures allow it, the requesting enterprise may subcontract the delivery of the coordinated package of personalised measures, or parts thereof. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (10) The co-financing rate for such measures targeted to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring should be equal to the co-financing rate for EGF assistance to displaced workers. Enterprises that request EGF support should provide the national co-financing. | (10) The co-financing rate for such measures targeted to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring should be equal to the co-financing rate for EGF assistance to displaced workers. Enterprises that request EGF support should provide the national co-financing. Suppliers and downstream producers involved in an EGF application should provide the co-financing for their own workers. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (13) Workers affected by imminent job displacement receiving EGF assistance should remain eligible even if their work relationship ends. They should also remain eligible for possible follow-up applications by the respective Member States in support of displaced workers from the same enterprise. | (13) Workers affected by imminent job displacement receiving EGF assistance should remain eligible for continued EGF support even if their work relationship ends. They should also remain eligible for possible follow-up applications by the respective Member States in support of displaced workers from the same enterprise. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (14a) Given the uneven uptake of EGF support by Member States, the Commission should raise awareness of the funding opportunities available and promote its usage. Moreover, the Commission should assist Member States through technical guidance and dissemination of good practices. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (15) To provide swifter support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring or workers made redundant and allow them to benefit from Union solidarity in the current context of economic disruptions and rapid changes, there is a need to accelerate the support given to the workers. One way of doing this is by requiring the Commission to request to the European Parliament and the Council to mobilise the full maximum annual amount at the beginning of each year, if specific conditions are met. The Commission proposal should therefore indicate the circumstances that led the Commission to conclude that the conditions to request full mobilisation of the maximum annual amount, have been met. The Commission proposal should be based on information provided by the Member States at the end of each year. The proposal should include the number of potential applications from each Member State concerned, the sectors of activities concerned, the estimated number of enterprises which could request Member States to apply for EGF support, and the estimated number of workers at risk of imminent job displacement or that have been displaced. The identity of the enterprises concerned should not be revealed if the information is not yet publicly known. | deleted |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (16) Once the full mobilisation of the maximum annual amount is approved by the European Parliament and the Council, the Commission should adopt financing decisions on individual applications and should be required to immediately inform the European Parliament and the Council of the adoption of those decisions. If the full mobilised maximum annual amount is not used by the Commission in a given year, that amount would lapse at the end of the financial year. | deleted |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (16a) Given the scale and frequency of restructuring in recent years, there are concerns that the existing EGF budget will be insufficient to meet increasing needs. Therefore, a minimum of 40% of the annual maximum amount of the EGF should be reserved for applications concerning the cessation of activity of displaced workers or self-employed persons. In addition, any financial contribution to workers affected by imminent job displacement should be capped per application. The discontinuation of the EGF budget under the proposed next multiannual financial framework is regrettable and there is a need to ensure continued support for displaced workers in the next MFF. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (17a) This Regulation has implications for the Union budget. Accordingly, the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets adopted a budgetary assessment, which forms an integral part of Parliament’s mandate for negotiations. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 2. In accordance with Article 4, the EGF shall offer support to displaced workers and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the course of major restructuring events and to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring.; | 2. In accordance with Article 4, the EGF shall offer support to displaced workers and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the course of major restructuring events and to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including their direct suppliers and downstream producers, provided that all national obligations under Directive 98/59/EC, including for information, consultation and standstill, have been fulfilled prior to the submission of the EGF application and the restructuring process contributes to the twin digital and green transition. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 1. The EGF shall support socioeconomic transformations that are the result of globalisation and of technological and environmental changes by helping displaced workers and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased to adapt to structural change. The EGF shall constitute an emergency fund. As such, the EGF shall contribute to the implementation of the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights and shall enhance social and economic cohesion among regions and Member States. | 1. The EGF shall support socioeconomic transformations that are the result of globalisation and of technological and environmental changes by helping displaced workers and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased to adapt to structural change. The EGF shall also support workers and self-employed persons at risk of imminent job displacement. The EGF shall constitute an emergency fund. As such, the EGF shall contribute to the implementation of the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights, promote sustainable employment and enhance social and economic cohesion among regions and Member States. