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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2025)0140 – C100060/2025 – 2025/0073(COD))

On the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring

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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Liesbet Sommen

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This draft report sets out Parliament's amendments to the proposed regulation extending European Globalisation Adjustment Fund support to workers facing imminent job displacement in restructuring enterprises. It adds eligibility for suppliers and downstream users, requires restructuring to support the twin digital and green transitions, and mandates compliance with social dialogue rules. It also introduces collective applications, centralised templates, guidance on State aid, and stronger roles for workers' representatives and social partners.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to extend EGF support to workers at risk of displacement, adding suppliers and downstream users, and aligning with twin transition goals.

Key points

  1. Extends EGF support to workers in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including direct suppliers and downstream users, provided national obligations under Directive 98/59/EC are fulfilled and the restructuring supports the twin digital and green transitions.
  2. Requires that support supplements national measures and promotes sustainable employment, decent working conditions, and the twin transition through reskilling and upskilling.
  3. Allows collective applications when multiple companies are affected, with suppliers or downstream users providing co-financing for their own workers.
  4. Mandates that employers consult workers' representatives before requesting EGF support and ensure social partners participate in designing coordinated packages.
  5. Requires Member States to designate a Single Entry Point for enterprise requests, and the Commission to publish guidelines and common templates, including on State aid rules.
  6. Specifies that applications must include identification of the enterprise and any suppliers or downstream users, with a reasoned analysis of the causal link for collective applications.
  7. Requires confirmation that the enterprise has complied with legal obligations and collective agreements, and describes procedures for consulting beneficiaries or their representatives throughout the process.
  8. Extends beneficiary surveys to workers' representatives and requires enterprises to distribute surveys among workers who participated.
  9. Calls for information campaigns in Member States with low EGF uptake, with Commission technical guidance and best practices.

Who is affected

  • Workers facing imminent job displacement in restructuring enterprises, including those in direct suppliers and downstream users.
  • Enterprises undergoing restructuring that request EGF support, which must provide national co-financing and comply with social dialogue obligations.
  • Member States, which must designate Single Entry Points, provide guidance, and ensure compliance with Directive 98/59/EC.
  • Workers' representatives and social partners, who must be consulted and involved in designing and monitoring support packages.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least 200 workers affected by imminent job displacement in an enterprise undergoing restructuring, including suppliers or downstream users.
  • Within two weeks of receipt of EGF funds, the Member State must make funds available to the enterprise.
  • Not later than six months after the end of implementation, the enterprise must provide information for the final report.
  • The Commission must complete its assessment within 30 working days of receipt of the complete application.
  • Beneficiary surveys are launched during the sixth month after the end of each implementation period and open for at least four weeks.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 175 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union