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# 52012PC0620

**Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/018 ES/País Vasco Productos metálicos from Spain) /* COM/2012/0620 final */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Point 28 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[1] allows for the mobilisation of
the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) through a flexibility
mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million over and
above the relevant headings of the financial framework.

The rules applicable to the contributions
from the EGF are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund[2].

On 28 December 2011, Spain submitted application EGF/2011/018 ES/País
Vasco Productos metálicos for a financial contribution
from the EGF, following redundancies in 423 enterprises
operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 25 (Manufacture of fabricated metal
products, except machinery and equipment)[3] in the
NUTS II region of País Vasco (ES21) in Spain.

After a thorough
examination of this application, the Commission has concluded in accordance
with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a
financial contribution under this Regulation are met.

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS

Key data: ||

EGF Reference no. || EGF/2011/018

Member State || Spain

Article 2 || (b)

Enterprises concerned || 423

NUTS II region || País Vasco (ES21)

NACE Revision 2 Division || 25 (Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment)

Reference period || 22.1.2011 – 22.10.2011

Starting date for the personalised services || 19.3.2012

Application date || 28.12.2011

Redundancies during the reference period || 1 106

Redundant workers expected to participate in the measures || 500

Expenditure for personalised services (EUR) || 1 870 000

Expenditure for implementing EGF[4] (EUR) || 129 300

Expenditure for implementing EGF (%) || 6,47

Total budget (EUR) || 1 999 300

EGF contribution (65 %) (EUR) || 1 299 545

1.           The application was
presented to the Commission on 28 December 2011 and supplemented by additional
information up to 5 September 2012.

2.           The
application meets the conditions for deploying the EGF as set out in Article
2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, and was submitted within the deadline of
10 weeks referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation.

Link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation or the global financial and economic crisis

3.           In order to establish the
link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, Spain argues that the metal products sector is a key provider of inputs to a wide range of
manufacturing activities, in particular the shipbuilding, construction and
automotive sectors. All of these were significantly impacted across the
European Union by the economic crisis, as previously recognised by the
Commission[5]
and its services[6].
In addition the arguments presented in previous EGF applications related to
these sectors remain valid[7],
in particular those put forward by the Commission on 9 August 2012 in the
context of another EGF application from Spanish related to the same sector[8].

4.           Spain is among the Member
States most seriously affected by the global financial and economic crisis.
Manufacturing in turn has been among the most affected sectors and the
situation continues to deteriorate.

Industry
Production Index of Manufacturing (2005=100)

|| 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011

EU-27 || 104.81 || 109.23 || 107.36 || 91.59 || 98.44 || 103.15

Germany || 105.83 || 112.73 || 113.06 || 93.64 || 104.57 || 113.91

France || 101.01 || 102.62 || 99.05 || 85.34 || 89.11 || 92.42

Spain || 105.38 || 107.56 || 98.97 || 82.52 || 83.03 || 82.16

Source: Eurostat

5.           The gloomy industrial
prospects resulting from the global financial and economic crisis consequently
led to a lower demand for, and production of, metal and metal products. In Spain the production of the metal sector as a whole decreased by 24,6 % and the
production of metal products by 23,3 % in 2009 compared with the previous
year. As shown below, while both areas of activities started to recover during
the first quarter of 2011, this eventually proved to be an unsustainable trend
and the production of both sectors declined significantly again in the second
half of the year.

Variation
of industrial production in Spain

|| 2009 || 2010 || Q1/2011 || Q2/2011 || Q3/2011 || Q4/2011

Metal[9] || -24,6 || 0,4 || 2,9 || -2,8 || -2,7 || -9,6

Metal products[10] || -23,3 || -6,4 || 7,4 || -1,3 || -1,0 || -10,2

Source:
INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) and Confemetal

6.           The decrease of production
in the sector of metal products had consequences for employment. Spain thus lost more than 180 000 jobs in the metal sector in 2009 and a further 60 000
jobs in 2010, which represented approximately 15 % of total employment of
the sector.

Demonstration of the number of
redundancies and compliance with the criteria of Article 2(b)

7.           Spain submitted this
application under the intervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC)
No 1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a nine-month period
in enterprises operating in the same NACE Revision 2 Division in one region or
two contiguous regions at NUTS II level in a Member State.