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 2. The objectives of the EGF are to demonstrate solidarity and promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union by offering assistance in the case of major restructuring events, in particular those caused by challenges related to globalisation, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, significant changes in the trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market and financial or economic crises, as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy, or as a consequence of digitisation or automation. The EGF shall support beneficiaries in returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible. Particular emphasis shall be placed on measures that help the most disadvantaged groups. The EGF shall also support workers affected by imminent job displacement in acquiring the skills needed to help them transfer into a different role, or to change jobs.; | 2. The objectives of the EGF are to demonstrate solidarity and promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union by offering assistance in the case of major restructuring events, in particular those caused by challenges related to globalisation, such as changes in world trade patterns, trade disputes, significant changes in the trade relations of the Union or the composition of the internal market and financial or economic crises, as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy as part of the green and just transition, or as a consequence of digitisation or automation. The EGF shall support beneficiaries in returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible. Particular emphasis shall be placed on measures that help the most disadvantaged groups. The EGF shall also support workers affected by imminent job displacement in acquiring the skills needed to help them transfer into a different role, |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (6) ‘enterprise undergoing restructuring’ means an enterprise undergoing a process that involves collective redundancies as referred to in Directive 98/59/EC.; | (6) ‘enterprise undergoing restructuring’ means an enterprise undergoing a process that involves projected collective redundancies and which has notified the competent public authority in writing as referred to in Directive 98/59/EC; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (d) at least 200 workers affected by imminent job displacement in an enterprise undergoing restructuring in a Member State.; | (d) at least 200 workers affected by imminent job displacement in an enterprise undergoing restructuring in a Member State, including affected workers employed by direct suppliers or by downstream producers; |
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (ba) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: | |
| 3. In small labour markets, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs, where duly substantiated by the applicant Member State, an application for a financial contribution under this Article shall be considered to be admissible even if the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 are not entirely met, provided that the redundancies have a serious impact on employment and the local, regional or national economy. In such cases, the applicant Member State shall specify which of the intervention criteria set out in paragraph 2 are not entirely met. | ‘3. In small labour markets, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs, where duly substantiated by the applicant Member State, an application for a financial contribution under this Article shall be considered to be admissible even if the criteria laid down in paragraph 2 are not entirely met, provided that the redundancies or projected collective redundancies have a serious impact on employment and the local, regional or national economy. In such cases, the applicant Member State shall specify which of the intervention criteria set out in paragraph 2 are not entirely met.’ |
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (bb) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: | |
| 4. In exceptional circumstances, paragraph 3 shall also apply to labour markets other than small labour markets. The aggregated amount of financial contributions in such cases shall not exceed 15 % of the annual ceiling of the EGF. | ‘4. In exceptional circumstances, in particular with regard to applications involving SMEs, paragraph 3 shall also apply to labour markets other than small labour markets. The aggregated amount of financial contributions in such cases shall not exceed 15 % of the annual ceiling of the EGF.’ |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (c) workers affected by imminent job displacement in an enterprise undergoing restructuring. The workers shall remain eligible even in case of an actual termination of the work relationship. Only those restructuring events shall be eligible that qualify as collective redundancies under Directive 98/59/EC.; | (c) workers affected by imminent job displacement in an enterprise undergoing restructuring, including their direct suppliers and downstream producers. The workers shall remain eligible even in case of an actual termination of the work relationship. Workers who have received EGF support while still in employment shall not be excluded from receiving further support after the termination of the work relationship. Only those restructuring events shall be eligible that qualify and are notified as collective redundancies under Directive 98/59/EC; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 1. A financial contribution from the EGF may be made for active labour market policy measures that form part of a coordinated package, designed to facilitate the reintegration of the targeted beneficiaries, in particular the most disadvantaged among them, into employment or self-employment, or to help workers referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point(c) acquire the skills they need to transfer either into a different role with their current employer or to a different employer.; | 1. A financial contribution from the EGF may be made for active labour market policy measures that form part of a coordinated package, designed to facilitate the reintegration of the targeted beneficiaries, in particular the most disadvantaged among them, into employment or self-employment, or to help workers referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point(c) update