Article 1, Point (7), Point (b) · Regulation (EU) 2026/1139

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(b)the following paragraphs are added:‘The workers referred to in point (c) of the first paragraph shall remain eligible as part of the workers affected by imminent job displacement even if their employment contract or relationship has ended. Only restructuring events, including, where applicable, restructuring events in the direct suppliers and downstream producers of an enterprise undergoing restructuring, that qualify as collective redundancies under Directive 98/59/EC shall be eligible.Workers referred to in point (c) of the first paragraph shall be eligible regardless of the support measures provided by the Member State concerned and financed exclusively from its resources, provided that those measures are not part of the coordinated package.The workers referred to in point (c) of the first paragraph shall be considered to be eligible beneficiaries if they are identified in the written communications referred to in Article 5a concerning imminent job displacements or in subsequent written communications of additional projected collective redundancies in the requesting enterprise or in its direct suppliers or downstream producers, where applicable, provided that the relevant information is communicated by the last day before the date of the completion of the assessment by the Commission.The workers of direct suppliers and downstream producers referred to in point (c), of the first paragraph shall be considered to be eligible beneficiaries, provided that:

(a)they are part of projected collective redundancies taking place within the same Member State as the projected collective redundancies by the requesting enterprise; and

(b)a clear causal link is established between the projected collective redundancies by the requesting enterprise and the projected collective redundancies in its direct suppliers or downstream producers.’

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enterprise undergoing restructuring
means an enterprise undergoing a process that involves “collective redundancies”, as defined in Article 1(1), point (a), of Directive 98/59/EC;’
worker affected by imminent job displacement
means a worker in an enterprise undergoing restructuring whose employment contract or relationship, regardless of its type or duration, is expected to be ended by redundancy following a written communication from the employer to the workers’ representatives informing them, during the course of consultations, of, inter alia, the number and categories of workers to be made redundant in accordance with Article 2(3), point (b), of Directive 98/59/EC;’

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