European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (COM(2006)0091 - C6-0082/2006 - 2006/0033(COD))
Date: 2006-12-13
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, economic and social cohesion, fund (EU), globalisation, industrial policy, job cuts, reintegration into working life

C 317 E/432

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2006

Wednesday, 13 December 2006

P6_TA(2006)0560

Establishing the European Globalisation adjustment Fund ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European
the Council establishing the European Globalisation adjustment Fund
Parliament and of
(COM(2006)0091 — C6-0082/2006 — 2006/0033(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2006)0091) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 159(3) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0082/2006),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the opinions of the

Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0385/2006);

1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in the OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0033

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 December 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and Council on establishing
the European Globalisation adjustment Fund

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the third paragraph of
Article 159,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 (3),

Whereas:

(1)

Notwithstanding the positive effects of globalisation on growth, jobs and prosperity and the need to
enhance European competitiveness further through structural change, globalisation may also have
negative consequences for the most vulnerable and least qualified workers in some sectors. It is there-
fore opportune to establish a European Globalisation adjustment Fund (the EGF), accessible to all
Member States, through which the Community would show its solidarity towards workers affected by
redundancies resulting from changes in world trade patterns.

(1) Opinion delivered on 13 September 2006 (not yet published in the OJ).
(2) Opinion delivered on 11 October 2006 (not yet published in the OJ).
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 13 December 2006.