or acquire the skills they need to transfer either into a different role with their current employer or to a different employer; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (c) ‘For the beneficiaries referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), the coordinated package may include training and retraining, tailored to the individual worker’s needs, including on information and communication technology and other skills required in the digital age, certification of acquired knowledge and skills, individual job-search assistance services and targeted group activities, occupational guidance, advisory services, mentoring, outplacement assistance, entrepreneurship promotion and cooperation activities. It may not include short-time work schemes.; | (c) ‘For the beneficiaries referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), the coordinated package may include training and retraining, supplementing existing forms of support available under national measures or requirements under collective agreements, tailored to the individual worker’s needs, including on skills required for a resource-efficient and sustainable economy, information and communication technology and other skills required in the digital age, certification of acquired knowledge and skills, individual job-search assistance services and targeted group activities, occupational guidance, advisory services, mentoring, outplacement assistance, entrepreneurship promotion and cooperation activities. It may not include short-time work schemes; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the Member State before that deadline and set a new date to complete its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph; | Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the Member State before that deadline explaining the reasons for the delay and setting a new date to complete its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 1. Enterprises undergoing restructuring may request the Member State concerned to submit an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, if the intervention criteria set out in Article 4(2), point (d) are met, and if the enterprise wishes to offer EGF-co-financed assistance to those parts of its workforce affected by imminent job displacement, in line with Article 6, first paragraph, point (c). Such a request shall be submitted by the enterprise within two weeks of the date on which it had notified the public authorities in writing of the projected collective redundancies in accordance with Article 3(1) of Directive 98/59/EC. | 1. Enterprises undergoing restructuring may request the Member State concerned to submit an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, if the intervention criteria set out in Article 4(2), point (d) are met, and if the enterprise wishes to offer EGF-co-financed assistance to those parts of its workforce affected by imminent job displacement, in line with Article 6, first paragraph, point (c). Such a request shall be submitted by the enterprise within four weeks of the date on which it had notified the public authorities in writing of the projected collective redundancies in accordance with Article 3(1) of Directive 98/59/EC. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 2. All Member States shall designate a Single Entry Point to which enterprises can direct requests referred to in paragraph 1, and publish relevant guidelines and templates. The information collected from these templates shall cover all the information necessary for a financial contribution application from the EGF as set out in paragraph below. | 2. All Member States shall designate a Single Entry Point to which enterprises can direct requests referred to in paragraph 1. If applicable, this Single Entry Point may be established in such a way as to take national divisions of competence into account. The Commission shall publish relevant guidelines and standardised templates in coordination with the Member States. The information collected from these templates shall cover all the information necessary for a financial contribution application from the EGF as set out in paragraph 10. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 5. If requested by the enterprise, the Member State concerned shall provide guidance to the enterprise throughout the application procedure. | 5. If requested by the enterprise or the workers' representatives, the Member State concerned shall provide guidance and support to the enterprise throughout the application procedure taking the size and the administrative capacity of the enterprise into account. In the case of microenterprises and SMEs, their limited administrative capacity shall be taken into account and Member States should provide enhanced technical support for preparation of the application. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 6. If requested by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall provide guidance to the Member State throughout the application procedure. | 6. If requested by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall provide guidance to the Member State throughout the application procedure, including by providing standardised templates and guidance on State aid rules applicable to the specific restructuring case. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Based on the information provided by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall complete its assessment of the application’s compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution within 30 working days of the receipt of the complete application or, where applicable, of the translation of the application. | Based on the information provided by the applicant Member State, the Commission shall complete its assessment of the application’s compliance with the conditions for providing a financial contribution within 30 working days of the receipt of the complete application or, where applicable, of the translation of the application. That assessment shall evaluate the adequacy of the consultation process referred to in Article 7(4) of this Regulation and of the coordinated package. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the applicant Member State before that deadline, setting a new date for the completion of its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph. | Where the Commission is unable to meet that deadline, it shall inform the applicant Member State before that deadline, explaining the reasons for the delay and setting a new date for the completion of its assessment. That new date shall be no later than 20 working days after the deadline under the first subparagraph. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 10. An application shall contain the following information: | 10. An application shall contain the following information on the basis of a standardised template: |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (a) the identification of the enterprise concerned; | (a) the identification of the enterprises concerned, including affected direct suppliers and downstream producers, where applicable; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (b) an assessment of the number of jobs affected by displacement in accordance with Article 6, first paragraph, point (c); | (b) an assessment of the number of workers affected by imminent job displacement including the direct suppliers or downstream producers, in accordance with Article 6, first paragraph, point (c); |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (ca) if applicable, a reasoned analysis provided by direct suppliers or downstream producers detailing the direct and causal link to the restructuring process, including the extent to which they are impacted; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (d) a confirmation that the enterprise has complied and continues to comply with its legal obligations or collective agreements governing those projected redundancies and is providing for its workers accordingly, and a description of the procedures followed by the enterprise for consulting the targeted beneficiaries or their representatives; | (d) a confirmation that the enterprise has complied and continues to comply with its legal obligations in particular as regards Article 2 of Directive 98/59/EC and any collective agreements governing those projected redundancies and is providing for its workers accordingly; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (da) a description of the procedures followed by the enterprise for consulting the targeted beneficiaries and their representatives regarding the design of the coordinated package as well as local and regional authorities or other relevant stakeholders as applicable; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (db) an explanation of the extent to which the recommendations set out in the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring have been taken into account and where applicable how the coordinated package complements actions funded by other Union or national funds; |
| Present text | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (10a) in Article 11, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: | |
| 4. The Commission’s technical assistance shall include the provision of information and guidance to the Member States on using, monitoring and evaluating the EGF. The Commission shall also provide information along with clear guidance to the social partners at Union and national level on the use of the EGF. Guidance measures may also include the creation of taskforces in cases of severe economic disruptions in a Member State. | ‘4. The Commission’s technical assistance shall include the provision of information and guidance to the Member States on using, monitoring and evaluating the EGF as well as dedicated outreach to Member States who historically have no or low uptake of the EGF. The Commission shall also provide information along with clear guidance to the social partners at Union and national level on the use of the EGF. Guidance measures may also include the creation of taskforces in cases of severe economic disruptions in a Member State.’ |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 2a. The co-financing rate for expenditure incurred by the Member State for beneficiaries referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point (c) and relating to measures set out in Article 7(6), shall be 100%. | 2a. The co-financing rate for expenditure incurred by the Member State for beneficiaries referred to in Article 6, first paragraph, point (c) and relating to measures set out in Article 7, shall be 100%. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 3. Where, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8 or Article 8a, the Commission concludes that the conditions for a financial contribution under this Regulation are met, it shall immediately adopt a decision on a financial contribution as set out in Article 15 (6). | 3. Where, on the basis of the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8 or Article 8a, the Commission concludes that the conditions for a financial contribution under this Regulation are met, it shall immediately initiate the procedure as set out in Article 15. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (ca) the following paragraph is inserted: | |
| ‘4a. A minimum of 40% of the annual maximum amount of the EGF shall be reserved for applications concerning the cessation of activity of displaced workers or self-employed persons as set out in Article 4(2), points (a), (b) and (c). Any portion of this amount not used or reserved by 1 October of each year can also be used for applications concerning workers affected by imminent job displacement as set out in Article 4(2) point (d). Any financial contribution to workers affected by imminent job displacement as set out in Article 4(2) point (d) shall not exceed EUR 4 000 000 per application for any financing year.’ |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (13) Article 15 is replaced by the following: | (13) in Article 15, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: |
| ‘Article 15 | ‘3. The Commission proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF shall include the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8(6) or Article 8(a) (9), together with a summary of the information on which that assessment is based and the reasons justifying the amounts proposed in accordance with Article 13(1).’ |
| Budgetary procedure and implementation | |
| ‘1. To ensure that the assistance is provided as soon as possible to the eligible beneficiaries, the Commission shall submit a proposal to mobilise the EGF to the European Parliament and to the Council in accordance with paragraphs 2 or 3. | |
| 2. The Commission shall submit its proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF to the European Parliament and the Council where it has received one application for EGF support and at least one of the following conditions is met: | |
| a) The Commission assesses, following application or information received from the Member States, that one of the conditions set out in Article 4 paragraph 2, 3 or 4, is met; | |