8.           The application cites 1 106
redundancies in 423 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 25 ('Manufacture
of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment')[11] in the NUTS II region of País Vasco (ES21) during
the nine-month reference period from 22 January 2011 to
22 October 2011. All of these redundancies were calculated in accordance with
the second indent of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006.

Explanation of the unforeseen nature
of those redundancies

9.           The Spanish authorities
argue that the financial and economic crisis has led to a sudden collapse of
the world economy with an enormous impact on many sectors. The nature of the
recession as far as the metal products sector is concerned, with a dramatic
slowdown in new orders from other sectors affected by the economic downturn,
was unprecedented in recent times. As a result of the crisis, economic
developments since 2008 have not been following the consistent increase in
employment experienced over the previous years in the metalworking industry. Between
2000 and 2006, employment in this sector had risen by 8 % (or 300 000
jobs)[12]
whereas it decreased by almost 15 % over the period 2009-2010. The
redundancies in the metal products sector could not therefore have been
foreseen or easily prevented.

Identification of the dismissing
enterprises and workers targeted for assistance

10.         The application relates to
1 106 redundancies in 423 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2
Division 25 (Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment) in the NUTS II region of País Vasco (ES21). The full list of
enterprises mentioned in this application is attached in the Commission Staff
Working Paper accompanying this Proposal.

All the redundant workers will be offered the
possibility to participate in the measures. However, the Spanish authorities,
based on their previous experience in managing EGF cases, estimate that about 500
workers will opt to participate in the EGF measures.

11.         The break-down of the
affected workers is as follows:

Category || Number || Percent

Men || 930 || 84,09

Women || 176 || 15,91

EU citizens || 1 080 || 97,65

Non EU citizens || 26 || 2,35

15-24 years old || 23 || 2,08

25-54 years old || 746 || 67,45

55-64 years old || 333 || 30,11

> 64 years old || 4 || 0,36

12.         These figures include 29
workers with a longstanding health problem or disability.

13.         In terms of occupational
categories, the break-down is as follows:

Category || Number || Percent

Managers || 5 || 0,45

Professionals || 12 || 1,08

Technicians and associate professionals || 85 || 7,69

Clerical support workers || 133 || 12,03

Craft and related trades workers || 272 || 24,59

Plant and machine operators || 267 || 24,14

Personal services workers and unskilled workers || 332 || 30,02

14.         In accordance with Article
7 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, Spain has confirmed that a policy of
equality between women and men as well as non-discrimination has been applied,
and will continue to apply, during the various stages of the implementation of
and, in particular, in access to the EGF.

Description of the territory
concerned and its authorities and stakeholders

15.         The territory concerned by
the redundancies is within the NUTS II region of País Vasco which is composed
of the provinces of Álava, Guipúzcoa and Vizcaya. This region is located in
northern Spain and is surrounded by the regions of Navarra on its eastern
border, La Rioja on its southern border, and Cantabria and Castilla y León on
its western border. Compared with the Spanish average, the region of País Vasco
is a small, highly-populated region: it covers only 1,4 % (7 234 km2)
of the Spanish territory, but accounted for 4,8 % (2,2 million) of
the inhabitants of Spain in 2011.

16.         All three provinces of the
region of País Vasco were affected by the redundancies in the metal products
sector, but to a different extent; Vizcaya accounted for 57 % of the total
number of redundancies, Guipúzcoa 30 %, and Álava 13%.

17.         The main stakeholders are
the autonomous government of País Vasco (Gobierno Vasco), in particular:
the Regional Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Tourism and Trade; the Regional
Vice-Ministry of Industry and Energy; the Directorate of Administration and
Industrial Security; the Regional Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs;
the Regional Vice-Ministry of Planning and Employment; and the Employment
Service of País Vasco. In addition to these public stakeholders, are also
involved: the FVEM (Federación Vizcaína de Empresas del Metal); the
ADEGI (Asociación de Empresarios de Gipuzkoa); and the SEA (Sindicato
Empresarial Alavés).

