AMENDMENTS 1-6. EN United in diversity EN. European Parliament 2098/2017(BUD) Draft report Petri Sarvamaa (PE606.

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1 European Parliament Committee on Budgets 2098/2017(BUD) AMDMTS 1-6 Draft report Petri Sarvamaa (PE v01-00) Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Finland EGF/2017/002 FI/Microsoft 2 (COM(2017)0322 C8-0193/ /2017(BUD)) AM\ docx PE v01-00 United in diversity

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3 1 Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Acknowledges, with regret, the challenges faced by EU mobile phone manufacturers; considers that appropriate support needs to be offered so that the affected workers can retrain so as to be better placed to find jobs in related or expanding industrial sectors; 2 Paragraph 6 6. Notes that the redundancies are concentrated in the NUTS 2 regions of Helsinki-Uusimaa (FI1B1), Länsi-Suomi (FI197) and Etelä-Suomi (FI1C1); notes that out of redundant workers eligible for the EGF contribution are expected to participate in the measures; 6. Recognises that the affected regions of Helsinki-Uusimaa, Länsi- Suomi and Etelä-Suomi have already experienced extensive lay-offs by firms in the electronics and software sectors and that the latter two regions have high regional unemployment rates (14,6 % and 17,5 % of the labour force respectively); notes that out of redundant workers eligible for the EGF contribution are expected to participate in the measures; 3 AM\ docx 3/5 PE v01-00

4 Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Notes that the income support measures will be 26,74 % of the overall package of personalised measures, below the maximum 35 % set out in the EGF Regulation, and that these actions are conditional on the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries in job-search or training activities; 4 Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Understands that the EGF-funded training measures will be complementary to those financed by a fund set up by the company to help former employees start small businesses in the IT and other sectors; welcomes this initiative; 5 Paragraph Acknowledges that the coordinated package of personalised services has been 12. Welcomes the consultations with stakeholders including representatives of PE v /5 AM\ docx

5 drawn up in consultation with the representatives of the targeted beneficiaries, social, national and regional partners; the Centres for Economic Development ( ELY centres ), the Employment and Economic Development ( TE ) offices of the concerned regions, Microsoft, the Technology Industries of Finland, Trade Union Pro, Union of Professional Engineers in Finland and of the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation; 6 Paragraph Stresses that the Finnish authorities have confirmed that the eligible actions do not receive financial contributions from other Union financial instruments; 16. Notes that the Finnish authorities have provided assurances that the proposed actions will not receive financial support from other Union funds or financial instruments, that any double financing will be prevented and that they will be complementary with actions funded by the Structural Funds; AM\ docx 5/5 PE v01-00