| b) The Commission is informed of the cessation of activities leading to job losses of more than 1 000 workers; | |
| c) The Commission is informed of large-scale restructuring events with imminent displacement affecting more than 1 000 workers. | |
| 3. The Commission may request the full mobilisation of the maximum annual amount for the EGF by the end of February every year. The Commission proposal shall include the following elements, based on information provided by the Member States: | |
| (i) the number of potential applications from each Member State concerned; | |
| (ii) the sectors of activities concerned; | |
| (iii) the estimated number of enterprises which could request Member States to apply for EGF assistance; | |
| (iv) the estimated number of workers displaced or at risk of imminent job displacement. | |
| At the same time as it submits its proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer of the maximum annual amount to the relevant budgetary lines. | |
| When the maximum annual amount has not been mobilised under the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the Commission shall request the mobilisation of the EGF per application received. The Commission proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF per application shall include the assessment carried out in accordance with Article 8(6) or Article 8(a) (9), together with a summary of the information on which that assessment is based and the reasons justifying the amounts proposed. At the same time as it submits its proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer to the relevant budgetary lines. | |
| 4. Member States shall provide the Commission with the information referred to in paragraph 2 by the end of December each year. | |
| 5. The decision to mobilise the EGF shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the Council. The budgetary transfer in relation to the EGF shall be made in accordance with Article 31 of the Financial Regulation. | |
| 6. Where the Commission has concluded that the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF under Article 4 are met, it shall adopt a decision on a financial contribution. That decision shall constitute a financing decision within the meaning of Article 110 of the Financial Regulation. | |
| 7. When the maximum annual amount has been mobilised pursuant to the first subparagraph of paragraph 3, the Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council immediately upon the adoption of each financial contribution decision.’ |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| (14) Article 16 is replaced by the following: | deleted |
| ‘Article 16 | |
| Insufficient funds | |
| If the remaining commitment appropriations available in the EGF are not sufficient to cover the amount of assistance that is necessary for a financial contribution, the Commission may postpone the adoption of a financial contribution decision until commitment appropriations are available in the following year. The annual budgetary ceiling of the EGF shall be respected in all circumstances.’ |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 3 | The enterprise, with the assistance of the Member State where necessary, shall also provide the following information: |
| (a) the percentage of EGF beneficiaries who remain employed within the enterprise and an outline of the changes to their role six months after the end of the implementation period; | |
| (b) the percentage of EGF beneficiaries who are no longer employed by the enterprise and percentage of those who have taken up new employment or self-employment six months after the end of the implementation period’; | |
| (c) the percentage of EGF beneficiaries who gained a qualification by six months after the end of the implementation period. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
|---|---|
| 4. A beneficiary survey shall be launched during the sixth month after the end of each implementation period. The beneficiary survey shall be open to participation for at least four weeks. Member States shall distribute the beneficiary survey to the beneficiaries, send out at least one reminder and inform the Commission of the distribution and reminder sent. In cases involving assistance implemented by an enterprise to beneficiaries under Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), that enterprise is responsible for distributing the survey prepared by the Commission among the workers that have participated in the measures. The responses to the beneficiary surveys shall be collated and analysed by the Commission for the use in future evaluations. | 4. A beneficiary survey shall be launched during the sixth month after the end of each implementation period. The beneficiary survey shall be open to participation for at least four weeks. Member States shall distribute the beneficiary survey to the beneficiaries, send out at least one reminder and inform the Commission of the distribution and reminder sent. In cases involving assistance implemented by an enterprise to beneficiaries under Article 6, first paragraph, point (c), that enterprise is responsible for distributing the survey prepared by the Commission among the workers and workers' representatives that have participated in the measures, sending out at least one reminder and informing the Member State of the distribution and reminder sent. The responses to the beneficiary surveys shall be collated and analysed by the Commission for the use in future evaluations. The resulting analysis shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Member States and may be used to improve re-skilling and reintegration programmes at Union and national level. |
Connections
The dossier, the decisions on this text and its other versions.
No connections found for this item.
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “Amendment 001-045 - Liesbet Sommen - Report A10-0251/2025 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement”. Text, 24 April 2026. docId A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045, reference A10-0251/2025. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-text-a-10-2025-0251-am-001-045,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amendment 001-045 - Liesbet Sommen - Report A10-0251/2025 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: workers affected by imminent job displacement}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-24},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId A-10-2025-0251-AM-001-045, reference A10-0251/2025. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}