Expected impact of the redundancies
as regards local, regional or national employment

18.         According to Eustat (Instituto
Vasco de Estadística), the metal sector amounted to EUR 10 billion (or
18 %) of the total added value of the region of País Vasco. It also
employed almost 162 000 workers in June 2010, representing 16 % of
the total employment in the region. Forty percent of these workers operated in
the sub-sector of metal products alone. Therefore, when the global financial
and economic crisis had its negative impact on the sector of metal products,
its consequences on employment were severe in País Vasco.

19.         In absolute figures, it is
estimated that the region of País Vasco has lost 31 000 jobs in the
industrial sector since the third quarter of 2008. In all three provinces of
País Vasco, the rate of unemployment has at least doubled between 2008 and
2011, as detailed below:

Rate
of unemployment in País Vasco

|| 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011

Álava || 2,7 || 9,9 || 10,0 || 6,9

Guipúzcoa || 3,3 || 6,5 || 7,4 || 7,5

Vizcaya || 4,3 || 8,6 || 10,0 || 13,5

País Vasco || 3,8 || 8,1 || 9,2 || 10,6

Source:
Eustat

20.         Since this application for
EGF funding, the economic situation of Spain has continued to deteriorate:
according to Eurostat, its national unemployment rate reached 25,1 % in
July 2012, i.e. more than twice the EU-27 average and almost ten percent-points
above the second highest national unemployment rate within the EU (Portugal, with 15,7 %). In addition, as explained in point 16 above, the majority of
the redundancies concerned with this application took place in Vizcaya, which
is the province of País Vasco with the highest unemployment rate. For these
reasons, the employment prospects of the workers dismissed from the metal
products sector are not encouraging.

Co-ordinated package of personalised
services to be funded and a breakdown of its estimated costs, including its
complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds

21.         All the following measures
combine to form a co-ordinated package of personalised services which aims at
re-integrating the redundant workers into employment:

–
Prospection: This
activity consists in establishing the redundant workers' profile and gathering
knowledge on the metal products sector in order to adapt the package of
measures provided to the redundant workers. It aims at: understanding the
profiles and skills looked for by the enterprises operating in this sector,
identifying the other sectors – be they linked to metal products or not – which
could offer job opportunities to the target group, and creating a labour
exchange.

–
Guidance: This
service consists in a range of activities contributing to the reintegration of
the targeted workers into employment, in particular:

–
Establishing a personalised diagnosis of the
targeted workers' individual profile and needs in order to set up their pathway
to employment. It is on the basis of this measure that the opportunity and the
content of the subsequent measures will be determined.

–
Increasing the targeted workers' self-confidence
and motivation (e.g. setting up their occupational objectives, developing their
strengths and filling their gaps, providing them with examples of positive
attitudes towards job-search, etc.).

–
Training: This
activity aims at providing the targeted workers with the abilities and skills
necessary to achieve their reintegration into employment. Based on the outcome
of the "Prospection" and "Guidance" actions described
above, the training activities will be of a two-fold nature:

–
Occupational training, to develop skills
according to the targeted workers' profiles and plans.

–
Horizontal training, to develop
socio-professional abilities that are common to all types of occupations.

–
Outplacement assistance: This activity consists in mentoring the targeted workers –
individually and/or in groups – so that they improve their ability to look for
a job, for example through the provision of job-search techniques, advice to
write a curriculum vitae and to make the most of their social networks.
It also includes assistance towards the recognition of prior learning and
experience.

–
Entrepreneurship:
This activity aims at providing information on the opportunities offered by
entrepreneurship and self-employment and, for those targeted workers
interested, in helping them to set up a business.

–
Training grant:
All the targeted workers participating in training will receive a financial
contribution of EUR 250 in the form of a direct and single instalment.

–
Traineeship grant:
All the targeted workers participating in a workplace traineeship will receive
a financial contribution of EUR 250 in the form of a direct and single
instalment.

–
Support for carers: This service consists in providing financial support to the
targeted workers who – in particular because of their caring responsibilities
(e.g. children, elderly or disabled persons) – face additional costs to avail
of training or other measures. The amount of the financial contribution granted
will be determined on the basis of the beneficiary's personal situation and in
any case will be limited to EUR 800.

22.         The expenditure for
implementing the EGF, which is included in the application in accordance with
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, covers the management, control as
well as the publicity and information activities related to the application.
The information activities consist in particular in: press releases and
conferences; disseminating information on the implementation of the project
through two websites, a newsletter, an e-learning platform, blogs and social
networks; a closure event to present the results achieved. This comprehensive
package of information and publicity activities explains the somewhat higher
proportion of expenditure for implementing EGF.

23.         The personalised services
presented by the Spanish authorities are active labour market measures within
the eligible actions defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The
Spanish authorities estimate the total costs at EUR 1 999 300,
of which the expenditure for personalised services at
EUR 1 870 000 and the expenditure for implementing the EGF at EUR 129 300
(6,47 % of the total amount). The total contribution requested from the
EGF is EUR 1 299 545 (65 % of the total costs).

Actions || Estimated number of workers targeted || Estimated cost per worker targeted (EUR) || Total costs (EGF and national cofinancing) (EUR)

Personalised services (first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006)

Prospection (Prospección) || 500 || 534,00 || 267 000

Guidance (Servicio de orientaciíon) || 500 || 436,00 || 218 000

Training (Formación) || 500 || 1 914,00 || 957 000

Outplacement assistance (Inserción) || 250 || 310,00 || 77 500

Entrepreneurship (Emprendimiento) || 300 || 168,33 || 50 500

Training grant (Beca de formación) || 500 || 250,00 || 125 000

Traineeship grant (Beca de prácticas) || 300 || 250,00 || 75 000

Conciliation support (Servicio de conciliacíon) || 125 || 800,00 || 100 000

Sub total personalised services || || 1 870 000

Expenditure for implementing EGF (third paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006)

Management || || 46 950

Control || || 15 000

Information and publicity || || 67 350

Sub total expenditure for implementing EGF || || 129 300

Total estimated costs || || 1 999 300

EGF contribution (65 % of total costs) || || 1 299 545

24.         Spain confirms that the
measures described above are complementary with actions funded by the
Structural Funds, for example the F.I.P. plan (Plan de Formación e Inserción
Profesional) and the F.P.O. plan (Plan de formación Profesional
Ocupacional) which are co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF). Both
plans aim at improving, increasing and updating qualifications and are targeted
at around 10 % of the workers eligible for EGF assistance before the
application was submitted to the Commission. The Spanish authorities have
confirmed that measures are in place to prevent double funding.

Date(s) on which the personalised
services to the affected workers were started or are planned to start

25.         Spain started the
personalised services to the affected workers included in the co-ordinated
package proposed for co-financing to the EGF on 19 March 2012. This date
therefore represents the beginning of the period of eligibility for any
assistance that might be awarded from the EGF.

Procedures for consulting the social
partners

26.         Several contacts and
meetings were held between the autonomous government of País Vasco (in
particular the Regional Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Tourism and Trade and
the Regional Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs) and associations
representing the employers operating in the metal sector products. Those
associations were the FVEM (Federación Vizcaína de Empresas del Metal);
the ADEGI (Asociación de Empresarios de Gipuzkoa); and the SEA (Sindicato
Empresarial Alavés). The consultation related to the submission of an EGF
application and the personalised services to be provided to the redundant
workers.

27.         In addition, the regional
government, the entrepreneurial associations and the social partners have
formed a committee responsible for the co-ordination, management and
implementation of the project. The most representative trade unions of País
Vasco will be informed of the progress made during the implementation of the
project through the regional employment services and their board.

28.         The Spanish authorities
confirmed that the requirements laid down in national and EU legislation
concerning collective redundancies have been complied with.

Information on actions that are
mandatory by virtue of national law or pursuant to collective agreements

29.         As regards the criteria
contained in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the Spanish authorities
in their application:

· confirmed that the financial contribution from the EGF does not
replace measures which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of
national law or collective agreements;

· demonstrated that the actions provide support for individual workers
and are not to be used for restructuring companies or sectors;

· confirmed that the eligible actions referred to above do not receive
assistance from other EU financial instruments.

Management and control systems

30.         Spain has notified the
Commission that the financial contribution will be managed and controlled by
the same bodies that manage and control the ESF. Thus the managing and control
authority responsible for the EGF is the Directorate for Labour Activation (Dirección
de Activación Laboral) within the employment services of País Vasco (Servicio
Vasco de Empleo), which is also in charge of the management of the ESF
Operational Programme for País Vasco.

Financing

31.         On the basis of the application
from Spain, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package
of personalised services (including expenditure to
implement EGF) is EUR 1 299 545,
representing 65 % of the total cost. The Commission's proposed allocation
under the Fund is based on the information made available by Spain.

32.         Considering the maximum
possible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under Article 10(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope for reallocating
appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the total
amount referred to above, to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial
framework.

33.         The proposed amount of financial
contribution will leave more than 25 % of the maximum annual amount
earmarked for the EGF available for allocations during the last four months of
the year, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

34.         By presenting this proposal
to mobilise the EGF, the Commission initiates the simplified trialogue
procedure, as required by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May
2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the budgetary
authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount required. The Commission
invites the first of the two arms of the budgetary authority that reaches
agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level,
to inform the other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of
disagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority, a formal
trialogue meeting will be convened.

35.         The Commission presents separately
a transfer request in order to enter in the 2012 budget specific commitment
appropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of
17 May 2006.

Source of payment appropriations

36.         The amount of payment
appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04 05 01 in 2012
will be fully consumed after the adoption by the two arms of the
budgetary authority of the proposals submitted to date for mobilising the EGF
and therefore insufficient to cover the amount needed for the present
application. A reinforcement of the payment appropriations of the EGF
budget line will be requested either through a transfer, in case a source of
available appropriations can be identified, or an Amending budget.
Appropriations from this budget line will be used to cover the amount of EUR 1
299 545 needed for the present application.

Proposal for a

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament,
the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management (application EGF/2011/018 ES/País Vasco Productos metálicos from
Spain)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[13], and in particular point 28
thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006
establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund[14], and in particular Article
12(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European
Commission[15],

Whereas:

(1)       The European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers
made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due
to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour
market.

(2)       The scope of the EGF was
broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 30 December 2011 to
include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global
financial and economic crisis.

(3)       The Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual
ceiling of EUR 500 million.

(4)       Spain submitted an
application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 423 enterprises
operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 25 ('Manufacture of fabricated metal
products, except machinery and equipment') in the NUTS II region of País Vasco
(ES21), on 28 December 2011 and supplemented it by
additional information up to 5 September 2012. This
application complies with the requirements for determining the financial
contributions as laid down in Article 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore,
proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 1 299 545.

(5)       The EGF should, therefore,
be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application
submitted by Spain.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2012, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 299 545 in
commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament                       For
the Council

The President                                                 The
President

[1]               OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

[2]               OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

[3]               Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical
classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific
statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

[4]               In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 3
of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

[5]               COM(2009) 104 final of 25.2.2009,
"Communication from the Commission on "Responding to the crisis in
the European automotive industry"".

[6]               Eurostat – Statistics in focus 61/2011 on Industry,
trade and services, "EU-27 Construction activity falls by 16 % from
its pre-crisis high by the second quarter of 2011",

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-061/EN/KS-SF-11-061-EN.PDF

[7]               For the shipbuilding industry, see:
EGF/2010/006 PL/H. Cegielski-Poznan, EGF/2010/025 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard and
EGF/2011/008 DK/Odense Steel Shipyard.

For the
construction sector, see: EGF/2011/006 ES/Comunidad Valenciana
Construction, EGF/2011/009 NL/Gelderland Construction 41, EGF/2011/012 NL/Noord
Brabant-Zuid Holland and EGF/2011/017 ES/Aragón Construction.

For the automotive
sector, see: EGF/2009/019 FR/Renault, EGF/2010/002 ES/Cataluña Automotive
and 2011/003 DE/Arnsberg and Düsseldorf Automotive.

[8]               COM(2012) 451 final of 9.8.2012, related to
EGF/2011/019 ES/Galicia Metal.

[9]               Production measured on the basis of the indicator of
metal production (or IPIMET for Indicador de Producción del Metal)
calculated by the Spanish confederation of the metal sector (Confemetal).

[10]             Defined as the NACE Revision 2 Division 25
('Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment').

[11]             Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical
classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific
statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

[12]             Publication "Spotlight on Europe's "invisible
sector" – The metalworking and metal articles industries", European
Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry.

[13]             OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

[14]             OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

[15]             OJ C [...], [...], p. [...].